278 search results for “society unit” in the Student website
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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Bridging science, society and self: what honours education can look like
How can I align science, society and myself to address today’s major challenges? That’s what students of the Honours College track ‘Science, Society and Self’ aim to find out. How do their classes at honours differ from their regular education?
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Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations
Conference
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Presentation of the new United Nations Library platform (Online)
Virtual presentation
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students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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AI as judge? PRE-Class tackles questions about law, technology, and society
During the final event of the PRE-Class Rechtsgeleerdheid, secondary school pupils organised a mock trial on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society. Together with the audience, they explored the possibilities and pitfalls of AI. ‘They all did a wonderful job.’
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Vacancy student representative Art History, Arts, Media and Society and Film and Literary Studies
Organisation
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Diversity in society: ‘We are looking for a new approach to an existing phenomenon’
What is the best way for us as a society to deal with all the different forms of diversity? Professor Marlou Schrover will use the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) to explore this question with colleagues and the public.
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Vacancy: Student representative Art History, Arts, Media and Society and Film and Literary Studies
Organisation
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Vacancy: student representative Art History, Arts, Media and Society and Film and Literary Studies
Education, Organisation
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'Level Up' to reconnect European society for a higher level of democracy
Level Up is a non-profit project led by a multi-disciplinary team of doctoral researchers in the framework of the Europaeum Network was founded by the University of Oxford University. Sophie Veriter explains the importance of Level Up, the development of the ‘Level Up Toolkit’, and why this project…
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Paul CliteurFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Janine UbinkFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'Malley in The Irish Times about the risk of expelling the Russian ambassador in Ireland
Alanna O'Malley, Associate Professor at Leiden University Institute for History, talks about the possible expelling of the Russian ambassador Yuriy Filatov and the risks that come with the decision.
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Bert Koenders new chairman of the Foreign Policy Advisory Council
Bert Koenders, professor of Peace, Law and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, has been appointed chairman of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV), or foreign policy.
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Sustainability, Climate Change and Food ‘A full spectrum analysis of global society’
In September 2023 the new minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food starts. This minor critically examines the complexities of food sustainability through ecological, socio-economic, political, and cultural systems.
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political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’
Jorik ter Veer studied Political Science in Leiden. How does he look back on his student days?
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receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society'
In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, the encyclopedia is an opportunity to broaden the skills of her students and to increase public knowledge. She received a Teaching Comenius Fellowship…
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
- Well-being Wednesday - Dutch Games with Leiden United
- Well-being Wednesdays - Green fingers united: plant cuttings market
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Nisida GjoksiFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Maartje van der WoudeFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Former student Aoife in Glasgow: 'I urged Rutte to limit global warming'
Aoife Fleming attended the climate summit in Glasgow as UN Youth Delegate for the Netherlands. She recently graduated with a master’s degree in Financial Law.
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PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’
From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Diego Salama examines how these operations were connected and their impact on the region.
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Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.
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The United States and the War in Gaza: History, Politics, and Culture
Debate, Panel and Q&A session
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.
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Social and Economic Human Rights, The United Nations and the Intimacies of International Law: A History
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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80th anniversary of United Nations War Crimes Commission-its legacy and relevance
Conference
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World, points to the disastrous effects of multiple interacting crises.
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Relational Multilateralism: the Play of International United Front in China’s Global Grand Strategy
Lecture
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Asia-Europe Cooperation on Inclusive Digital Societies
Webinar
- Graduation ceremony Law and Society
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The American Indian Historical Society
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Dutch Cancer Society allocates funds to a mathematician: for treating Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app
If doctors could better estimate a patient's chances of survival, this would help in choosing a specific treatment. It would be particularly beneficial for the rare and malignant Ewing sarcoma, which mainly affects children and adolescents. Mathematics professor Marta Fiocco has been awarded a substantial…
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‘Knickerbocker Renaissance: Dutch Schools and Slavery in the Early United States’
Lecture, Histories Connected: Special Guest Lecture
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Workers of Istanbul Unite! A Socialist Workers' Organization in the Late Ottoman Capital, 1909-1922
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Materialising Prehistoric Societies in Western Asia
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Orientation meeting Honours College: Science & Society
Study information
- Orientation meeting Honours College: Science & Society (online)
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Trends in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’
What effect do trends in the art world have on the formation of museum collections? University lecturer Martin Berger wants to answer that question in his research within the Museums, Collections and Society project, which asks ethical questions about the origin of collections.