1,589 search results for “european union politics” in the Staff website
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Russische toeristen weigeren kan alleen op Europees niveau
Naar aanleiding van de aanhoudende oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne willen verschillende Europese landen een inreisverbod invoeren tegen Russische staatsburgers. Maar mogen zij dit zomaar doen?
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Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond.
Inaugural lecture
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Nico Schrijver member of EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel
Nico Schrijver professor emeritus in Public Law and State councillor at the Council of State has been appointed by the European Union and the United Kingdom as a member of the Arbitration Panel which is authorised to settle disputes on the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement.
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‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’
Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and think tanks impact the authoritarian leadership’s views on what constitutes the country’s national interest in the international arena. On 14 November…
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Debate ‘Tax in the Boardroom’ between students, the business sector, and government
On Monday 10 October a debate was held at the KOG, ‘Tax in the Boardroom’. During this inspiring event, students and tax experts from the business sector and public bodies considered the tax issues that are dominating the public debate. The tax experts were Joost Kutsch Lojenga (Shell), Sebastiaan de…
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Photo report: 'Ground-truthing' on the Veluwe
Dr Quentin Bourgeois and a group of students are currently exploring the Veluwe. In 2019 and 2020 volunteers looked at altitude maps of the Veluwe and indicated potential burial mound locations. Now the team from Leiden is 'ground-truthing', checking on the spot whether we are dealing with an actual…
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Exhibition on 50 years of archaeological fieldwork in Oss celebrates an archaeological 'Walhalla'
In 1974 Professor Modderman (founder of the Institute for Prehistory Leiden; predecessor of the present Faculty of Archaeology) executed a small excavation in the city of Oss. The Middle Iron Age cemetery, built over by Roman Period farmhouses, proved to be the start of a unique archaeological regional…
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From Disappearance to the End Game: Reflecting on the Politics of Decolonization in Hong Kong
Lecture, China Seminar
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272982
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Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabovski about the Polish government and the Holocaust
Grabovski spoke in various media on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2022.
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Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May
Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhaven building on Tuesday 24 May entitled ‘Silencing Palestine’.
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and Scientific Analysis in the History of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, and Intellectual History
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Sixth Conference of the European Network for Teaching Arabic (ENTA-6): Teaching Arabic Across Contexts
Conference
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Applications for Visiting Professorship in Central European Studies at Leiden DUE!
Lecture
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Huizinga Lecture 2025: What is at stake: The limits of politics and fair play
Alumni event, Lezing
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272757
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How migration policy in autocracies and democracies differs from what we expect
What is the effect of a certain regime on a country’s migration policy? Political scientist Katharina Natter compared the migration policy of autocratic Morocco with that of democratising Tunisia. Her findings challenge some of the core assumptions.
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From theory to diplomacy: MIRD Students Present final thesis at annual symposium
Second-year MIRD students showcase their thesis research on global issues during the 2025 Thesis Symposium, bridging theory and diplomatic practice.
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Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale
Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…
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Graduation ceremony: European and International Human Rights Law (Advanced LL.M.)
Graduation ceremony
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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’
American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.
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Femicide: a comparative approach from a Dutch, Italian and European point of view
Conference
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Honours Class students succeed and impress at Model EU Simulation event
In Spring 2023, Leiden University’s Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) launched a new Honours Class ‘Model European Union Simulation: Policies, Negotiations and Transatlantic Experiential Learning’.
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Introducing Prof. Eva Pfanzelter, Visiting Professor of Central European Studies at Leiden, Spring 2025
Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk
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Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)
PhD defence
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From Risks to Public Opinion: How Structural Economic Changes Shape Political Attitudes and Policy Preferences
PhD defence
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The Role of Political Elites in nation-Building in contemporary Ethiopia, 1960-2019
PhD defence
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Deception, risk, and evasion: The politics of sovereign debt in emerging markets
PhD defence
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Tracing Shumi: Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Japanese Literary Discourse and Fiction
PhD defence
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Expert Politics. Technocratic Reasoning in Dutch Parliamentary Debate, 1917-1994
PhD defence
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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.
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ESA presents first crystal-clear Euclid photos of the cosmos
The first full-colour images of the cosmos from ESA's space telescope Euclid were presented today. Never before has a telescope been able to take such crystal-clear astronomical images of such a large part of the sky and so far into the deep universe. The five images illustrate Euclid's full potential;…
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Mark Klaassen: 'Cabinet acting contrary to Directive on family reunification'
On Friday 26 August 2022, the Dutch cabinet presented its new asylum agreement. According to Assistant Professor Mark Klaassen, the new agreement is barely legal.
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BOOK TALK: Offshore Attachments Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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Unknown, but not unloved
Do you know what the capital of St Eustatius is? Or which province Curaçao belongs to? No idea? You are not the only one: the majority of European Dutch people know little about the Caribbean islands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is according to a large-scale opinion survey led by political…
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Jorrit Rijpma: inperken vluchtelingeninstroom is haast onhaalbaar
Het asielbeleid blijft een hoofdpijndossier voor het kabinet. Een akkoord zou bereikt zijn waarin iedere partij een kleine concessie zou doen. De VVD gaat uiteindelijk toch niet akkoord met deze nieuwe asielwet die gemeentes kan dwingen om asielzoekers op te vangen. De VVD fractie heeft moeite met ‘dwang’…
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Indigenous populations’ major political impact in Latin America: (Re)shaping the nation-state in Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, and Perú
Lecture, PCNI Roundtable
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The New Atlantic Order - and Transformation of Global Politics in the "Long" 20th Century
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Andrew Gawthorpe wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching
At the latest Institute Council meeting in November, the institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded. The award is named after Carla Musterd, a former, highly valued member of staff, who was famous for her unflinching dedication to teaching standards and excellence. The award was created to…
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Apply for the Erasmus+ ICM grant
Education, Finance, Research
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Antoaneta Dimitrova on Euronews about the elections in Bulgaria
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, spoke in an interview with Euronews about the hurdles ahead for Borrisov, the current prime minister of Bulgaria, despite winning the elections.
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Leiden’s Astronomy and Society group develops new materials for public engagement trainers
Do you practice public engagement? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has just released a unique set of open-source materials designed to be used in public engagement training workshops.
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The BIAS Project at the Webinar on Intersectional Fairness in AI
Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, participated in the ‘Intersectional Fairness in AI: Legal Frameworks, Tools, and Learning Opportunities’ webinar on 10 December 2024.
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European-wide ecosystem responses and their vulnerability to intensive drought
PhD defence
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Intertopian Mode in the Depiction of Turkey-originated Migrants in European Cinema
PhD defence
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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Barend Barentsen discusses public transportation strikes
Barend Barentsen, Professor Labour Law, talked about the local public transportation strikes in the Netherlands with Omroep Gelderland.
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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morphology relevant to the cladistic position of Tocharian in Indo-European
PhD defence
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…