Debate, Panel and public discussion

The FSW Career Service supports students and recent graduates in their transition from study to first job and offers guidance in study choice and career questions in the bachelor and master. From 28-30 November 2023 the FSW Career Service organises the FSW Career Days. Not only FSW students and…

Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.

On 1 July 2021, Leiden Law alumni Linda van de Reep and Géraldine Grünberg-Otto were both named partners at auditing and consultancy firm Grant Thornton. ‘We’re connected through our background in Leiden, and we’re proud of that.’

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.

The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In certain instances, smuggled migrants should be treated the same as victims of human trafficking.

An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.

Bram Geurds (20) is fascinated by politics. When he was 12, a political debate on TV caught his attention. And he decided he wanted to be mayor one day. Unsurprisingly, Bram is studying political science and is politically active. It might seem like he’s on course to become a professional politician.…

Three years on, and interest in Ukraine certainly hasn't waned. The auditorium at the Wijnhaven location was fully booked on Monday. Hundreds of people, including top military brass, listened to Defence Minister Brekelmans' speech. He pointed out to them: 'Here in the Netherlands, we're now living in…

Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…

It has been just over a decade since the first students graduated with Leiden University’s unique Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor degree. We caught up with one of those pioneering graduates.

Public Administration has been around for 40 years, and that deserves to be celebrated. Before the festivities begin, four figures from the Institute of Public Administration reflect on the past years, with one even looking back over the last 25 years. Speaking are: Bernard Steunenberg, Caelesta Braun,…

If you study law, you won’t necessarily end up striding round a law firm in tailor-made suits. Alumnus Harrie Schoffelen certainly hasn’t: he made the conscious decision to follow another path in life. Together with his fiancée he runs a successful food truck on the tropical island of Bonaire. ‘Return…

Summer is approaching fast and this means that you have almost completed your first year here at LUC! This also means that it is almost time to declare your Major. As this is an important decision between six interesting Majors. The deadline for the Major Declaration is May 10. We wish you good…

Meijerssymposium 2024

On September 30th the LeidenGlobal Annual Event is organised by KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies and Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology at Leiden University. Prior to this event is this Masterclass for PhD candidates and (Research) Master…

Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies together with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are pleased to invite you to the upcoming European mining and critical raw materials conference on 20 October 2023, to be held in person at the Hague Campus of Leiden University in the Netherlands. Due to its…

On 4 December 2024, the 10th edition of the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture will be celebrated with a special programme. Koert Lindijer, well-known journalist and author of African affairs, and Africa correspondent for the Dutch news platforms NRC and NOS, will be this year’s keynote speaker.…

Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition

Conference

10th Anniversary Symposium on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure

Course, Career Event

After 75 years of Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler colonialism, a new crisis point has been reached since Hamas’ attacks on 7th October 2023 and the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel is plausibly committing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. The…

Welcome to Leiden University

An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

In two talks hosted by Leiden University as part of the 'Shakespeare Club' programme of COC Amsterdam and the H'ART Museum, our speakers explore the criminalisation of same-sex love.

Spring is the season of new beginnings: it’s green outside, the days become longer and the natural world buzzes with new life. It’s a wonderful season to get outdoors and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. A time to leave those screens and study rooms behind and get moving. Did you know that a few minutes…

The opportunity to ask all your career-related questions! Do you still need to decide what path to take after your studies, would you like to learn more about career opportunities and would you like to meet professionals in the field? Then, meet us at the Career Café in the Student Living Room on Thursday,…

Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Just Peace Festival

For centuries, enslaved individuals were trafficked to Yemen – mostly from the Horn of Africa across the Red Sea – and forced to support local societies through their labor. As Ḥusayn al-ʿAmrī's pioneering scholarship and my recent studies have highlighted, their contributions in medieval…

The opening ceremony of the academic year 2022-2023 will focus on the theme of Peace & Security. The ceremony will be opened by Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Leiden alumnus Wopke Hoekstra will give the keynote speech on these topics…

The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…

The celebration marking the opening of the new academic year will focus on the role that science can (and perhaps should) play in shaping the gamut of policy from the local to the global. This question will be considered from many different perspectives: from both the purveyors (academics and students)…

The Schoof government, which has since assumed a caretaker role, presented its coalition agreement last year, followed later by its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly (see updates below) look at the consequences of what…

The Master's Open Day is all about your next step: choosing a master's programme that suits you best! Are you wondering what Leiden University has to offer? Visit us and: attend presentations by the different programmes. visit the information fairs, and ask lecturers, students, alumni…