453 search results for “war” in the Staff website
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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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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously'
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the United States and Europe on the other have dominated the news. What is going on? An interview with Russia expert André Gerrits.
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Introducing: Andrew Gawthorpe
I am a Lecturer in Contemporary Military History and Security Studies, teaching in both the History and International Relations programmes here at Leiden. I grew up in Yorkshire, England and was interested in history and international politics from a young age. In 2003 I went to the University of Cambridge…
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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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Adam LichtenheldFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.g.lichtenheld@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Gas Wars: A Two-Level Analysis of Ukraine’s Bargaining Position in the 2006 and 2009 Energy Conflicts with Russia
PhD defence
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Belarus is the only Russian ally left in Europe: what is in it for them?
While all European nations have condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is one country Russia can still count on: Belarus. Russia even used its territory as a stepping stone for the invasion. We spoke with Matthew Frear, Assistant Professor and expert on contemporary Belarus, to shed light…
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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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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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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
i.g.b.m.duijvesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9325
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Cleveringa lecture
Inaugural lecture
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Movie screening: Aman 1967
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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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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Joachim KoopsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.a.koops@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Jelena ProkicFaculty of Humanities
j.prokic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4158
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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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Vlad Niculescu-DincaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
v.niculescu-dinca@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9573
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Graig KleinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.r.e.klein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Damien Van PuyveldeFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
d.t.n.van.puyvelde@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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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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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…
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Introducing: prof. Scott Nelson
Introducing prof. Scott Nelson, the Legum Professor of the Social Sciences at William and Mary, and on the spring exchange at the University of Leiden.
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Luca BrulsFaculty of Humanities
l.r.bruls@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8030
- Asian Studies events
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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty of Humanities
s.s.regilme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1742
- Cleveringa Lecture
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2978
- Centre for the History of European Integration Seminar Series
- SSEALS - 2025
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To metaphor or not to metaphor? How producers, products, and publics use figurative language in science communication
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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In Search of a Homo Economicus Javanicus. From J. H. Boeke to Clifford Geertz.
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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Amy EaglestoneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.m.eaglestone@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joris LarikFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.e.larik@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9503
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Committee on Human Rights / Conflict Zones
On 27 May 2025, the Executive Board decided to establish a Committee on Human Rights / Conflict Zones.
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The Power of Social Media Networks: Scientific research on the entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa
Conference, 2-day Workshop
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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Rebekka Grossmann awarded Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship
Rebekka Grossmann awarded Gerald Westheimer Career Development Fellowship for research on the effects of migration on visual codes of global solidarity
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‘Irregular warfare is not going away, however much we’d like it to’
The fight against insurgents, guerrillas and resistance movements is an ‘incredibly unpopular’ topic with experts and military personnel, says Professor by Special Appointment of Military History Thijs Brocades Zaalberg in his inaugural lecture. He warns that ignoring these forms of irregular warfare…
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Krista Murchison receives Veni grant for ‘Righting and Rewriting History’
Krista Murchison, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, received a Veni grant of 250.000 euros. Her Veni-project will explore the ‘immaterial archive’ and its social and historical significance by digitally recreating manuscripts that were destroyed during World…
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Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
Conference
- European Union Seminar Series
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Building academic freedom
Debate