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This was 2023! An overview of Humanities in the news
So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…
- Centre for the History of European Integration Seminar Series
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Lasse van den Dikkenberg -
Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities
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Caspar van den BergFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Daniel Schade in The Washington Post: 'Schengen hasn't been fully functioning as intended since 2015'
More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of EU Studies at Leiden University, analyses this development in The Washington Post.
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Dennie Oude NijhuisFaculty of Humanities
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Daniel Schade on Deutschland Heute: 'Border controls weaken Schengen'
Assistant Professor of European Studies and International Relations Daniel Schade was a guest on Deutschland Heute on Deutschlandfunk and spoke about the recent Schengen evaluation report by the European Commission.
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Lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' to start again in April 2023
The Europa Institute is once again organising the lecture series 'Europa in de Praktijk' (Europe in Practice). Students are offered the unique opportunity to enter into discussions with prominent guest speakers with years of European experience working in a wide range of sectors. Each year, we invite…
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Carolina LenarduzziFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Voltsichina
Faculty of Humanities
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
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Philippe BucFaculty of Humanities
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Jasper’s day - from Leiden to Brussels to Voorschoten
On Monday, 13 October, Jasper will travel to Brussels with a delegation from Key Region Leiden. Why is this collaboration important? And who will he be having dinner with that same evening in Voorschoten? Jasper shares his account of a long and interesting Monday.
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Duygu Uysal DincolFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dennis Worst
Faculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah StevensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maha AliFaculty of Humanities
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Max Joosten
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Vishwesh SundarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Yuan Yi ZhuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga & Louk van Doorn win the DT4REGIONS Ideathon on AI Potential for Preventive Healthcare
eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, join forces to explore the use of AI for diabetes and secondary prevention of diabetic foot problems and won a prize for it.
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Priorities of Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Work visit to EU Institutions in Brussels: ‘It is okay to be a generalist’
A group of eighty humanities students visited the European Commission and the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU. This work visit was organized by Career Service Humanities.
- European Days of Languages
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ERC-funded research uncovers the role of stereotypes in citizens’ support for EU policy
Two years after launching an ERC Starting Grant to investigate cultural stereotyping in European Union governance, Adina Akbik and Christina Toenshoff at Leiden University are now publishing their first major findings. Looking at public opinion across the EU, the researchers show that cultural stereotypes…
- European Week Against Racism
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Assessing total environmental impact is becoming even more important
Life cycle assessment (LCA) reveals the total environmental impact of products or production processes, and EU rules are going to make this even more important.
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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean?
More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current government wants to declare an asylum crisis but what is that exactly and can they just do that?
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Leiden Classics: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted an elected University Council. It became quite powerful: the Council even had the right to dismiss the Chairman of the Board.
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Honours Class students succeed and impress at Model EU Simulation event
In Spring 2023, Leiden University’s Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) launched a new Honours Class ‘Model European Union Simulation: Policies, Negotiations and Transatlantic Experiential Learning’.
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European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"?
Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar
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Jos Bazelmans -
Melania Brito Clavijo
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Waarom Rutte de juiste kandidaat is om de cohesie binnen de NAVO te bewaren
Lars Brummel explains in The Conversation that Rutte is a good candidate to counter threats to NATO's cohesion.
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European subsidy for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consolidator grant, she and 3 PhDs and a postdoc will further her EEG research on the different stages at which girls and women experience strong hormonal f…
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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Antoaneta Dimitrova, Bernard Steunenberg and Dimiter Toshkov about the political situation in Bulgaria
In the current political situation of Bulgaria, it seems that a long-term caretaker government is the only viable option at the moment. Dimiter Toshkov, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Bernard Steunenberg of FGGA analyse what the Bulgarian caretaker government can learn from its Dutch counterpart.
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Climate and elections: these were your top stories from 2023
The year 2023 saw the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Wagner Group rebellion and wildfires and floods as all the weather records were smashed. Our most-read stories were about the climate crisis and the elections: here’s the list.
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah WolffFaculty of Humanities
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André GerritsFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities