318 search results for “religious conversion” in the Staff website
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A Conversation with Kevin Lewis O'Neill on the craft of ethnographic book writing and publishing
Conversation
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Populism, Punditry and Political Science: A Conversation with Cas Mudde
Lecture
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Training and workshops for students
Leiden University offers various training programmes and workshops that contribute to student well-being.
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How to discuss work balance
Talking about work balance is important both for your own well-being and for your performance at work. It is an inherent aspect of a modern-day healthy work culture to openly communicate about your needs and challenges. You can talk about this with your supervisor, for example during bilateral consultations,…
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Construction projects
Leiden University restores, modernises and builds for the users of its buildings in Leiden and The Hague. The building stock is very diverse: from historic buildings in the inner city to advanced laboratories at the Leiden Bio Science Park.
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OSCoffee: Making data reusable in the social sciences
Lecture
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Construction projects
If you wish to find out about current construction projects, you will find an up-to-date overview of Leiden University construction projects below.
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Work pressure
If you’re experiencing too much work pressure, talk about it to your colleagues and your manager. This is the only way we can jointly work towards a solution. How do you raise the issue of work pressure? And what can you do to prevent work pressure from getting out of hand?
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Skillslab: Use your strengths to communicate
Communication
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Tips & tricks for online meetings
Most of us are spending more time looking at computer screens due to remote working and online meetings. Video calls have become a popular way of keeping in touch for professionals but it’s not without its problems. The two most frequently heard complaints are a general sense of fatigue and a lack of…
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Online courses Life and career
Personal development, Career development
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Intercultural competences for lecturers and supervisors
Diversity
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Let’s Connect! toolkit
In the Let's Connect toolkit, you'll find articles, videos, training and conversation tools to communicate openly with each other. You will find tips on how to make a connection and how to listen actively. You practice discussing difficult issues and making agreements. You learn to give feedback and…
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Vacancy: CADS Students to Co-Host Our Instagram Account
Are you a CADS student at Leiden University with a passion for Instagram? Do you want to show prospective students how interesting, useful, fun, and socially relevant Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology is? We are looking for 1st or 2nd-year students to regularly post on our Instagram ac…
- Wanted: CADS Students to Co-Host Our Instagram Account
- Courses
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International Women's Day. Gender, career and leadership: a conversation with Annetje Ottow and Hester Bijl
Event
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Liesbet Nyssen
Faculty of Humanities
e.a.nyssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
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Hoe gaan we om met oplopende spanningen? ‘De keuze is: vechten of praten’
‘A Muslim and a Jew in the house of God.’ This is how historian Nadia Bouras introduced her recent conversation with colleague Sara Polak in Leiden’s Hooglandse Kerk. They discussed the rising tensions since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. ‘Dare to ask each other questions.’
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Looking beyond labels
Diversity
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Brown Eyes Blue Eyes training course for lecturers and supervisors
Diversity
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Online courses Communication
Career development, Leadership
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Argumentation training for lecturers and supervisors
Diversity
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Lock your screen
Locking your screen before leaving your desk: it’s so easy to do but we often forget. This quick action protects both you and the university. Do you always lock your screen when you leave to get a coffee, walk to the printer or chat with a colleague in the corridor?
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Leadership
Strong leadership is essential for building an open and learning organisation.
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Unacceptable behaviour
The workplace should be completely free from unacceptable behaviour, such as bullying, sexual harassment, intimidation, discrimination and violence. If you experience or witness unacceptable behaviour, it can be difficult to talk about it. Yet it’s very important that you report it to one of the confidential…
- Vision on Blended Education
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International news platform seeks Leiden academics with a good story
Would you like to share your academic research with a diverse international audience? On the not-for-profit news platform The Conversation, academics and journalists team up to write research-based articles. Leiden University recently partnered with this platform, and two of our colleagues share their…
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Have you already signed up for one of the Let’s Connect webinars?
Human resources
- Join a free Let's Connect webinar
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Work Balance in Action
Many people at the Faculty of Humanities engage in their work with great passion and enthusiasm. It is important that employees enjoy their work and create a healthy work balance. Work Balance in Action is intended to keep the theme of ‘work balance’ on the agenda. By engaging in dialogue around this…
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FSW Grassroots & Grass shoots grants
Are you an FSW lecturer with a great idea to innovate your teaching? Put your idea into practice with a Grassroots or Grass Shoots grant!
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Need inspiration for a Kiem application? ‘Go big!’
Are you thinking of applying for a Kiem grant but still tinkering with your idea for an interdisciplinary project? Let your Leiden colleagues inspire you! Dario Fazzi successfully applied for a Kiem grant with his workshop ‘Understanding the threat of the Anthropocene’.
- Let’s connect webinars 2023: a positive work environment
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Leiden University joins national 113 campaign: ‘It’s okay to feel uncomfortable about talking about suicide’
Talking about suicide is important, but anything but comfortable. To make this difficult subject easier for students and staff to discuss, the university is organising a campaign week in line with the national campaign ‘1K Z1E J3’ (I see you) being run by Stichting 113 Zelfmoordpreventie (113 is the…
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Executive Board column: Open communication isn’t rocket science, but we do forget it at times
We want to be an engaged community where we feel heard and enjoy working together. But how do we have an open conversation about difficult topics?
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Vacation
For a 38-hour week you have 232 vacation hours per year. If you make use of the flexible hours option, you will have more or fewer vacation hours. If you work part-time, your vacation credit is proportionate to your contracted hours. If you are in salary scale 11 or above, you may choose to conclude…
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Lecturer African Linguistics
Humanities, Centre for Linguistics
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Head of Tutorial-Lecturer Team International Studies (0,8 fte)
Humanities, International Studies
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Five questions on why we are talking about academic freedom
On 14 February, we will discuss the role of academics in the public debate and how this relates to academic freedom. All students and staff of the university are cordially invited. Are you curious about this dialogue on issues such as Israel-Palestine, caps and gowns on the A12 and academic titles on…
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Do you want to learn basic Dutch?
Education
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Do you want to learn the basics of Dutch?
Social
- Taskforce on conditions for scholarship and external PhD candidates
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Psychologists receive grant for social anxiety research
“We are proud and happy to receive this grant. It will enable us to do truly innovative fundamental research with a direct link to practical applications.” Michiel Westenberg is looking forward to investigate the effects of age and social anxiety on eye-contact. Together with Esther van den Bos he has…
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7 June 2022: Conference 'Practicing Informed Consent; Dilemmas and experiences in social science research'
Research
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The faculty vision and strategy plan: the importance of the community
Behind the scenes people are working hard on the vision and strategy plan of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: a manifest of our priorities and ‘a pamphlet for change,’ according to Dean Paul Wouters and Board Secretary Jordi Kerkum. The faculty-wide conversation about our collective future…
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Develop your management skills with the Leadership Courses
Working together, taking responsibility, making connections or pushing boundaries: all competences that are essential for leadership. With HRM Learning & Development's range of training courses, you can grow these competences and develop into a manager. Two colleagues talk about their experiences.
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Psychology Connected on ChatGPT: How can we use AI without losing our own cognitive skills?
Writing essays, refining grant applications, or creating a new course curriculum—ChatGPT assists students and researchers in these endeavours. What this new technology means for working in academia, was discussion at the fourth Psychology Connected event.