1,290 search results for “politics in latin american” in the Staff website
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Staff exchange in San Francisco: ‘Stepping out of your comfort zone is energizing and deeply enriching’
Associate Professor Robert Heinsch went on a staff exchange to the United States from January to April 2025. He enjoyed the challenge of teaching in a creative and more personal way. ‘I fully immersed myself in American teaching culture.’
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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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Huizinga Lecture 2025: What is at stake: The limits of politics and fair play
Alumni event, Lezing
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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.
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work
Lecture
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Jan Vleggeert: published memo 'quite remarkable'
At the end of June 2021, The Dutch Ministry of Finance made a policy document public that dates back to 2016. In it, civil servants acknowledge that the Netherlands risked providing unauthorized State aid to American multinationals by allowing them to use a controversial, but favourable, fiscal construction:…
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272757
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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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Deception, risk, and evasion: The politics of sovereign debt in emerging markets
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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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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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Seed funding call for collaboration with priority partners in the regions: €15.000 for interdisciplinary projects.
Organisation
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Song TanFaculty of Humanities
s.tan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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Bernard SteunenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
b.steunenberg@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers
Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022
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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty of Humanities
s.s.regilme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271742
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994
Lecture
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Erik Bähre on Dutch radio about the last wild Indian
An extraordinary encounter took place in 1911. American scientists discovered the last 'wild' Indian, from the Yahi tribe, who had lived in total isolation for years. As he had no name, they called him Ishi. But who was this man, and what did this discovery mean to us? Cultural anthropologist Erik Bähre…
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The International Criminal Court, the War on Drugs, and the Global Politics of Justice
Lecture, Roundtable Forum
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Trade Unions in Morocco: National Unity, Political Struggle, and Trade Union Fragmentation in the Independent State, 1955-1978
PhD defence
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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From the Spanish flu to Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis: 'Government intervention can have unexpected effects'
From the Spanish Flu during WWI to COVID-19: the role of the American government in these Pandemics. Professor Giles Scott-Smith, who together with Dario Fazzi and Gaetano Di Tommaso completed the book project Public Health and the American State, discusses a century of American responses to health…
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'Beb & Bob| Collateral Damage' shows the human story behind the forgotten bombing of Rotterdam
Alumna Lisa Koolhoven is the granddaughter of a Rotterdam woman who experienced the ‘forgotten bombing’ of the city on 31 March 1943. Her friend Kristen Hayford has an American grandfather who served in the Air Force during the Second World War. In their podcast ‘Beb & Bob| Collateral Damage ’, they…
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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Ifeanyichukwu Charles NwekeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
c.i.nweke@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Jiaxuan Huang
Faculty of Humanities
j.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Róisín LambertFaculty of Humanities
r.n.lambert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Siran HuangFaculty of Humanities
s.huang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
y.c.cherif@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kutsal YesilkagitFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009382
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
j.j.dekker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272516
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Shmailish AnwarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.anwar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003206
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Alessia AspideFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.aspide@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Miles KellermanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.g.kellerman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
k.rolfe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275372
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Rik de RuiterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
r.de.ruiter@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009411
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Ivan DunduroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
i.m.a.dunduro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Manon Portos MinettiFaculty of Humanities
m.portos.minetti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
l.van.kessel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278003
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Kiara Thais Castaman DiazFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
k.t.castaman.diaz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cyan BaeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
c.bae@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Amber Lauwers
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.r.lauwers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512