807 search results for “independence movements and decolonization” in the Staff website
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Disentangling drought-responsive traits with focus on Arabidopsis
PhD defence
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The historical development of the Dutch posture‐verb progressive construction including a comparison with German
PhD defence
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In conversation with Kimsooja
Expert meeting
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With kind regards: September 2022
Lecture
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Hanneke Hulst on realistic expectations for researchers: ‘Let’s stop expecting people to be experts at everything.’
‘Am I setting a good example myself?’ Hanneke Hulst wonders. As Recognition and Rewards project leader, she maintains that we should stop expecting researchers to be experts at everything, even though she herself keeps a lot of balls in the air.
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Religion and Fantasy (12th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
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AI in education
The latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) can use natural language to answer complex questions and tasks. OpenAI launched the ChatGPT chatbot in late 2022. This has caused a stir in the world of education and is a cause of concern for many. What could AI in general and ChatGPT in particular…
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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In the Shadow of the Constitution: the Micropolitics of Constitutionalism in Cambodia
VVI Research Meetings 2022-2023
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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In the Making #5: Barbro Scholz and Li Lorian, Experiencing Text and Textile, with Guest Speaker Suzanne Knip-Mooij
Lecture, Conversation
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'Vital Minds’: Healthy University Week 2022
Course
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Border externalization and the benefits for peripheral countries
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2023
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The Securitisation of Leiden University
Panel discussion
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Sources and Strategies in Translating the Canonical Readings of the Qur’an: A case study of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LUCAS “Modern and Contemporary Studies” Research Cluster 3rd annual conference 'Environment as Lens: Rethinking Humanities Research through the
Conference
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Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Bitterling Fish
PhD defence
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000
Conference
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Streaming Piety: Religion in Turkish Television Drama
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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International alumnus Wandile Madalane tells us why going to Leiden has been his best decision in life
Alumnus Wandile Madalane tells us how his time in Leiden has made it easier for him to engage with renowned figures and how he does NOT miss the rain.
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No legal career but a food truck on Bonaire instead
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…
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LUC Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize Essay Competition
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb, third-year student at Leiden University College The Hague, won the challenge by the Ignitor Fellowship Program held by the Nobel Peace Center for her essay on the threats to journalism in Mexico. On December 10th Natalia met the Committee of the Ignitor Fellowship in Oslo and attended…
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Five years ago, Recep fled from Turkey; he is now a university teacher
For fifteen years, Recep Uysal carried out research on positive psychology in Turkey; it is even the subject of his PhD. That was until he had to flee Turkey and start again from scratch in the Netherlands. Re-entering the academic world was a challenge, but he rediscovered his love for the field in…
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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The colour purple: why it's important to our new Dean
During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what she stands for and what to expect of her. In case you weren't there, or you want to read the speech at your own pace, below you can find the integral copy…
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Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Manifesting Minutes and Mapping Cosmographies: Time and Place in Early Modern Deccan
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Protecting the Peace Process in Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Lecture
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Blended Education Festival
Festival
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Film Screening: Foragers
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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LUCIR Annual Lecture: Three Modes of Anarchy
Lecture
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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‘Colourblind parenting is a myth’
We should mention differences in skin colour to our children because only then can we talk openly about prejudice and racism – and how to prevent them. This is what Professor Judi Mesman says in her book ‘Opgroeien in kleur’ (Growing up in Colour), which offers advice to parents. ‘Why is there only…
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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In the Making #2: Etienne Kallos, Searching for a Diasporic Time Image
Lecture
- Putting the open engagement of societal actors into practice
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The Secondary Homelands of the Indo-European Languages (IG-AT2022)
Conference
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Policy Academy Programme
Research
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2022 Conference on International Cyber Security: Navigating Narratives in Cyberspace
Conference
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CANCELLED - Museum Talk: Negotiating museums and their digital interfaces
Lecture
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Staff symposium on student well-being – A shared path to well-being: students and staff
Conference
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2023 Conference on International Cyber Security: War and Peace. Conflict, Behaviour and Diplomacy in Cyberspace
Conference