306 search results for “power status” in the Staff website
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Fifty years of diplomatic relations with China: an ‘open and pragmatic’ partnership
This year, the Netherlands and China reflect on fifty years of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. How has the relationship between the countries developed over the past half century? An interview with university lecturer Vincent Chang.
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Leiden Slavist in Ukraine: ‘My love for Russia has faded’
To read Chekhov in the ‘original’. That was what motivated Arie van der Ent to study Slavic languages and literature with Karel van het Reve at Leiden University. ‘My love for Chekhov hasn’t faded,’ says Van der Ent from his home 60 kilometres south of Kyiv. ‘But it has for the rest of Russia.’
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University Council chair : ‘You have to be patient but you really can make a difference’
The university elections are approaching. Are you going to represent student and staff interests this coming year? University Council chair Pauline Vincenten gives a peek behind the scenes at student and staff participation at Leiden University. ‘I get so much energy from collaborating with the students…
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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Alumna Nadia Kadhim: From children’s rights to Forbes 30 under 30
Alumna Nadia Kadhim started in 2017 as a corporate lawyer implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at one of the companies where she volunteered. By late 2022 she had received both a Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Award and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list with her legal start-up…
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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In Memoriam - Bas Edixhoven
On January 16, 2022, our respected and beloved colleague Prof. dr. Bas Edixhoven passed away after a short period of serious illness.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Director of the MIVD General Swillens visits ISGA to talk about intelligence cooperation
On 15 December, Director of the MIVD General Jan Swillens, visited the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) to give a lecture on international intelligence cooperation together with ISGA/NLDA researcher Pepijn Tuinier. This event, co-organised by the Intelligence and Security Group and the…
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Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress
Permission was recently given for all members of the examining committee and co-supervisors at PhD ceremonies to wear academic dress, even if they’re not full professors. How historic is this change?
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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Wanted! Educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship and the Dutch Higher Education Award
Education
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CANCELLED: Disease and Violence in Shift from Omurano to Urarina on the Urituyacu River in Peru
Lecture, Language & the Human Past Lecture Series
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Meddling for profit: Japan’s peace-building role in Myanmar
Lecture, Research seminar
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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Elsa Charlety | On Zora Neale Hurston
Lecture, Research Seminar
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The situation in Israel/Palestine and the role of courts
Inaugural panel discussion
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Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics Approaches for Volume-restricted Applications
PhD defence
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A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
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The Śākadvīpīya Sun Cult from Ancient Times to the Present Day
Lecture, Friends of the Kern Institute
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Interdisciplinary collaboration in Leiden: discover the interdisciplinary research programmes
Event for all Leiden researchers
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Workshop 'Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges'
Workshop
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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ASCL Seminar: Africa's Second Struggle for Freedom: What's decolonisation got to do with it?
Lecture
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Transnational Figurations of Displacement (TRAFIG)
Conference, Workshop
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Renaming Ambiguity: Modernist Dream Encounters in Islamic Indonesia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Rights Denied, Heritage Stolen
PhD defence
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13th International Congress of Egyptologists, 2023
Conference
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Non-Textual Evidence in International Criminal Prosecutions
PhD defence
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Book Event: 'Seeking Western Men' with author Monica Liu
Lecture
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Representative Assemblies in Interface Zones: The Cases of Poland and the Netherlands in Post-Napoleonic Europe
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Statistical modelling of time-varying covariates for survival data
PhD defence
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In between looking and seeing
PhD defence
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Is Universal Jurisdiction Becoming more Universal? Taking Stock of Contemporary Practices
Conference
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Submit your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2025
Education
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Leiden Law Cast: reverend Ruben Van Zwieten
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Late Ottoman Istanbul Meets Cinema: Social Impacts of the First Encounter
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
- With kind regards: Convention, standards and breaking the rules in letter-writing
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Sources and Strategies in Translating the Canonical Readings of the Qur’an: A case study of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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With kind regards: 22 November 2022
Lecture
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2024
Conference
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EUniWell Open lectures series | European standards of Human Rights protection of displaced persons fleeing armed conflicts
Lecture, Part of a series
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event