Conference

This online conference explores forms and usages of slavery as represented in textual sources from the early Islamic empire, ca. 600-1000 CE. The conference’s focus is on the regionality of the development of slavery as an institution and the lived experience of slavery in this formative period of Islam.…

Lecture

Leiden is hosting the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) conference in 2022. This is the largest multidisciplinary scientific conference in Europe. Its tenth edition will be held in Leiden from 13 to 16 July 2022, in close collaboration with EuroScience in Strasbourg. Read all about the ESOF conference and…

Note: this event will not be livestreamed. The panel discussion will take place in-person in the Humanity Hub in The Hague China’s emergence as a force to be reckoned with in the digital realm has caused some concern in Western countries, on topics ranging from Chinese espionage and control over data…

Lecture, Seminar

Debate, Fireside Peace Chats

The 'Hello World!' series focuses on new encounters and new inspiration, inviting seven speakers with hugely varying backgrounds to give us their perspectives on what they see as currently important.

Disinformation is a threat to democracy, society, the economy, and individuals. Disinformation jeopardizes public confidence in the media and endangers press freedom and freedom of expression.

Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.

Erwin Muller, Dean of FGGA and Administrator of Campus The Hague, and Koen Caminada, Vice-Dean, share their thoughts on how ‘we’ as a faculty are doing based on three themes. A discussion about the balancing act between what is and what isn’t possible and the natural urge to continue to grow, the utility…

From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…

Lecture

Lecture, Research Seminar

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Lecture

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Roundtable | SSEALS

This event will take be held both online and physically in Leiden. All registrees will receive a link to the online platform one day before the start of the event. Along the muddy roads and forested rivers snaking through Central Africa, rebels and soldiers, traditional authorities and civil servants,…

Lecture

This year’s edition of PRINS, the International Studies’ consultancy course, proved to be an inspiring event for most of its participants. Students, coaches and representatives of organisations are looking back on this rollercoaster of a course and reflect on why the PRINS experience is so special.

An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Career and apply for jobs

From 1-3 February 2022 the Career Service FSW organises the online Career Days with the theme 'Sustainability'. During 3 days different workshops and presentations will be given by several Dutch and international alumni about their work in the sustainability sector, their career paths and how they look…

Study information, Major Choice Event

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Study information

Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…

On the one hand, the law plays an important role in promoting diversity, equality and inclusion, but on the other hand, the law can also be seen as a source of inequality and division. What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective? How can teaching and the study of law…

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