943 search results for “art historicus from global south” in the Student website
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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Uni-visions: Hope, heat and wonder in 2075
Arts and culture, Studium Generale
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Career College: Challenges of an international career
Career and apply for jobs
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‘Divisions are there to be bridged’
Annetje Ottow is stepping down as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board on 1 September 2025 after almost five years in the role. She looks back at the highs and lows – and ahead to what’s next.
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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what eminent psychologist and thinker Steven Pinker argued to a packed Great Auditorium.
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière and the French Nonviolence Movement, ca. 1960s-1980s
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Speeddaten met Werkgevers
Career and apply for jobs
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Grotius Dialogue: The U.S. - China Competition and the Law of the Sea
Grotius Dialogue
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Workshop: From stressed to relaxed - Science
Study support
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Panel discussion: Green Colonialism
Debate
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Commitment: from Intention to Action (NL/EN)
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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Peter Akkermans -
Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Hanna Swaab
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Southeast Asia as method, History as prevention Decentering the history of measles (to better control the disease?)
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions
Lecture, Studium Generale
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From Peacemaking to Dealmaking? Transitional Justice in a New Era
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Get things done day - from idea to action
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Student Bram wanted to be mayor as a boy
Bram Geurds (20) is fascinated by politics. When he was 12, a political debate on TV caught his attention. And he decided he wanted to be mayor one day. Unsurprisingly, Bram is studying political science and is politically active. It might seem like he’s on course to become a professional politician.…
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High-Tech Innovation
The Dutch high-tech industry urgently needs specialised technicians. Leiden University aims to help meet this demand with its new specialisation in High-Tech Innovation (HTI), which brings together chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, astronomy and project management.
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Workshop Somatics: Moving earth – Moving body
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Online event - Working in the Netherlands for non-EU
Career and apply for jobs
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The Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Stations of the Periphery: From Colonial Monocultures to Post-Colonial Economies
Lecture, Economic and Social History Brown Bag Seminar
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‘Think what you want to do about international students before developing your housing policy’
Students used to live with a landlady or even with the professor whose course they were taking. Student accommodation has since become more professional, making it something the new government will have to tackle. What should the new government do?
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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Meet the Employer
Career and apply for jobs
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U.S. Cultural Diplomacy from the End of the Cold War to Trump 2.0
Lecture, Book Launch
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Asia Academy #26 From Crypto to Lightsticks: Korean Youths Hyperconnected but Fragmented
Lecture
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From Enlightened Autocracy to Neomedieval Monarchism: The French Revolution Arrives in St. Petersburg
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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From citizen-consumers to citizen legislators: Three models of democracy
Cleveringa Lecture
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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In Search of a Homo Economicus Javanicus. From J. H. Boeke to Clifford Geertz.
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Liveblog: Leiden University strikes against government cuts
Staff from Leiden University are starting the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. Follow the strike in this liveblog.
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Update: Executive Board responds to coalition agreement
The three parties currently forming a government – D66, CDA and VVD – have presented a new coalition agreement, in which they announce their intention to reverse the substantial funding cuts to higher education. This is encouraging news, although many uncertainties remain. The Executive Board will closely…