894 search results for “politics in central and eastern europe” in the Staff website
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Jasper van der Steen
Faculty of Humanities
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Josette Daemen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bruno Verbeek
Faculty of Humanities
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Collaboration with Leiden University: Rector of College of Europe visits
Frederica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe, visited Campus The Hague on 23 November for the official launch of the Europe Hub. This new interdisciplinary platform for research and teaching at Leiden University focuses on the social and governance challenges facing Europe.
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Katherinne Guerra Cheva
Faculteit Archeologie
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Turaj Atabaki
Faculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasmijn Rana
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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John Boy
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vincent Walstra
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stijn Koenraads
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Stories from Europe’s borderlands: A podcast series about living with, and resisting against, Europe's borders
In the upcoming months, PhD candidates Neske Baerwaldt (FdR / VVI) and Wiebe Ruijtenberg (FSW / CAOS) will produce the ethnographic podcast series ‘Grensverhalen’. The series will be published online in September, and will be used as teaching material in various courses.
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Rianne Scheerhoorn: 'I am extremely happy that I joined the Central Government Traineeship Programme'
Rianne Scheerhoorn is a government trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. After completing her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Public Administration, she was sure that the Central Government Traineeship Programme (Rijkstraineesprogramma)…
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Three main results of VVI’s Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI)
Although fighting the culture of top-down education and stimulating lecturers’ confidence to adapt courses to local context priorities is no easy job to complete in three years, the “SLEEI inheritance” already has three main components.
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What drives anti-immigrant sentiment among youths in Ecuador?
Four researchers from Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science have been awarded a grant to jointly investigate attitudes towards Venezuelan immigrants among youths in Ecuador. Combining their expertise and collaborating with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, they will focus on school-going…
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Femke Bakker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vacancies: help produce central secondary education exams
Education
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Federico De Musso
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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May Tamimová
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Hanna Stalenhoef
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ola Gracjasz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Cristina Grasseni
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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ESOF 2022: Tax justice in Europe and beyond
On the occasion of Euroscience Open Forum 2022, Professor Attiya Waris (Director of Research and Enterprise and Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy in Eastern Africa, University of Nairobi, Kenya), Professor Irma Mosquera Valderrama (Professor of Global Tax Governance, Lead Researcher GLOBTAXGOV ERC…
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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How is the economic and political turmoil affecting Britons?
These are turbulent times in the UK. The cost of living is high, leaving many people struggling to make ends meet, and these past few months have been tumultuous in terms of politics. University lecturer Anne Heyer explains what impact this can have on people's political perceptions and participatio…
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Antoaneta Dimitrova on Euronews about the elections in Bulgaria
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, spoke in an interview with Euronews about the hurdles ahead for Borrisov, the current prime minister of Bulgaria, despite winning the elections.
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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How to say goodbye to politics?
New ministers, new state secretaries and new members of parliament. Around the time of the elections, we often talk about the new faces, but there are also many politicians who leave during this period, sometimes out of necessity. How do you say goodbye to a political career? Henk te Velde, professor…
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Dorota Mokrosinska in Trouw on the advantages of political secrecy
Many people wish for political transparency in The Hague. However, political philosopher Dorota Mokrosinska argues in an article in the Dutch newspaper Trouw that there are certain advantages to political secrecy. She states that politicians are better at compromising with one another behind closed…
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Times Higher Education: Leiden best Humanities faculty continental Europe
The Faculty of Humanities has been ranked 17th Arts and humanities faculty in the Times Higher Education world ranking 2015-16. This makes it the top non-Anglo-Saxon institution on the list. The position is 7 places up in comparison with last year's list.
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Nominees bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2021
The nominees for the IRO thesis prize 2021 and for the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg prize 2021. Who wrote the best Political Science bachelor’s theses?
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to her about her experience.
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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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De Verbranders, a podcast on Europe's borders and resistance against them, is online
De Verbranders, a podcast produced by PhD candidates Neske Baerwaldt (FdR/VVI) and Wiebe Ruijtenberg (FSW/CAOS), is online! You can now listen to the first episode on Soundcloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Episodes of the podcast will be introduced in various courses this year.
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Conference Monarchy in Turmoil. Princes, Courts, and Politics in Revolution and Restoration, 1780-1830
Conference
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Europaeum Summer School: The Politics of Heritage (Leuven)
Education
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Gina van Ling
Faculty of Humanities
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jelena Belic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sarthak Bagchi
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan London
Faculty of Humanities
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Matthew di Giuseppe
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities