300 search results for “contemporary arts and literature” in the Staff website
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Israel's Gaza war. What caused it? What are the consequences?
Lecture
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Ethnicity and endogeneity in the welfare state
Seminar
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated
Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing from the photos; women rarely obtained PhDs 50 years ago. And this article is about that group, the PhD candidates between 1966 and 1972, who were invited…
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Help desks switch to inclusive salutation: ‘Times change, and we change with them’
Dear Sir or Madam? Many colleagues think that sounds out of date. That is why the hundreds of thousands of automated messages sent by university help desks every year will now include a gender-neutral salutation. This change is an extensive but important ICT job, says product owner Julian van der Kr…
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Belarus is the only Russian ally left in Europe: what is in it for them?
While all European nations have condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is one country Russia can still count on: Belarus. Russia even used its territory as a stepping stone for the invasion. We spoke with Matthew Frear, Assistant Professor and expert on contemporary Belarus, to shed light…
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Award of 33 Kiem grants for new interdisciplinary initiatives
No fewer than 55 applications were submitted for a Kiem seed grant, an initiative for developing new interdisciplinary, interfaculty research partnerships and encounters. The draw took place on Monday for the allocation of 22 seed grants. The Executive Board was so impressed with the number of applications…
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Film Screening: Crip Camp
Arts and culture, Conference | D&I Symposium
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Documentary Screening: Amigo Secreto (+ Q&A with the director)
Arts and culture, Screening
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Workshop painting winter landscapes
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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WINNER 2022: Week of Indonesia Netherlands Education and Research
Event
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NIA - Music, Movement, Magic
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Painting summer landscapes in 6 lessons
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Perceptual drawing: draw your favorite object
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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The Power of Expression
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Workshop Landscape Painting
Arts and leisure, Personal development, Arts and leisure
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EUniwell Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Environmental Humanities LU: Declutter, disconnect, dismantle! Reflections on degrowth and cultural politics
Lecture
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Meet the four Leiden participants in the Europaeum Scholars Programme
Four PhD candidates from Leiden University started the two-year Europaeum Scholars Programme this month. They have now completed the first week of the programme. How was it and what do they expect from this programme?
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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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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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Human rights and Global Diversity
Lecture, Opening of the Owada Chair
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Playing with words
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Playing with your devils: a presentation course
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Urban sketching
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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CSPPR Lecture: The Power of ‘Unpolitics’
Lecture
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Words and Warning Messages: Communicating Deterrence in Theory and Practice
Lecture
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Hip Hop Diplomacy as Subversive Complicity
Guest Lecture
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Workshop The reliable pelvis
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
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Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Festival 2024
Festival
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022