1,633 search results for “women s rights” in the Staff website
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End of Year Event Archaeology
End of Year Event
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Lecture by Professor Tahera Qutbuddin: Between This World and the Next: Moving Reflections on Mortality and Morality in the Orations of Ali ibn
Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Technology and the State: Enlightenment Language Machines, Then and Now
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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After Orbán: Hungary, Europe, and the question of democracy
Panel discussion
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L.A.S. Terra Book Market
Book Market
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Sunzi's De kunst van het oorlogvoeren
Lecture and discussion
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Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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De democratie doorgerekend: Leidse politicoloog Simon Otjes over politicologie en praktijk
Political scientists study topics that affect society, but their work often remains out of the spotlight. Not always: the research of Leiden political scientist Simon Otjes does have a visible impact.
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Transdisciplinary work is fantastic, but requires dedicated efforts from all sides to understand each other’
Eiko Fried has been appointed professor of Mental Health & Data Science. This combined chair neatly fits the view that understanding complex mental health issues require the integration of statistical methods. ‘The idea that mental health problems are monocausal entities with simple etiologies is no…
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The Van der Loon family has had ties with Japan and Leiden University for over a hundred years.
Over a century ago, Alexandra van Elroy's great-grandfather left for Japan, where her grandmother was born. Together with her mother, Maaike van der Loon, she reminisces about her family history, through which a key thread is the study of Japanese and Chinese.
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’
Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.
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Institute managers Marjolein and Wiesje: Ambitious on the work floor, in the restaurant and on the football field
Marjolein van Reisen has been Institute Manager Finance for a year, and Wiesje Zikkenheiner has been Institute Manager HR for two months. This duo job is by no means a luxury in an ever-growing organisation. Marjolein: 'We’re both new to this world, so we have our hands full.'
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‘Polarisation is good. Much better than an uneasy silence’
If a young person from a migrant background climbs the social ladder despite internship discrimination, the exclusion often gets worse. It is only when we acknowledge these problems that we can resolve them, say Nadia Bouras and Tikho Ong, who are both experiential and academic experts. ‘Racism and…
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate
The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate did achieve was increased trust in politics. ‘They even let each other finish their sentences’, the flabbergasted students concluded at the end.
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Democracy measured: Simon Otjes on political science and practice
Political scientists study topics that affect society, but their work often remains out of the spotlight. Not always: the research of Leiden political scientist Simon Otjes does have a visible impact.
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Leiden University College writing project brings students together: ‘I am a kitchen in Gaza, and now it is dark’
Leiden University College students collaborate with peers in Gaza and Myanmar to explore the social determinants of health through storytelling, reflection, and shared lived experience.
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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‘We all support equal opportunities, but disagree on how to achieve them’
Rotterdam is an extreme example of inequality in the Netherlands. There are huge health and life expectancy differences between neighbourhoods. Good access to healthcare and education isn’t a cure-all, say inequality economists Lieke Beekers and Hans van Kippersluis
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Metje Postma retires after 37 years
This February Metje Postma will stop teaching and retire. But she is not done with the discipline yet: she will finish her PhD and there are still five films on the shelf that she plans to complete.
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Eleven Open Competition Domain Science XS grants for Leiden researchers
Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their research projects. They are researching how to make software faster and greener, improve cancer detection and reduce anxiety by manipulating the biological…
- Meijers Lecture and New Year's Reception 2026
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Alumniday L.P.S.V. „Aesculapius”
Alumni event
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China, Protest and Asia’s Struggle against Autocracy
Lecture
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A Pursuit of Ontological Truth in Aristotle's Philosophy
PhD defence
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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Europe’s Historical Legacy of 1989 in the Geopolitical Context
Lecture, Research talk
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Conversation on Islam in Today’s Indonesian Politics
Roundtable
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Prudent Resistance: Hezbollah's Endurance in a Hostile World
Middle East Studies Lecture
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L.A.S. Terra symposium 2026: Cause to celebrate
Symposium
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Perspectives on Taiwan's Cultural and Public Diplomacy
Conference, Workshop
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Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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The World Bank’s Role in Supporting and Rebuilding Ukraine
Guest lecture
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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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Iran at a Crossroads: Protest, Repression, and Europe’s Response
Debate
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Not Rifles but Books: FEC’s Book Programs (1954–1991)
Lecture, CHEI Seminar
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Staff symposium on student well-being 'Today's Students'
Conference
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Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Dialogue Session on Leiden University’s Colonial and Slavery Past
Dialogue session
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The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII
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Beyond Field School: Fighting Authoritarianism by Training Tomorrow's Archaeologists
Lecture
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The Content Outsider: Israel's Role in Regional Ordering
Middle East Studies Lecture
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From Dissonance to Symphony: Therapeutic Innovations in Parkinson’s Disease
Inaugural lecture
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Roundtable: discussing Tsolin Nalbantian's draft grant proposal
Histories Connected: Roundtable
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Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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Palestinian-Israeli Coexistence in the Middle East
Debate
- LIAS Lunch Talk Series
- Workshop: 'Emotional landscapes of migration, violences and resistance in the Americas'