6,494 search results for “politics” in the Public website
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.
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Impact of COVID-19: Digital food collectives in Rotterdam
PhD candidate Vincent Walstra reflects on alternative social interactions and mutual aid in the city of Rotterdam during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War
‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring to Leiden University. Why this hatred? Emeritus Professor of University History Willem Otterspeer has written a book about Leiden University during the…
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Privacy under threat from ‘messy’ coronavirus app development
The Ministry of Health seems to be going full steam ahead in the search for a track-and-trace app to contain the coronavirus crisis. The apps are being developed with irresponsible haste, according to Valerie Frissen, Professor of Digital Technologies and Social Change.
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’
She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawyer Natacha Harlequin learned in her student days in Leiden. ‘What I personally think of the alleged act doesn’t matter so much.’
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Enthusiasm for PRINS 2022
This year’s edition of PRINS, the International Studies’ consultancy course, proved to be an inspiring event for most of its participants. Students, coaches and representatives of organisations are looking back on this rollercoaster of a course and reflect on why the PRINS experience is so special.
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FGGA in 2025: This was the year of our faculty
2025 was a year full of impact and milestones for FGGA: From a record number of graduates and new programmes to international collaborations, prestigious awards and research that pushes boundaries and provides insight into current challenges.
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Career College: Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
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A cross-cultural comparison between Chinese and Russian self-praise on social media
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Just Peace Dialogue: Imagining Peace
Just Peace Festival
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Book Launch: After Savagery. Gaza, Genocide and the Illusion of Western Civilization
Book Launch
- Masterclass: Wondering about 'Reform' in Medieval Sources (4th-11th Centuries) - 1/3 ECTS
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Europe
Just Peace Festival
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Just Peace Dialogue: Climate and Peace
Just Peace Festival
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Blauwe Ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes by Sunny Bergman
Orange the World 2025
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Stephen Ellis Debate on the role of African philosophy in peace and security
Debate
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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar
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Hybrid workshop: Narrating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Lecture, Hybrid workshop
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Centre for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University x Leiden Centre for Continental Philosophy Research Day.
Debate
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Interdisciplinary Leadership Symposium: Collaboration Across Borders
Conference
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop
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Social class and the rise of Scottish Standard English: Insights from a corpus of poor relief petitions
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Experience Day BSc Security Studies
Study information, Experience Day
- CWTS Research Seminars
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Equality of Access Requires Equity in Design: Rethinking Open Science Infrastructures
Seminar
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. War and Peace Studies
Study information
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Experience Day BSc Security Studies
Study information, Experience Day
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Celebrating 40 Years of the Latin American Studies Program at Leiden
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Experience Day Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, On Campus Experience
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Research Day Spring 2026
Course
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"Attention Users, Please Refrain from Modifying Your Ataris": Corporate Region-Locking Practices and Creative Computing Responses in Türkiye
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective - Joint Art Talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff
Alumni event, Arts and Culture
- 10th Anniversary Celebration Adv LLM ICR
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Meet the Employer
Career and apply for jobs
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Online tools
This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.
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Poster sessions
Speech Prosody 2024 includes several poster sessions, the description of which you can find below.
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Symposium: The Power of Dialogue in Education
Conference
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In the Making #10: Sensing Otherwise; in the absence of land(scape)
Arts and culture
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LCHP workshop Iamblichus on the Cosmos, the Human Soul and Theurgy
Debate
- Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
- Six public graduation presentations
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference
Conference
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Becoming an inclusive university
Conference, D&I Event