379 search results for “crisis” in the Student website
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Alumna Anne Marie van Rietschoten on the importance of ethics and making a contribution
If it was up to alumna and member of the Advisory Board Anne Marie van Rietschoten, philosophy and ethics would be part of the standard curriculum for a law degree. In our monthly flash interview with alumni, Anne Marie explains why she believes this is so important.
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (Leiden) - 8 May 2024
Information session
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Master Get Together
Master Get Together
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (Leiden) - 6 March 2024
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 7 February 2024
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 3 April 2024
Voorlichtingsbijeenkomst
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Public Lecture: 'How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market'
Lecture
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NIT Day in Leiden
Conference
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Faculty Symposium 2022: Humanities in Crises
Conference, Symposium
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Solidarity and Racism in Europe [POSTPONED]
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Geographies of Repression and Resistance
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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Academy Tour with Rutger Bregman
Debate
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Never the same again: The EU's eastern enlargement after 20 years
Lecture
- PCNI Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Sustainability Series: Save the planet whilst doing what you love
Lecture
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Local and Transnational Activism and Solidarity
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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11th International conference on industrial ecology
Conference
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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‘All students want to be seen and heard’
A safe place to discuss burning social issues such as racism with each other. The student workspace Space to Talk About Race and the Afro Student Association both meet this need and also organise many other activities. Three board members explain why this is necessary.
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ACPA appoints new academic director
The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) recently appointed a new academic director. Erik Viskil is taking over from Henk Borgdorff, who held the post for the past four years. What has been achieved in those years? And what does ACPA’s future look like? In this double interview we discuss…
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‘We are drowning in dossiers of which we have long known they will play a role’
The new government needs to look further ahead, says environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra. ‘We keep pushing forward big dossiers like demographic ageing, climate and migration. Even though we know they play a big role in our future.’ Hoekstra therefore hopes that the new coalition agreement will…
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Surprising results of research on counterterrorism: 'Assumptions surrounding Trump may be wrong’
It poured down when Alexander Gallo received his diploma from West Point Military Academy. A bad sign, people said back then. It was June 2001, three months before 9/11. The now 46-year-old American fought in Iraq, did research in Afghanistan and stands in Leiden today, defending his dissertation on…
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’
‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the conservation biologist for her passion, engaging personality, and the way she motivates her students. On the Dutch Day of the Teacher, we get to know…
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Speak up where it will help, not just at the coffee machine
For five years, Pauline Hutten put her heart and soul into the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA), but a short time ago, she handed over the baton to Sanneke Kuipers, who is now Chair. We met up with them both for a joint interview about the importance of particip…
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Network of student well-being officers create connections
It’s an important theme at the University and beyond: student well-being. Even before coronavirus, research showed that loneliness and the pressure to succeed were causing particular problems for students, and these problems have only increased since the pandemic. Work is underway to improve the sit…
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‘The Netherlands should also consider the possibility of direct confrontation with Russia’
There is a real chance of war closer to home, political and military leaders in Europe have warned. What does Frans Osinga, Professor of War Studies, think about the threat and what we should do?
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden University’s Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is widely regarded as an expert on civil wars and conflicts. Her new book, Rebels and Conflict Escalation,…
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Flash interview with alumna Liz Kool about her choice for a career with social impact
Kool made a conscious choice to work for a non profit organisation. Recently, inspired by the pandemic, she also made a career switch.
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Paul Wouters reappointed as Dean of FSW
Paul Wouters has been reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. His second term runs from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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European Strategic Autonomy and a Rising China
An informal exchange
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Carte Blanche Interdisciplinariteit
Conference, Carte Blanche
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Documentary series #1: Memories of Communism in Lebanon - Two Videos by Marwan Hamdan
Documentary screening
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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Talking Palestine: The Politics of Narrating the Conflict
Lecture
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Israel's Gaza war. What caused it? What are the consequences?
Lecture
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Roundtable on the Future of Yemeni Studies
Conference, Roundtable
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LUCIR/CSPPR Roundtable: The French Presidential Election Amidst World Turmoil
Debate
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
Lecture
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Leiden Anthropological Conference: The Campus with a Future
Conference
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Conference on Human Rights and Climate Change
Conference
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Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa
Conference