995 search results for “american studies” in the Staff website
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Onur AdaFaculty of Humanities
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David HenleyFaculty of Humanities
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Honorary doctorate for Canadian-American astrophysicist Sara Seager
Leiden University will confer an honorary doctorate on astrophysicist Sara Seager for her work on exoplanets.
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
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Elpine de BoerFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Do you buy your partner chocolates and roses? Fascination for American holidays explained
Buying chocolates as a sign of love, getting the best deals on Black Friday and putting on a spooky costume for Halloween. In recent years, these holidays and traditions have taken off in the Netherlands, even though they originated on the other side of the ocean. Why are we so excited about American…
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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Regilme wins a 2022 Human Rights Publication Accolade from American Sociological Association
Salvador Santino Regilme received Honorable Mention for the 2022 Best Scholarly Article Award from the Sociology of Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He won for his paper “Visions of Peace Amidst a Human Rights Crisis: War on Drugs in Colombia and the Philippines,”…
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Join the Columbia Summer Program on American Law in July 2023
Education
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Briitta van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association
Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class and Inequality. Her dissertation, Ethnic Inequality in the Welfare State, aims to reconcile the persistence of ethnic inequalities in expansive welfare…
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Jacky NieuwboerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant
All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image of native populations in the European mind. An ERC Starting Grant allows Dr Martin Berger to look at the bigger picture, contextualizing individual collections…
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Anoma van der VeereFaculty of Humanities
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël OpgenhaffenFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Carina van den HovenFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Annelou van GijnFaculteit Archeologie
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Isabel HovingFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno BraakFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America
Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countries that have turned their backs on the Asian island in recent years. Why are these countries making this choice now and what does it mean for Taiwan's…
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Paula van den BergScience
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Hisashi OwadaFaculty of Humanities
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Marc BuijnstersFaculty of Humanities
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Hans JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Jamaseb SoltaniFaculty of Humanities
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Tim MicklerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Danielle ChevalierFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leonardo CarmignaniFaculteit Archeologie
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Rachel SchatsFaculteit Archeologie
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Eric JorinkFaculty of Humanities