2,053 search results for “contemporary arts and literature” in the Public website
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Recommendations from the Student Well-being Taskforce
We know from national and international research that many students struggle with psychological problems. How about students in Leiden? Leiden University's Student Well-being Taskforce wants to see more research and has also come up with some advice, ranging from personal buddies and digital support…
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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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How a Dutchman contributed to the rapid development of Singapore
In 1960, Albert Winsemius started to help the city state of Singapore achieve its rapid rise out of economic misery. He helped the Singaporean government understand how the Netherlands had managed to rebuild so quickly after the Second World War, with the help of the American Marshall Plan. PhD defence…
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague
Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured fashion with a ceremony in the Pieterskerk, but broke with tradition by sending professors out to primary schools.
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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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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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Workshop- Figuring Things Out Together
Arts and culture, Workshop
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The Journey from Monolingual to Multilingual Language Policy in Ethiopia: Politics, challenges and opportunities
Lecture, This Time for Africa! Series
- Academic Professional Development
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Indonesia's Choice - Discussing the upcoming elections
Debate
- BA Spring Middle East Studies programme
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Casting Call: The Αngry, The Fool, The Healer/Caretaker, The Ghost, The Innocent, The One Whose Words Penetrate Brains, The Puppeteer, The…
Exhibition
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LAMS Lecture Perennialist Traditionalism and Modern Philosophy
Lecture
- POSTPONED: Panel Discussion: Neutrality in a Changing World
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LTF Lecture with Michael Kremer
Lecture
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LUCIP Lecture "Queer Desires and Buddhist Asceticism: Negotiating Dharma and Diverse Embodiments"
Lecture
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Talk on Impersonal Idealism: A Buddhist-Platonist Alternative
Lecture
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Challenging Native Speakerism in Language Ideologies: Insights on German from the perspective of French speakers
Lecture, LUCL Sociolinguistics Series 2022/2023
- Anthropology in The Netherlands
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Playing with your devils: a presentation course
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Book launch ‘The promise of music’
Arts and culture, Book launch
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Dutch Universities Alumni Event - Jakarta 27 Sept 2023
Alumni event
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Finessage for ‘Touching: An Exhibition of Material Research Samples and Recipes’
Arts and culture
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Playing with words
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Recognition and Reward: What Will It Bring Us?
Lecture
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Human rights and Global Diversity
Lecture, Opening of the Owada Chair
- Special Lecture: Making Sense of the Universe
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Prospects for law reform and democracy under Indonesia’s new president
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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Creative writing: Science Fiction (Dutch and English spoken)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
- Volume 15 (2020)
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Chair of UN Studies in Peace and Justice
From 1 August 2018, Alanna O'Malley was appointed as Chair of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, focusing on the ‘lesser-known actors’ of the UN: women, the youth, the agents of informal diplomatic networks within the UN and actors from the Global South. This Special Chair has been created…
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for MSc Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for MSc Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for MSc Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for MSc Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Turning over a new leaf: Manuscript innovation in the twelfth-century renaissance
How did the medieval manuscript develop as a physical object during the Twelfth Century Renaissance and what do these changes tell us about the intellectual culture of the period?
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How Johan Huizinga sent the Nazis packing
In 1933, Leiden held a large international student conference. It was supposed to be a celebration of unity that would bring together the French, British and Germans. But when the Nazis showed their true colours, Rector Magnificus decided to intervene...
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Consortia awarded grant for research into pressing issues
Various consortia in which Leiden University is represented are beginning interdisciplinary research, which will bring scientific and societal breakthroughs within reach. Knowledge institutions, government and private parties are working closely together on the projects.
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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.
- LIAS China Seminar
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LCCP Working Seminar: Elements of ecotechnical existence in Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics (1935)
Lecture
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Small Grants Past Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.
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The Recontextualisation of a Multiethnolect: The Case of Multicultural London English
Lecture, Sociolinguistics series
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CPP Colloquium: "Property and Social Equality"
Lecture
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LUCIP Lecture: Radically ecological minds
Lecture
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LCCP Working Seminar with Marita Tatari: The “we” and the human condition. Arendt, Jacobi, Nancy.
Lecture
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Decolonising International Law: Entrapments in Praxis and Critical Thought
Lecture
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Institute for Philosophy Opening Academic Year 2022-2023
Lecture
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Legal socialization in law school: two types of professional identity formation and their impact on inclusion and diversity’
Lecture
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Institute for Philosophy Opening Academic Year 2023-2024
Lecture