468 search results for “women s movement” in the Staff website
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The future of Europe’s finances
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Asia Academy #06: Taiwan's Future
Lecture
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Modern jazz intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Creativity for beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Let’s Connect webinar: Open communication
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Let's Connect: webinar The Active Bystander
Communication, Personal development
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
Panel conversation
- New Year's reception Faculty of Humanities
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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles
In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and columnist Christiaan Weijts (1976). ‘I always felt as though someone would tap me on my shoulder once they’d discovered my clandestine presence.’
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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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Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden
‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he said: “Oh, you mean: lights out, stars on!” That’s not completely true, of course, because the stars are always on, but his phrase summed up the idea n…
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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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Meeting place for and by all students: That is POPCorner, The Hague
The POPCorner The Hague festive opening week has been postponed due to the more restrictive corona measures, but the website is online, its’ employees are roaring to go, and there are plenty courses and workshops available to take part in. High time to get to know more about this meeting point for and…
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New YAL board: ‘Make sure young academics’ voices are heard’
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven brand-new members.
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Medical Delta professor Jaap Harlaar: ‘This form of collaboration is in my blood’
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people suffer from pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and the number is rising fast. Prof. Jaap Harlaar specialises in clinical biomechanics. His research is helping improve osteoarthritis treatment. Harlaar has been appointed Medical Delta Professor and now holds posts…
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy
Western civil servants openly struggle with their government’s policies on the war in Gaza. During a meeting at Campus The Hague, three former civil servants told their stories.
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Purple Friday: ‘I try to give the community some support’
Purple clothing and a pride flag flying from all University buildings: Leiden University is once again taking part in Purple Friday. How do people experience this day? We asked some employees and students of the Faculty of Humanities.
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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Help desks switch to inclusive salutation: ‘Times change, and we change with them’
Dear Sir or Madam? Many colleagues think that sounds out of date. That is why the hundreds of thousands of automated messages sent by university help desks every year will now include a gender-neutral salutation. This change is an extensive but important ICT job, says product owner Julian van der Kr…
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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things'
Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme. On Friday 1 September, they presented their results to each other and their supervisors.
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict?
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can countries and people reconcile with the past?
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700,000 euros for the fight against aggressive breast cancer
To inhibit proteins that contribute to the growth of aggressive cancer cells, that’s the plan of Professor Bob van de Water and his team. They will receive over 700,000 euros from the KWF Dutch Cancer Society for their research. Researcher Maaike Vreeswijk and pathologist Danielle Cohen are affiliated…
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Een dag vol (nep)skeletten en mammoettanden
De Faculteit Archeologie bestaat dit jaar 25 jaar. Ter ere van dit jubileum opende de faculteit op 1 maart zijn deuren voor het brede publiek.
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
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Got a question about science? Ask Leiden!
Due to its success, the Leiden2022 Q&A has been extended and is looking for even more thought-provoking, interesting or unusual questions.
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
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Putin’s War on Ukraine: Implications and Consequences
Debate, Roundtable
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'Christiani et Ceteri. The Treatment of Christians in the Roman Empire'
Lecture
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Traces of Indonesia in Leiden
City walk
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Traces of Indonesia in Leiden
City walk
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Traces of Indonesia in Leiden
City walk
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Webinar: what keeps you from giving feedback?
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Webinar: A pleasant work environment: tips for connecting communication
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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The Israeli Right One State Reality
Discussion
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Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Innovating China: Governance and Mobility in China’s New Economy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
- Warm Welcome: Let’s Kickstart this Academic Year Together
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Smoke on the Water: Ocean Incineration as a Struggle for Environmental Justice
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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OSCoffee: Introducing the Leiden Academia in Motion programme
Lecture
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Guest lecture by 113 on suicide prevention
Lecture
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The Denial of Racism on Twitter: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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VVIK Lecture | Uncovering the Manuscript History of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita: Tracing and Reconstruction
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Revolutionary Parents: Intimate Cultural Memories of the Arab Left
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Publish or Perish: Religious Zaydi publishers in Yemen during the 1990s
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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General Labour History of Africa Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Modern dance basics
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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OSCoffee: Unintended consequences of the shift towards Gold Open Access publishing
Lecture
- Healthy University Week 2023