370 search results for “conflict” in the Staff website
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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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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Study of a Russian doctor and innovator in troubled times
Ambroise Paré, Thomas Sydenham and Herman Boerhaave: all were great medical innovators in their time. We know far less about the 19th-century Russian physician and scientist Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov. PhD candidate Inge Hendriks researched him in Dutch and Russian archives and collections. She discovered…
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Six questions about the book 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, is organising a book launch for his new book: 'Ruminations: Framing a sense of self and coming to terms with the other'. The book launch will take place on Thursday 15 December from 16.00-17.00 hrs. at…
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Lessons to be learned from the corona crisis
Professor Bussemaker and Professor Koenders draw lessons from the handling of the current corona crisis. In a blended guest lecture with some 60 students in Wijnhaven and some 250 online participants, they entered into a discussion led by Willemijn Aerdts. The guest lecture took place on May 25.
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HR team stelt zich voor
Even voorstellen het HR team stelt zich voor
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European foreign policy after a crisis: change and continuity
‘Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy.’ That is the title of Nikki Ikani’s book that was published last month. We asked the writer five questions about her book. Presentation: 5 & 20 April.
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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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Moral injury and intergenerational trauma
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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The cost of leadership and moral courage
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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The repair of moral injury
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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Moral leadership and courage from different perspectives
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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Destigmatizing the impact of trauma and PTSD
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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Asian Connections Seminar on Environmental Transformation and Access to Land in Southeast Asia
Lecture
- EUniWell Open Lecture Series
- ELS Lab Meeting – Journal Club
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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The Power of Religion and Human Rights: An interreligious dialogue from a global perspective
Annual LeidenGlobal Lecture
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Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Filling an Accountability Gap? How a Standing UN Investigative Mechanism Would Further International Criminal Justice
Conference
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Academic Unfreedom: The case of Syria under Bashar al-Assad
Lecture
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Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World - POSTPONED
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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University interpretation on war Ukraine
Lecture
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
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LUCIR Roundtable: Women and the Taliban—Voices from the Region
Lecture
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Conference of the Dutch Platform for Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) for starting ELS researchers
Conference
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CCLS Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Country Meeting: Violent Resistance - Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Lecture
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Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Governance and Global Affairs)
Research
- Liveable communities – Liveable Planet
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Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Science)
Research
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The pathway forward
Webinar | Cleveringa Dallaire critical conversation series
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Historian Nadia Bouras: ‘I wanted to succeed, for my parents and myself’
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series, we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this second instalment: historian and university lecturer Nadia Bouras (1981). ‘Although I only found out later that was my mother’s dream, it was as though I…
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Pieter's Corner: Wokisme
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against "wokeists" demanding "safe spaces at universities. Speaking at the annual HJ Schoo Lecture, she said wokeists exclude any form of confrontational knowledge, making freedom of expression subordinate to emotions. This puts enormous pressure…
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Reading list – Culinary culture and tasty tales
Are we going vegetarian this year? Shall we keep the dessert the same? Where do I find inspiration for a festive meal during the holidays? For readers who like to postpone these questions, for those who like to tell a good story with their culinary contribution, or for those who simply want to know…
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Sustainable growth: a continuous balancing act for the FGGA Board
Erwin Muller, Dean of FGGA and Administrator of Campus The Hague, and Koen Caminada, Vice-Dean, share their thoughts on how ‘we’ as a faculty are doing based on three themes. A discussion about the balancing act between what is and what isn’t possible and the natural urge to continue to grow, the utility…
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Taboo on raising social safety issues must go because we really need to do better
Last year, 15.8% of all employees of Leiden University experienced undesirable behaviour. This is one of the findings of the 2021 Personnel Monitor. ‘That number is far too high. We have to get rid of the taboo on raising this issue and addressing offenders,‘ says Martijn Ridderbos, in an open and…
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Introducing: Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali & Felipe Colla de Amorim
Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali and Felipe Colla de Amorim recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates. Together they work an an integrated, collective project. Learn more about them below!
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FGGA in 2022: This was the year for our Faculty
We started this year as we ended it in 2021: in a lockdown. But the world continues to open up. We are occasionally allowed to go into the office and students are able to return to Campus. Continue reading to find out what the rest of the year has been like.
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[CANCELLED] Hybrid Book talk and discussion ‘Orphaned Landscapes: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance in Indonesia’ by Prof. Patricia Spyer
Debate, Book talk
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The Colonial Bureaucratic Network versus the Metropole: The Origination Story of Land Alienation Prohibition in 1870s East Indies
Lecture
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The Future of Diplomacy after COVID-19: Multilateralism and the Global Pandemic
Lecture
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Online Christmas Event and Psychology Awards
Festival
- ELS Lab Meetings - Lunch & Learn
- Postponed: Online book launch 'Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy'
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Leadership with impact
Leadership
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Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West
Lecture
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture