531 search results for “identity and beloning” in the Student website
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Becoming and belonging? ‘Immigration procedures are less about identity and more about transaction’
What does it feel like to become a citizen in a new country? For her PhD research, Hannah Bliersbach immersed herself in the world of immigration. She interviewed dozens of new citizens in Germany and Canada and found that citizenship is, above all, a transactional process.
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Summer School on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law: Human Rights and Beyond
Summer School
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Daudi van VeenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Greeks, Persians, and Cilicians: Empire and Identity in the Iron Age
Lecture, Byvanck Lecture
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Müge Kinacioglu
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Six questions about the book 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, is organising a book launch for his new book: 'Ruminations: Framing a sense of self and coming to terms with the other'. The book launch will take place on Thursday 15 December from 16.00-17.00 hrs. at…
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Siyun WuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jon Collins
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marie Guilleray-Guénanff -
Constant HijzenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Bart Custers in Trouw about new European digital identity
Europe is working full steam towards a digital identity for every EU citizen. And although it might be really useful to be able to hire a car everywhere in the EU with no hassles, Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies, sees many loose ends.…
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in Brussels? ‘The EU would be wise to respect and protect national identities’
Many European citizens feel connected to the European Union and place trust in it, Eva Grosfeld found in her PhD research. Yet around a quarter do not identify with the EU at all. How can the EU regain their trust?
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Winifred GebhardtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Yung Lin receives Young Scholar Award 2026
Researcher Yung Lin received the Young Scholar Award at the annual conference of the European Association for Taiwan Studies (EATS). She obtained her PhD in 2025 on Taiwan’s public diplomacy.
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Sounds of Formosa
Debate
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Herta Mohr Lecture 2026: Identity and Connectivity at the Oryx District
Lecture, Herta Mohr-lezing
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Daan van den Wollenberg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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Xu Liu
ICLON
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Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955)
Lecture, LIMS seminar / Austrian Studies Seminar
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities
Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different approaches of the two governments towards the coronavirus crisis, for example, can be explained from the history of both countries since the Middle Ages. Historians…
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'The Pieterskerk has always defined Leiden's identity'
Ward Hoskens started ten years ago as an intern at one of Leiden's most iconic buildings: the Pieterskerk. Now he is doing his PhD on the question of how the function of this 'church that is no longer a church' changed over recent centuries.
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Kristell PenfornisFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Aleksandra UttenweilerFaculty of Humanities
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Michael HerzfeldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Not attending graduation?
If you are unable to attend the graduation on the 3rd of July, there are a few alternatives to receive your diploma. Read more about the different options below:
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Inocêncio Joao Raul ZandamelaFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Spirova
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Facilities
As a student at Leiden University, you have access to a wide range of digital and physical facilities. These include tools to help you with your studies, spaces to conduct research and practical facilities that can help you in your daily student life. On the pages below you can find all information…
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’
Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner in the works, but Asa persevered. After ten years of studying, Asa obtained a master’s degree in Japanese and was nominated for the IHLIA thesis award…
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Eduardo Alves VieiraFaculty of Humanities
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Leila DemarestFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mistaken Identities
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology