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In his recent article, Sankaran Krishna asks: how does IR address the glaring fact of inequality across nation-states? His answer is: through a discourse of meritocracy. IR theories construct world politics as a meritocratic space, where inequalities are reflections of innate differences in merit of…

How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.

The celebration marking the opening of the new academic year will focus on the role that science can (and perhaps should) play in shaping the gamut of policy from the local to the global. This question will be considered from many different perspectives: from both the purveyors (academics and students)…

This lecture presents a new approach to the formative period of early Islamic theology (8th to 10th centuries CE), with reference to both established and newly available texts from distinct Islamic school traditions. Themes addressed include the importance of identifying the emergent Arabic vocabulary…

Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar

Three years on, and interest in Ukraine certainly hasn't waned. The auditorium at the Wijnhaven location was fully booked on Monday. Hundreds of people, including top military brass, listened to Defence Minister Brekelmans' speech. He pointed out to them: 'Here in the Netherlands, we're now living in…

We would like to cordially invite you to CIAS Event: the screening of the movie Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin (synopsis below). After the movie there will be time for a Q&A Session with film maker Omar Aguilar Sánchez. Everyone is welcome!

As the 2024 elections in the United States draw near, the political landscape is once again charged with intense debate and scrutiny. In this context, Studium Generale has invited Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe, University Lecturer in American history and foreign policy at the Institute for History, Leiden…

‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…

This lecture will delve into the classical, yet pressing, question of the boundaries between human and nonhuman animals, through the lens of one of the most outstanding thinkers in Islamic intellectual history: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606 H/1210 CE). Al-Rāzī, like most premodern philosophers across…

Lecture, Studium Generale

The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…

Meijerssymposium 2024

The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology invites you to join the Psychology End of Year Celebration on Monday 16 December, 16.00 at the FSW central hall. During this event the psychology prizes will be awarded to collegues within our institute in appreciation for their excellent…

Toogdag onderzoek 2024 Startersbeurzen

Prof.dr. F.S. de Boer dr. C.P.T. de Gouw (OU) dr. A.W. Laarman Summary The research presented in this thesis concerns one of the most important questions in software engineering of our time: how can we make sure that software is free from memory safety bugs? Memory safety bugs are the major cause of…

Conference

In Plato’s Laws 721b-c the Guest from Athens presents the law for procreation, or proper time for marriage, to illustrate his major legal innovation, namely the preambles to the laws. He draws a contrast between (a) a ‘double form’ of law, i.e. a law that is introduced by a preamble, an argument…

Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network

Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture

2024 was a remarkable and eventful year for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. In this year overview, we look back month by month at the key events and developments.

On 5 May, we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and the fact that we have been able to live in freedom ever since. But what does freedom mean, and how does it relate to our safety? Various FGGA experts draw connections with their own fields of expertise.

In November 2023, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) underwent its first full external research evaluation for the period from 2016 to 2021 with outstanding results. In its final assessment report, the independent external evaluation committee underlines that ‘the committee is impressed…

Please join us for our next LUCDH lunchtime talk presented by Dr. Yann Ryan on Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 12:00 – 13:00 (CET). Network analysis is widely used in the digital humanities. Network patterns are found again and again right across the social and natural worlds. Relatively easy…

On 4 December 2024, the 10th edition of the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture will be celebrated with a special programme. Koert Lindijer, well-known journalist and author of African affairs, and Africa correspondent for the Dutch news platforms NRC and NOS, will be this year’s keynote speaker.…

How do conflicts escalate? Escalation and the existence of an escalation ladder, which denotes conflicts reaching ever increasing levels of intensity, are often used terms but have been little developed academically. Beyond the original context of the Cold War where these ideas originated, escalation…

Conference

How do international laws protect children during armed conflicts, and how can education help rebuild societies after war? On 10 December, International Human Rights Day, and 100 years after the 1924 Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, join us for a panel discussion exploring these urgent…

Conference, D&I Event