676 search results for “south afrika” in the Staff website
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A decade devoted to shaping the future of children’s rights
The Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights (LL.M.) was launched in 2015 to equip a generation of professionals to protect the rights of children worldwide. As the programme celebrates its 10th anniversary, we reflect on its impact.
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Three students nominated for an ECHO Award: ‘I want to make the world a better place’
A more inclusive and diverse society is what Talisha Schilder, Hawra Nissi and Chiraz Hassoumi spend many hours a week working towards. Their hard work led them to being nominated for the ECHO Award.
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From research in space to director on earth
After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institute. In this interview, you will get to know Ignas. Or at least a little. That is why we gave him five dilemmas and asked the people around him who he really…
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What Darwin couldn’t see: Expedition to uncover invisible life in Galápagos
An international research team is to search for invisible life in the Galápagos Islands. The diversity of bacteria and other microscopic organisms may not be evident to the naked eye, but it is essential to nature. To the islands' giant daisies, for instance: unique endemic plants that are currently…
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From a child in the orchard to director of the botanical garden
At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an old orchard surrounded by a large hedge. Since 1 May, she has been the scientific director (prefect) of the Hortus botanicus in Leiden, and all the pieces…
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
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,…
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Visual Ethnography alumna Wilke Geurds exhibits photography during Leiden Kunstroute
Photographer and Visual Ethnography alumna Wilke Geurds captured special encounters during her travels. As an anthropologist, Wilke is always curious about other countries, people and cultural customs. That curiosity forms the core of her new photo exhibition, which can be seen during the Kunstroute…
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‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College
Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of PRE-College Leiden, we asked two experienced PRE-mentors about their job - and what makes their work so meaningful. ‘You really see them grow.’
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Al Qaeda in de Islamitische Maghreb ontrafeld: de brede blik ontbrak
Sergei Boeke has once again proven that there are more roads than one that lead to Rome with his PhD research into al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. It is both the core point of his conclusions as well as the leitmotiv for his approach. Boeke’s dissertation is comprised of five academic articles that…
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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Alumnus Shivan Shazad: 'I would like to have been a member of a diversity and inclusion committee'
It was his thesis supervisor during his master's in Film and Photographic Studies who encouraged Shivan Shazad to pursue a second master's in diversity policy at Ghent. He is now Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Frontex director Hans Leijtens: 'We don't stop migration, but we want to properly manage it'
What does European border security look like? On 14 April, Hans Leijtens, executive director of Frontex and former commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, is in The Hague for a lunch lecture. We spoke with him about border security, migration and the role of Frontex.
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André Leliveld awarded Comenius Senior Fellowship
André Leliveld has won a grant of 100,000 euros within the Comenius Senior Fellow programme for the project ‘Learning globally, acting locally: co-creation of an international multidisciplinary online learning environment around Frugal Innovation'. André is academic coordinator of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus…
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The Vanuatu climate case goes far, but not far enough
In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice says that states are obliged to protect the climate. Jolein Holtz, a climate and human rights expert, believes the Court is too vague about the impact for future generations: ‘A missed opportunity’.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Sacred Serpents of the Mekong: Nāga Myths and Magic in Contemporary Thailand
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
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Birth of beautiful brides: Rise and transformation of the female gender roles and responsibilities among the Maasai pastoralists of Kenya
Lecture
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Book Talk - Liminal Diasporas: Contemporary Movements of Humanity and the Environment
Book Talk
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Asia Academy #18: ChatGPT vs Deepseek: China's Rise as AI Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Discourse in contact: an areal study of wish formulae in Daghestan
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Series '24/'25
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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VVIK Lecture | Uncovering the Manuscript History of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita: Tracing and Reconstruction
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Seminar and book discussion
Lecture, Seminar and book discussion
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Fifty Years of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Conference
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ENIUGH Roundtable: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Multilateralism – A View from The Hague
Conference
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Why are we so determined to find Amitābha in Gandhāra?
Lecture
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Publish or Perish: Religious Zaydi publishers in Yemen during the 1990s
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Discover the Realities of North Korea: An Evening with Defectors Lee Young-Hyeon and Lee Byung-Lim
Lecture
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Rising Power Divided: China and India in International Environmental Politics
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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IBL Spotlight - Science Communication & Society
Lecture
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Elsa Charlety | On Zora Neale Hurston
Lecture, Research Seminar
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The Limits of Transformational Authoritarian Constitutions: The Case of Indonesia
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Transforming Caste: Circus and Body Politics in Colonial Malabar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Can Neurodiversity be a Lens to Study Sufism?
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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Sweden in NATO and the changing EU security architecture
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Public Speaking Competition for Students of Dutch Studies
Arts and culture, Competition
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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ASCL Seminar: The Blue Values Journey to Research and Resilience in Coastal Africa
Lecture
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Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Image - Infrastructure. A visual ethnography of the Port of Suape (Brazil)
Lecture
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Family, a racialized space
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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In the Making #2: Etienne Kallos, Searching for a Diasporic Time Image
Lecture
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just Peace Festival
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Best practices
On this page we've bundled the best practices which will be presented during the Education Market of 19 June 2025.
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Fast-Tracking Climate Resilience with AI: a Stakeholder Discussion
Panel discussion
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Warrior Women, Gender-bending Plots, Perfect Masculinity: Paradigms of gender in Javanese Amir Hamza narratives
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Global China in Urban Europe: Understanding the Role of Chinese Actors, Media, Cultures and Capital in European Urban Development
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Lecture
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Of Monsters and other Men: green Islam and the tidalectics of ecological crises in maritime Asia
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series