675 search results for “history of south afrika” in the Student website
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit DusseldorpFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Construction Work around the University Sports Centre until the beginning of August
Facility, Organisation
- Forgotten heroes
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Remko OffringaFaculty of Science
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.
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Last places available for Thesis Labs: apply now!!
Education
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Apply now for one of six LDE Thesis Labs
Education
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben van UdenFaculty of Law
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Johanna Berkheij-DolFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Eline Westra
Faculty of Humanities
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Frederic LensFaculty of Science
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Alette VonkFaculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Nargess AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel Veppo de Lima
Faculty of Humanities
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Critical thinking? Or rather generous thinking?
‘Critical thinking’ is an expression all academics have heard of: it’s the first learning objective in the Leiden Vision on Teaching and Learning. It’s both a historical topic with roots that reach back a long way and a topical problem too. The question on everyone’s lips is whether critical thinking…
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Mensenrechten overal anders geïnterpreteerd. Hoe kan dat?
Hoe kan het dat universele mensenrechten wereldwijd niet hetzelfde in de praktijk worden gebracht?
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Una Europa's One Health Summer School: 'interactive and very engaging'
Sam Hundersmark is taking a Master's in Population Health Management at Leiden University. Because Leiden University is part of the Una Europa alliance, Sam was able to join the 2023 edition of Una Europa’s One Health Summer School.
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New Faculty of Humanities spending reduction plan
The Faculty of Humanities has shared a new spending reduction plan with its students and staff. Although the plans are less sweeping than previous ones, we still need to make painful decisions: the proposal to scrap the Bachelor’s in Italian Language and Culture, for example.
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Durable Upheaval: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution and Its Impact Five Decades Later
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Reporting Reality: Women’s Rights in India
Debate, Leiden Asia Academy
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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Klaas VrielingFaculty of Science
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline VelFaculty of Law
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Stephen HarrisFaculty of Humanities
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities
Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Building took place on 8 October, and it has many remarkable features: for example, recycled ‘mushroom columns’, a pedestrian bridge to the University Library…
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Update Executive Board: Dark clouds over the humanities
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Public pen test of classroom scanners in Lipsius
On Monday 28 March a ‘pen test’ will be carried out to check the security of the classroom scanners. These people counters in University buildings were temporarily switched off in December after there was growing disquiet about privacy aspects of the devices. The pen test will be carried out in the…
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‘Scandals mean society is actually doing well’
Whereas the Netherlands Court of Audit used to conduct an investigation once a year, the average civil service organisation now has a few per year to contend with. Is so much going wrong nowadays? Not at all, says Professor by Special Appointment Sjoerd Keulen. ‘It’s one of the methods that makes democracy…