594 search results for “history of international relations” in the Student website
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Parties
Students can stand as candidates during university elections via a party. On this page, the student parties present themselves.
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Policy Commons: full text access to international think tank, IGO and NGO publications (until the end of April))
Library
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Memory Activism and Digital Practices after Conflict: Unwanted Memories
Lecture
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The Role of Culture in Atrocity Prevention
Lecture
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Building Democratic Solidarity in Europe through Culture
Lecture
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Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Children’s Rights Scholarship 2
Master
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Kuiper-Overpelt Study Fund
Master
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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International Experience Week 2023
Sessions and networking events
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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UN Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.
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(CANCELLED) The UK, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. How strong bilateral relations are crucial for multilateral diplomacy
Lecture, Seminar
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Chilean Transition to Democracy, from 1990 to 2022 Plebiscite: Recent Historical Analysis in Comparative Perspective
Lecture, MAIR Seminar
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Hip Hop Diplomacy as Subversive Complicity
Guest Lecture
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Alumna Gaby van de Wal: 'Don’t worry, you’ll be all right'
'The kind of knowledge you gain in International Studies can take you anywhere,' says Gaby van de Wal (26, The Hague, The Netherlands), who graduated from the programme in 2018. Her own career path is proof that indeed, an International Studies degree comes with many opportunities.
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The Ritualisation of the Past. On the ‘Lesson of History’ for the Present
Inaugural lecture, Cleveringa Lecture
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Strong need to talk together about Ukraine
Everyone has been watching the attack on Ukraine, a war on the European continent, with a sense of foreboding. It will bring devastation, loss, suffering and worry and it raises questions. With these words, Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl opened the meeting on the war in Ukraine at Wijnhaven on Thursday…
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
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Q&A for International Students
Study information
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Martijn Nouwen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Committee debate on internationalisation in higher education – input from universities
Education
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Owada Chair in International Law & Geopolitics
Seminar programme
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Career College: Challenges of an international career
Career and apply for jobs
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International Women's Day 2023 @ Wijnhaven
Conference
- Culture and Politics Event Series
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POSTPONED - Roundtable - Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives from and Impacts on Non-European Actors
Debate
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Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
Lecture
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Do you buy your partner chocolates and roses? Fascination for American holidays explained
Buying chocolates as a sign of love, getting the best deals on Black Friday and putting on a spooky costume for Halloween. In recent years, these holidays and traditions have taken off in the Netherlands, even though they originated on the other side of the ocean. Why are we so excited about American…
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Children’s Rights Scholarship 1
Master
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Ethics committee for partnerships launched
The ‘Committee for Assessing Ethical Aspects of Partnerships’ is being launched this month. This committee, created by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and consisting of former and present Leiden University researchers, has been tasked with assessing Leiden University’s institutional ties with organisations…
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
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BACK ON TRACK - training for international students
Study support
- Graduation Ceremony Advanced Master in European and International Business Law
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Open Lecture Series | Novel approaches to delay ageing and age-related diseases
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times
MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writing this play, I aim to contribute to our understanding of International Relations Theory. I’m specifically interested in the question how our theories…
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EU Seminar and debate on the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize
Debate, Seminar
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From climate to security: 'Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with'
Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
- Daring questions in Islam
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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Reaction to letter to Parliament on internationalisation
Education
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Internationalisation in balance: Universities of the Netherlands announce their own measures
On 8 February, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) published the measures that universities themselves are intending to take to manage the influx of international students and enhance the Dutch language skills of lecturers and students.
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Expanded access NexisUni in 2023
Education, Library, Research