142 search results for “second wereld war” in the Student website
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Abhishek Avtans-
Faculty of Humanities
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Cleveringa lecture
Inaugural lecture
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Olga Nozdracheva
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Nivja de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
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Roos van der Haer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bart Schuurman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Frans Osinga
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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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.
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Alies Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jin Hee Park
Faculty of Humanities
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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War in Ukraine: Universities call for support and solidarity for those affected
The Dutch universities are shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and empathise with all those affected by this act of aggression. Leiden University also calls for solidarity with and support for all those affected by the war.
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'Malley
Faculty of Humanities
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Silvia D'Amato
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Leiden University during the Second World War
Event
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Martijn Lemmen
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
- War in Ukraine: one university website for help, action and questions
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Giles Scott-Smith
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Anneleen van der Meer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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I-Hsien Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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Johanneke Caspers
Faculty of Humanities
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Dick Smakman
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying-ting Wang
Faculty of Humanities
- Student Buddy Service: also for students affected by the Ukraine war and other conflicts
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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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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’
How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other students and writer Dubravka Ugrešić. The premiere of the film was on 4 May during the online Hour of Remembrance. Watch this online memorial.
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Juan Masullo Jimenez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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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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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.
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Education
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Second Caring Universities research results: students are reporting more psychological issues
In June 2020, Caring Universities researched the mental health and resilience of students. This was repeated again in January 2021. The results of this second investigation show that more students are reporting psychological issues such as stress and mood swings than during the first investigation.
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…