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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only centred on sport. Human rights are in the spotlights in Qatar. On Friday 30 September, Leiden University organised a debate in which experts from various…
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier
Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to properly recognise the signals in children and young people, according to psychologist Semiha Aydin. How can we improve this? PhD defence 23 February.
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Leave
The Individual Choices Model offers a number of options for buying or saving additional leave days, or exchanging leave days for extra income.
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
a.kefford@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9970
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Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other'
During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storytelling afternoons. They hope to show parents that raising children multilingually is achievable as well as beneficial.
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’
Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control?
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Mark KlaassenFaculty of Law
m.a.k.klaassen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7420
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Jacqueline VelFaculty of Law
j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter van der PuttenFaculty of Science
p.w.h.van.der.putten@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277033
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Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’
Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November how dangerous exclusion is.
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The UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW: Over 75 years of making women’s rights human rights
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Christian Nationalism, Nation-Building, and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia
Lecture, Book Talk - Austrian Studies Fund / CEES Centre
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Helena VrabecFaculty of Law
h.u.vrabec@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Inga van DoornmalenFaculty of Law
i.t.e.h.van.doornmalen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Danny MekicFaculty of Law
d.mekic@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hanneke LankveldFaculty of Law
h.a.lankveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Camille LefebvreFaculty of Law
c.l.lefebvre@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vera Wheni SetijawatiFaculty of Law
v.w.setijawati@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Isotta RossoniFaculty of Law
i.rossoni@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Widya TuslianFaculty of Law
w.n.tuslian@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerrit-Jan ZwenneFaculty of Law
g.j.zwenne@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Nikki VostersFaculty of Law
n.d.vosters@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bruno BraakFaculty of Law
b.j.braak@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Suliman IbrahimFaculty of Law
s.m.k.ibrahim@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7517
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Kimia HeidaryFaculty of Law
k.heidary@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carolien JacobsFaculty of Law
c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277517
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Valerie FrissenFaculty of Law
v.a.j.frissen@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838
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Dona Sanduni Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Law
d.s.d.wickramasinghe@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Francien DechesneFaculty of Law
f.dechesne@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7608
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Oliver TuazonFaculty of Law
o.m.tuazon@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838
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Ahlam el Barnoussi-el MhamdiFaculty of Law
a.el.barnoussi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carlotta RigottiFaculty of Law
c.rigotti@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Gianclaudio MalgieriFaculty of Law
g.malgieri@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Robert OkelloFaculty of Law
r.okello@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Faiz RahmanFaculty of Law
f.rahman@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Santy KouwagamFaculty of Law
s.u.kouwagam@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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New perspective, equal opportunities in the classroom
Inequality could be addressed in the classroom without taking too much time, effort or money. By making one small change, teachers can make a big difference, says Professor by Special Appointment in Equal Educational Opportunities Lisa Gaikhorst in her inaugural lecture.
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Meet Dr. Lital Abazon LJSA Member
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses ranging from Introduction to Zionism to World Cinema.
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education
Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the six finalists for this annual national prize that is awarded to students who promote diversity and inclusion in their own discipline.
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’
Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights and robots in surgery, for example. The children get to do activities. And ask questions: ‘How do you become a professor?’
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Wil RoebroeksFaculty of Archaeology
j.w.m.roebroeks@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate
The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch Senate.
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Damaged by Disgrace: report on involuntary relinquishment and adoption of babies in the Netherlands
For decades, unmarried girls and women in the Netherlands were forced to give up their newborn children. The impact was profound and persists to this day for the mothers, fathers, relinquished children, and the adoptive families in which they were raised.
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Organisations and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week held from 6 – 10 December 2021!
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Translating humorous children's poetry? Content matters most
Translating poetry is notoriously difficult. Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult, even though it is precisely jokes that can encourage children to read more, notes PhD candidate Alice Morta.
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Free course on AI and Ethics: ‘Every citizen should know more about this’
The free AI and Ethics course (in Dutch) is available online to anyone who wants to find out more about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. One of the eight experts featured in the course is Professor Reijer Passchier. ‘Artificial Intelligence is spreading so fast and has such an impact…