623 search results for “centre and eastern european” in the Student website
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First comprehensive study on gun violence in Europe identifies alarming trends
The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then. An arms race among drug criminals and an increase in the availability of illegal firearms could lead to more criminal and gun violence. This is one of…
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to her about her experience.
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European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
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Biology students expose exotic amphibians in the dunes
During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determined the geographic origin of the animals. And guess what? In many cases they discovered exotic populations of animals that do not naturally belong in The Netherlands.…
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Lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' to start again in April 2023
The Europa Institute is once again organising the lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' (Europe in Practice). Students are offered the unique opportunity to enter into discussions with prominent guest speakers with years of European experience working in a wide range of sectors. Each year, we invite…
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State of the European Union 2022: what is to come?
Lecture, Seminar
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LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar
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European social policy in neoliberal times: dealing with social issues during and after the Delors years
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Stability in unstable times: how the European Central Bank handles inflation
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Armin Cuyvers appointed full professor of EU law at Leiden Law School
The Board of Leiden University has appointed Armin Cuyvers as a full professor of European Law, specifically EU Constitutional Law and Comparative Regional Integration, effective per 1 September 2021.
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’
What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repressed people of Belarus rallied against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years. Months later, what remains of the protest?…
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Can Russia be stopped?
Tensions are rising between Russia and the West. Can an invasion of Ukraine and an international war be avoided? Political scientist and Russia expert Hans Oversloot warns of the consequences if the West chooses a collision course. ‘Offer Russia a dignified exit strategy.’
- European Week Against Racism
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Volgens hoogleraar Sarah Wolff zijn EU-migratiedeals een slechte oplossing voor een niet bestaand probleem
Nu in heel Europa rechtse partijen hoog scoren in de peilingen is de verwachting dat de discussie omtrent migratie flink opgeschud gaat worden. Desondanks maant hoogleraar Sarah Wolff tot kalmte.
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Uni-Life app helps you connect with fellow students
Social
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Maikel KuijpersFaculteit Archeologie
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Karsten WentinkFaculteit Archeologie
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Ali MohammadFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Caspar van den BergFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Lasse van den DikkenbergFaculteit Archeologie
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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Axel PalmérFaculty of Humanities
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Ingrid van Biezen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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Anthony BrownScience
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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European subsidy for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consolidator grant, she and 3 PhDs and a postdoc will further her EEG research on the different stages at which girls and women experience strong hormonal f…
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Waarom Rutte de juiste kandidaat is om de cohesie binnen de NAVO te bewaren
Lars Brummel explains in The Conversation that Rutte is a good candidate to counter threats to NATO's cohesion.
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Vacancy for Editorial Assistant – Common Market Law Review
The Common Market Law Review (CML Rev.), one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in the field of European Union law, has its editorial office at Leiden Law School, Leiden University.
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Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives from and Impacts on Non-European Actors
Debate
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Q&A session on Blue Book Traineeship
On Wednesday 27 January, EU Careers, an organisation that on behalf of the Dutch government offers assistance with job applications at EU institutions, and the Europa Institute organised a Q&A session for the students of the LLM European Law on the Blue Book Traineeship at the European Commission.
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Vanessa Mak knaw
Vanessa mak knaw
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Question fire for ambassadors Germany and France during debate
Europe lives! This became clear last Friday when students debated with the French ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. Luis Vassy, and his German colleague, H.E. Dirk Brengelmann, on a range of topics relating to Franco-German relations and the European Union.
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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Imagine you’re Ilias from Turkey
In the confrontational ‘House of Misconceptions’, visitors put themselves in another person’s shoes and have to justify their existence. The performance is the result of a unique collaboration between the Liquid Society art collective and Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude and her st…
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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EU Seminar and debate on the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize
Debate, Seminar
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Apply for the LDE NL Space Campus Summer School
Education
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Apply now for the LDE NL Space Campus Summer School
Education
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24th European Meeting of Paleopathology Association
Conference
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
- Una Europa: European Day of Languages
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Faculty Office has moved to Herta Mohr Building
As from Wednesday 13 May, the Faculty Office has moved to the Herta Mohr Building.
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Papyrus, roses and a sea cat: the Leiden Dioskurides
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Harold KosterFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities