119 search results for “korean war” in the Staff website
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlSocial & Behavioural Sciences
j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Leiden University during the Second World War
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EUniWell welcomes Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU), a leading Ukrainian university, is now a member of the EUniWell Alliance. KNU and the EUniWell partners will use their combined strengths to improve the well-being of individuals, communities and societies in Europe and beyond, through international…
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Tom BuitelaarFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
t.j.a.buitelaar@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9985
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Niels HeukelomFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
n.f.heukelom@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Ernst DijxhoornFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.e.a.dijxhoorn@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9082
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Joris van BuitenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.van.buiten@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Clara CotroneoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
c.cotroneo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Pepijn TuinierFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
d.h.tuinier@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Zelensky addresses students: 'Live your own life, but do so together with others'
A standing ovation. A wave and a smile from the president. A final selfie. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed students in the Netherlands for the first time on Tuesday morning via a livestream in The Hague. He did so in front of two packed lecture halls at both Leiden University and The…
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Arieke Willemstein
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.c.t.willemstein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Memorial to professor and resistance hero Ben Telders unveiled at Bergen-Belsen
A memorial stone honouring professor and resistance hero Ben Telders was unveiled on 12 September at the site of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
e.veldkamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7233
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
y.han@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2551
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Maisy Charles
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.m.charles@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Marie RobinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.p.c.e.robin@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Recovery Plan for Ukrainian Astronomy: Supporting Post-war Recovery in Ukraine through Astronomy
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Somia SadiqFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.sadiq@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Florien HollanderFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
w.f.hollander@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Peter Schrijver
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
p.schrijver@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Maarten Broekhof
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.p.broekhof@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Martina AbissoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.abisso@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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William LippertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
w.e.lippert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.macaj@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Board visit: the Institute for Philosophy wants to continue to grow through new collaborations
The university is home to many pearls of research institutes that do not make the news every day. The Executive Board visited one such pearl, the Institute of Philosophy, on Tuesday 1 July. It resulted in an inspired conversation.
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students
Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague. A new formula helped them on their way.
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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Isabela Floriana PirlogeaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
i.f.pirlogea@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Saurav NarainFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.narain@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Sophie VériterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.l.veriter@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Bert KoendersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.g.koenders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Bas RietjensFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
s.j.h.rietjens@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Cynthia VialleFaculty of Humanities
c.r.m.k.l.vialle@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
i.g.b.m.duijvesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9325
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Rob de WijkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
r.de.wijk@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Nastya PoberezhnaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.poberezhna@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7392
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Joana CookFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.l.i.cook@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Vlad Niculescu-DincaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
v.niculescu-dinca@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9573
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Jaap de Hoop SchefferFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.g.de.hoop.scheffer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Joachim KoopsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.a.koops@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506