349 search results for “diversity in her education” in the Student website
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Tessa Verhoef -
Susanna LindbergFaculty of Humanities
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.'
The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a view that Leiden University shares. Rector Hester Bijl talks about what teaching will be like then. She also looks back on a year of lockdown.
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A quick call with Ella Picavet on affordable period products
Many will add them to their shopping list without a second thought, but what if you don't have enough money to buy period products each month? The university has recently started providing packs of affordable sanitary pads and tampons in the SchoolSupply vending machines. ‘It's just like providing toilet…
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Sophie RoseFaculty of Humanities
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Alan Palacios
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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Anne Land-Zandstra -
Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Becoming an inclusive university
Conference, D&I Event
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LISF committee investigates gender bias
The LUF International Study Fund (LISF) will make changes to its allocation process following an investigation into diversity in its grants policy. This investigation, which was carried out for the LISF by, among others, former committee member Mariska Kret and master’s student Marjolijn Wijnen, has…
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Career College: Working in Education
Career and apply for jobs
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’
Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an artistic perspective. The result was the exhibition ‘The Invitation’ which was presented at Stadsbauhaus on 4 June.
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Inspiration Session Social Safety
Conference
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Annetje Ottow reappointed as President of the Executive Board
Leiden University’s President of the Executive Board, Professor Annetje Ottow, has been reappointed for a second term by the Board of Governors.
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Inspiration session art project [s]TATTOO
Share your ideas on social safety
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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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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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Career College: Working in Education (at the faculty of Science)
Career and apply for jobs
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‘Building Academic Freedom’: on extremism and taboos at the university
On Tuesday 25 November, Leiden University is holding the first of four sessions on ‘Building Academic Freedom’. Students and staff are invited to a conversation about today’s hot-button issues.
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Kamila Krakowska RodriguesFaculty of Humanities
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Peter Klinkhamer -
Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Luc Amkreutz -
Martin Berger -
Igor Djakovic -
Marja SpierenburgFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandra Tutwiler -
Júlia García PuigFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Areti Leventi -
Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Kolen -
Matt YoungFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
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Vincent WalstraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences