297 search results for “women s rights” in the Student website
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Construction Day: Time to come and take a look in the University’s new Spui Building
You might be wondering what the reconstruction of the former V&D store at Spui in The Hague looks like now. If so, you can come and find out for yourself. On Saturday 8 June 2024, from 10.00 – 13.00 hrs., the building site of the new Campus The Hague Leiden University Building will be open to the pu…
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Student associations
Leiden University is well known for its student associations, which provide a great way for you to get to know your fellow students. As well as parties and social events, student associations also offer excellent sporting and cultural opportunities.
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Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl on Palestine event: ‘Let’s have an academic debate with room for different perspectives’
There’s been a lot of commotion about the ‘Apartheid in Israel’ panel discussion being cancelled. The organisers, Students for Palestine, wanted to hold this at Leiden University’s Wijnhaven building in The Hague on 21 March. The Executive Board would only allow the event to go ahead if guarantees…
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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iranian regime should not be underestimated, says Senior Assistant Professor and Iranian Babak RezaeeDaryakenari.
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Got a question about science? Ask Leiden!
Due to its success, the Leiden2022 Q&A has been extended and is looking for even more thought-provoking, interesting or unusual questions.
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks
The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students? These two 'colleagues' are certain of it.
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Purple Friday: ‘I try to give the community some support’
Purple clothing and a pride flag flying from all University buildings: Leiden University is once again taking part in Purple Friday. How do people experience this day? We asked some employees and students of the Faculty of Humanities.
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The minefield that is unacceptable behaviour
University is often a period of sexual exploration and experimentation, generally to the satisfaction of all involved. But sometimes you want it and the other doesn’t. Or vice versa. Or you can’t really tell. This is what the Safe Space play at Theater Ins Blau was about on 11 October. And: can your…
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Too late for your lecture? That’s a thing of the past with the new Kwartiertje pass
Being on time for a lecture can be hard for students. To make life easier, you can now request for a ‘Kwartiertje’ pass.
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Threat(s) to Democracy
Debate, Roundtable
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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The future of Europe’s finances
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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It's not even a state: The story of Putin's obsession with Ukraine
Lecture
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Live Event: China’s Digital Future
Debate
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Leiden University's Winter Weeks
Student wellbeing
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. He says that they seek to take control of federal agencies by replacing civil servants with ‘American First footsoldiers’.
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Career College: Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Today’s geopolitics: Managing the known unknowns?
Lecture, Seminar
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
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EU’s engagement in the Arctic
Lecture, Seminar
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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Online Master’s Experience: Career Service
Study information
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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On-campus Master’s Experience Day: City Tours Leiden
Study information
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Online Master’s Experience: Practical Matters: Admission & Application
Study information
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
- Warm Welcome: Let’s Kickstart this Academic Year Together
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The 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Working together to fulfil the promise of peace
Conference
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EU Seminar and debate on the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize
Debate, Seminar
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reluctant reformers? Central and Eastern European perspectives on EU’s institutional reform
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Impact on Russia's war in Ukraine on ecology of Ukraine and Europe
Debate
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Public Discussion: “New International Order and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Path”
Debate
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Reflections on a year of Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine
Debate, Roundtable discussion
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Relational Multilateralism: the Play of International United Front in China’s Global Grand Strategy
Lecture
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POSTPONED - Roundtable - Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives from and Impacts on Non-European Actors
Debate
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Seeking the Truth through Journalism: A discussion with The New York Times’s Visual Investigations
Webinar
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Third meeting of Leiden University's Being the First student network
Thematic Meeting Being the First
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’
She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawyer Natacha Harlequin learned in her student days in Leiden. ‘What I personally think of the alleged act doesn’t matter so much.’
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MA International Relations: Alumni Career Networking Event 2022
Alumni event
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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony