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Dr Graça Machel in Leiden: human rights, the crucial role of academia and the importance of intergenerational dialogue
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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From Leiden Pilgrim to American president
Before founding their American colony, the Pilgrim Fathers first lived in Leiden in the early 17th century. This group has no fewer than nine American presidents among its descendants. The University played an important role in the Pilgrims’ life in Leiden.
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Blog Post | From the margins to the front line: Central Eastern European diplomacy in the light of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Russia’s premeditated attack on Ukraine in February 2022 changed not only the security landscape of Europe. It also altered – at least for now – the structures of leadership and influence within the West.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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One in five prisoners overlooked by professionals
Prisoners deserve better professional support when preparing to return to society. PhD candidate Amanda Pasma: ‘You can’t imprison everyone for life. Society will have to give prisoners a second chance.’
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Liveable Communities: project with a sustainable outlook
With the Liveable Communities – Liveable Planet project, Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood, is showing that scientists are driven by ambition, hope and faith. She is linking Vrouw Vennepolder, a polder in Zuid-Holland, to the UN climate goals.
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‘Heritage is never neutral. It is always interpreted’
As of 1 September 2019, Prof. Pieter ter Keurs will assume the position of Scientific Director at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development as well as that of Professor of Museums, Collections and Society at the Faculties of Humanities and Archaeology at Leiden University.…
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Conference Hazelhoff Centre: Public and Private Regulation of Financial Markets
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law, the conference ‘Public and Private Regulation of Financial Markets’ was held on the 11th of May 2017 at law firm Stibbe in Amsterdam. The conference attracted an international audience originating from more than five different…
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Working from home leads to better well-being and often a lower appraisal from superior
New ways of working like working from home can have a positive impact on a person’s career, but only when their superior supports their choice. Researcher Maral Darouei will defend her PhD thesis on sustainable careers on 9 June 2020.
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Call for Papers Conference: The "Others" amongst "Us"
The conference 'The
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How does the government spend taxpayers’ money fairly?
Public procurement is not a hot topic for the average citizen. That’s a pity, says PhD candidate Erik Plas, who did research on the fair spending of public money: 'If a council project goes completely haywire, because it costs more than expected, it could even mean that local taxes will have to be r…
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American presidents and their special relationship with Leiden
President John Quincy Adams studied in Leiden. His father, John, who was also president, also stayed here and received a lot of support from professor and publisher Johan Luzac. And how are presidents Bush and Obama linked to Leiden?
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De schaduwzijde van erfgoedbescherming
World Heritage status comes at a cost to the local population’s human rights. PhD Candidate Sophie Starrenburg explains the drawbacks of poetic terms such as ‘the cultural heritage of mankind’.
- POSTPONED: Panel Discussion: Neutrality in a Changing World
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Miranda Lubbers and Michał Bojanowski
Lecture
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Courts as an Arena for Societal Change
Conference
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Towards a Unified Theory for Noun Class Agreement in Grassfields Bantu
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Justification, Performativity, and Islam in the Anthropology of Practical Legal Life
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2022 / LUCIS Keynote
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Managing group work
Didactics
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
- 1325 twenty years on – the evolution of the WPS agenda after 9/11
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Having your cake and eating it: on partial speech acts in US political discourse
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
- Volume 15 (2020)
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Abortion, Law, and Everyday Ethics in India: Women’s Reproductive Choices in Everyday World
Conversation
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CPP Colloquium - An intercultural reflection on the ethics of technology: An African perspective
Lecture
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Workshop ‘Disinformation and Human Rights in Context’
Conference
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CPP Annual Lecture with Joseph Heath, The challenge of policing minorities in a liberal state
Lecture
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“I would never trust them 100%, but they did their job.” Experiences of parents from religious, ethnic, or cultural minorities with court cases
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Liveable Planet Lunch Lecture: ‘If you want to travel far, go together’: transdisciplinary collaboration for a Liveable Planet - Laurens Hessels
Lecture
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Working With Frictions (symposium and concert)
PhD defence, Symposium and Concert
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Award ceremony Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Prijsuitreiking
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The fringes of the Ancient Iranian World: lectures by Ching Chao-jung and Ogihara Hirotoshi
Lecture
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Filling an Accountability Gap? How a Standing UN Investigative Mechanism Would Further International Criminal Justice
Conference
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Launch of Marco Bronckers’ Liber Amicorum
Conference, Book launch
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)
- Volume 4 (2009)
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Hall of Fame
Many of our staff and students have won an award, received a grant, obtained an academic fellowship for their quality or have been socially engaged due to their specific expertise. See below for an overview per year.
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Overview of publications
The BLRN members have published extensively in recent years. In addition to the BLRN book series, dissertations of BLRN members published in the E.M. Meijers Institute Series, you will find below a selection of our publications. For a more complete list of publications of each BLRN member, please visit…
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Project Office IRP
Programme management of research programme “Strengthening knowledge of and dialogue with the Islamic/Arab world”
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CCLS Past Events
On this page you can find information about previous CCLS events.
- Volume 5 (2010)
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PhD
The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) of Leiden University hosts almost 50 PhD candidates working on a wide variety of topics.
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Educational Innovation Hub
Since its founding, LUC has been a college of educational development and experimentation. Its mission statement identifies the college as “a site of innovation in pedagogy, curriculum design, and student well-being,” and it applies a student-centred approach to learning throughout its BA and BSc degree…
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Publications
Recent publications
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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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Call for Contributions: Third conference of the Law and Development Research Network
From 19 to 21 September 2018 the third annual conference of the Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) will take place at Leiden University. The theme of the conference will be 'Interfaces'.
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy?
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awarded a total of 158 Venis in this round; Leiden University's share of the awards is 12 percent.
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Law graduate Irina Ghazarian convinces international insurer to change tack
After her law degree, Irina Ghazarian (28) started working at Zurich Insurance PLC, an international insurance company. ‘Why do we outsource cases that are going to court?’ she asked. She is now the first attorney to work there.