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Beyond Utopia: New politics, the politics of knowledge and the science fictional field of Japan
This project aims to uncover a series of sites of difference and innovation. In particular, it locates itself in two kinds of distancing: geo-cultural (ie. in the non-European space of Japan) and medial (ie. in innovative expressive media).
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An Economic History of Portugal, 1143–2010
This book rovides an economic history of Portugal over the course of eight centuries, from 1143 through to 2010 and situates Portugal's economic growth within the context of European development. It also responds to fundamental questions about when, how and why the economy expanded, stagnated or co…
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The Relationship between State and Religion in a Changing Dutch Society
In recent decades, the Netherlands’ struggle with multiculturalism has caused an upsurge in public interest in the relationship between state and religion. In this, the Dutch address a subject relevant not just to them, but to all of Europe.
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Admission requirements
For admission to LUC's Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges programme you need to meet certain requirements. Please view the diploma, English and mathematics requirements below.
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About the programme
LUC is located in The Hague and offers a three-year English Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a focus on today's Global Challenges: Peace & Justice, Sustainability, Prosperity and Diversity.
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Spot the Alumni
At LUC we love to hear from you and share your story with fellow alumni of the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme. Check out the news articles in which our LUC Alumni tell you about their experiences!
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Contact
Leiden University College The Hague's campus is right next to The Hague Central Station.
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The Secular Outlook
The Secular Outlook describes what moral and political secularism means. It paints the image of a world view in which state and religion are kept well separated.
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Majors
LUC's Liberal Arts and Science programme offers you the opportunity to specialise in one of six Majors while keeping the Global Challenges at the centre of your studies.
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The Mermaid and the Lion King - Essays in honour of Hans H. de Iongh.
This liber amicorum is a tribute to Prof. dr. ir. Hans H. de Iongh, associate professsor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of Leiden University and guest professor at the University of Antwerp, on the occasion of his retirement on 27 October 2016.
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Alumni
Every year 200 students graduate from Leiden University College The Hague. Currently, there are over 1500 alumni who have completed the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme in The Hague. After which, you all pursued your own course path. At LUC we aim to stay in touch with you, to learn from your experiences…
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Education
The VVI courses form part of the wider teaching programme of the Leiden Law School, which offers programmes both at the undergraduate (LLB) and graduate level (LLM, Advanced Studies, PhD). The Institute offers a MSc programme Law and Society: Governance and Global Development which is unique in Europe.…
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Who we are
The LUC Fund is part of the Leiden University Foundation (LUF). The Fund is managed by LUC’s administrative staff and overseen by a Spending Committee consisting of staff and alumni. Together they are responsible for the allocation of available resources, identifying funding opportunities, and developing…
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Contact
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is located close to Leiden Central Railway Station.
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The Death of Archaeological Theory
The Death of Archaeological Theory, edited by John Bintliff and Mark Pearce, addresses the provocative subject of whether it is time to discount the burden of somewhat dogmatic theory and ideology that has built up over the last 25 years.
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The Chinese diaspora, race and US foreign policy
The project focusses on how US views of the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia influenced its strategic interpretations of the region. Being eleven million strong, dispersed across the region and sharing ethnic ties with Communist China, interpretations of the diaspora intersected with key Cold War…
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Education
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies offers a wide range of general and specialised courses in the field of public international law, both at Bachelor’s and Master’s level.
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Modernization and U.S. Service Programs
The project explores the role of modernization theory in the development of two foreign and domestic service programs: the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). The Peace Corps has long been understood as a modernizing effort in a Cold War context, and this project will further investigate…
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Campaigning Culture and the Global Cold War
This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War.
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Contact
Do you have any questions about the minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food? Please contact us!
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Application Deadlines
For the September 2024 intake, LUC The Hague selects 200 students. The deadlines for the September 2024 intake are stated below. LUC has two deadlines: an Early Bird and a Regular.
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Lecture with Joseph Heath, The challenge of policing minorities in a liberal state
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Government Capacity, Societal Trust or Party Preferences? What Accounts for the Variety of National Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
What Accounts for the Variety of National Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe?
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Leiden University College
What is my contribution to the world? This is what students and researchers at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) ask themselves every day. They want to make a difference with their teaching and research in the four global challenges of ‘Peace and Justice,’ ‘Sustainability,’ ‘Diversity’ and ‘…
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Design for the Future: Wicked Environmental Problems in Sustainability and Health
How do we approach education that facilitates creative confidence for students that leads to innovative solutions to society’s present day and future sustainability challenges? This education research project tackles a sustainability dilemma faced by households in everyday life viz.
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Sustainability in our teaching
In our teaching, we give all our students the opportunity to learn about sustainability themes and issues, where possible ones that tie in with the content of their degree programme.
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The Birth of Political Mass Parties
How did parties as political organizations emerge?
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Doesn't Play Well With Others
What are the socio-political implications of performing Johannes Brahms's chamber music in 19th-century style?
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Why Leiden University?
Global Challenges lie at the centre of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor programme at LUC. Here, you will develop a many-sided, multi-layered, problem-solving, can-do attitude towards the problems the world faces today.
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Application and Selection
All applicants to LUC go through a selection process. You will enter the process by applying in Studielink, and submitting a complete application in the Leiden University application portal.
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The study choice process
Making choices is part of life. You make larger or smaller choices in everything you do, and you progress from one choice/decision to the next. All decision-making processes involve three aspects: making a choice, experiencing that choice and reflecting on it.
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Extra challenge
Would you like to take on an extra challenge during your LUC programme? The following options are available to you.
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Politicians
Lizzy van Dorp enrolled at Leiden University in 1893 to study Literature. But the ambitious student changed path and became the first woman in the Netherlands to study law.
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Intelligence in the Global South (GLOBALINT)
GLOBALINT is a pioneering study of intelligence in the Global South. It asks ‘how do (un)democratic shifts in political governance impact intelligence services in contexts of violent conflict?
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Legitimacy and Justice
The legitimacy and justice of political institutions and arrangements are among the perennial and defining subjects of the field of political theory. Political theorists who participate in the research cluster ‘Legitimacy and Justice’ engage in both systematic and historical reflection on the ways legitimacy…
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Alumni Careers
Alumni of LUC all pursue their own individual career after graduation. The success of a Liberal Arts and Sciences programme is reflected in the unique paths the alumni take.
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Etruscan religion
Research in the field of Etruscology at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University (UL; the Netherlands) aims at exploring the history of the religious and ideological mentality of the Etruscans by studying archaeological, epigraphical and ancient written sources.
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Ben Telders
Benjamin Marius Telders, professor of international law, died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen on 6 April 1945. He was an example of civil courage before and during the occupation. He spoke up against inequity and injustice.
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Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path. Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being
Santideva's 8th century Mahayana Buddhist classic, the Guide to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara), has been a source of philosophical inspiration in the Indian and Tibetan traditions for over a thousand years.
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Asia and the UN
Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.
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The Importance of Conspiracy Theory in Extremist Ideology and Propaganda
On 16 april 2020, Andrew Fink defended his thesis 'The Importance of Conspiracy Theory in Extremist Ideology and Propaganda'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. A. Ellian.
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World War II
In 1940 the Germany occupiers ordered the dismissal of all Jewish staff of the university. This resulted in protest speeches by fellow academics.
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Education
The Leiden University Institute for History has a wide-ranging academic scope unique for the Netherlands. This is directly reflected in the participation of her staff in various Master's and Bachelor's programmes at Leiden University.
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The Internationalisation of the Labour Question: Ideological Antagonism, Workers’ Movements and the ILO since 1919
This book connects labour history, global history and the institutional or political history of international organisations.
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The Modern Transformation of Korean Political Thinking: Revisiting the Political Ideas of the Late Nineteenth-Century Reformists
Choong-Yeol Kim defended his thesis on 14 November 2019
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Secular-religious self-improvement
Jasmijn Rana demonstrates in the article 'Secular-religious self-improvement: Muslim women’s kickboxing in the Netherlands' that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms and living out their religious subjectivities.
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Early modern war narratives and the Revolt in the Low Countries
By the end of the sixteenth century, stories about the Revolt in the Low Countries (c. 1567-1648) had begun to spread throughout Europe. These stories had very different authors with very different intentions.
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Education
Members of LUCIR contribute to various education programmes in the sphere of international relations, exchanging expertise with both bachelor’s and master’s students.
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The Modern Arabic Book: Design as Agent of Cultural Progress
Huda Abi-Fares defended her thesis on 10 January 2017.