444 search results for “war and peace” in the Staff website
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Meet the four Leiden participants in the Europaeum Scholars Programme
Four PhD candidates from Leiden University started the two-year Europaeum Scholars Programme this month. They have now completed the first week of the programme. How was it and what do they expect from this programme?
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When will the salary increase be paid? And six other questions about the CAO
In July, the unions and universities reached a definitive CAO agreement (Collective Labour Agreement), with commitments on higher pay, more permanent contracts and a more inclusive leave scheme. Colleagues from the HR department and the FNV union explain how the agreement was reached, what we can expect…
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Introducing: Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria
Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the ERC-funded project “Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia”, led by Fenneke Sysling. Below they introduce themselves.
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Everything you wanted to know about intelligence (especially why the pros still get it wrong)
Q&A
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'Tempori serviendum est: Cicero’s public voice under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar'
Lecture
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Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Structures of Power: US Infrastructure Building in the Circum-Caribbean During the Bad Neighbor Era
Lecture, RIAS-Sciences Po Seminar Series on Modern North American History
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A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
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In Situ Graduate School: Textile and Dyes as Transnational, Global Knowledge
Course
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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How to factcheck fake news?
Alumni event
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Open Q&A with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola
Lecture
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Online Open Day for Professionals
Study information
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Ingrained Habits: The “Kitchen Cars,” American Wheat Promotion, and the Transformation of Japanese Diet and Identity, 1956-1960
Lecture
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy?
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.
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Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830
For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
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…
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A new social contract in western welfare states in an era of climate change, digitalization and ageing
Seminar
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NICA Mini Symposium 'Fernand Deligny on Cinema and the Image'
Conference
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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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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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Russia correspondent Eva Hartog: ‘Return to the Netherlands? No way!’
Russia correspondent Eva Hartog took a Master’s in Political Philosophy in Leiden in 2011. This former editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times sees this short period as a new chapter in her life. And she is once again contemplating her future now she can no longer ask the big questions in Russia.
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event
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Japan and the World
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
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Workshop: Video Montage @ LUCAS!
Course, Workshop
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Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony