1,085 search results for “board history” in the Student website
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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.’
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britain. ‘Soldier of Orange’ is the most famous, but who were the other ‘England voyagers’ or Engelandvaarders as they are known?
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Rosa van StratenFaculty of Humanities
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Kerwin OlfersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Noortje van SwietenFaculty of Humanities
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Jamie KorporaalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mette LéonsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Iris KoleAdministration and Central Services
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Lotte KremersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelique Heijstek-HofmanFaculty of Humanities
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Niels HeukelomFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nicole van OsFaculty of Humanities
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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Reflecting on our university’s colonial past: ‘We’re still too Eurocentric’
How do colonialism and historical slavery continue to impact the university today? And what should happen next? Students and staff discussed these questions on 11 March.
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.
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A real professor in the classroom
It’s starting to become a real Dies Natalis tradition: on 8 February professors from Leiden University teach a class at primary schools in the region. This introduces children to academia and teaches them more about conducting research. ‘Had you expected me to be a woman?’
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Symposium on technology and privacy should offer new insights
Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of our lives. At the same time there is a growing call to protect our privacy, and this is causing friction, at the University too. In part because of the…
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Hans Thuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Albert LogtenbergICLON
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
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Hein Drop
Faculty of Humanities
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Jochem van den BoogertFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Maha AliFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Elise StorckICLON
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Timothy de ZeeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Rong YuanFaculty of Humanities
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Marion ElenbaasFaculty of Humanities
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Eva DrommelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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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.
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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.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Marlieke ErnstFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Katrien KlepFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marianne van Dijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hannah DeLaceyFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid