289 search results for “diplomatic history” in the Student website
-
Dive into the origins of the International Labour Organisation and the League of Nations
The Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) and the Embassy of Ireland are jointly organising a special book launch in The Hague. On 13 November, Gerry Finnegan, author and a former director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), will…
-
Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
-
Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
-
‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
-
Tijmen Baarda
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
-
Ellen van Reuler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Sophie van Romburgh
Faculty of Humanities
-
Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
-
Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
-
Jan Wim Buisman
Faculty of Humanities
-
Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
-
Tycho van der Hoog
Afrika-Studiecentrum
-
Honours College
Do you want to get more out of your bachelor studies? Do you have the time and ability to follow an additional programme? If so, the Honours College is for you.
-
Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
-
UN Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.
-
The Ritualisation of the Past. On the ‘Lesson of History’ for the Present
Inaugural lecture, Cleveringa Lecture
-
Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
-
University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
-
Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
-
Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
-
Liesbet Nyssen
Faculty of Humanities
-
Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
-
Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
-
Visit Royal Norwegian Embassy in The Hague
Career and apply for jobs
-
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.
-
Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
-
Visit to the Finnish Embassy in The Hague
-
Visit the Embassy of The Republic of Yemen in The Hague
-
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.
-
Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
-
Career College schouwburgstraat Den Haag
Career and apply for jobs
-
Career College: Challenges of an international career
Career and apply for jobs
-
CareerCollege Working in Policy
Career and apply for jobs
-
Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
-
Diversity & Inclusion Career Session
Course
-
Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
-
LUGO Sustainability Day
Conference, Symposium
-
The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
-
Online Career Days FSW - Sustainability
Career Days FSW