1,166 search results for “language and culture of the world” in the Student website
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
- Una Europa: European Day of Languages
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Was Suriname expensive or not? ‘The economic situation has never been properly assessed’
His Surinamese neighbours in Amsterdam gave Russia expert and economic historian Isaac Scarborough an idea: a re-evaluation of the Surinamese economy in the twentieth century. An NWO XS grant will enable him to make a start on this.
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Navigating a New Culture as a PhD candidate
Personal development, Study support
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students
Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague. A new formula helped them on their way.
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Siddharth DivakaruniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Kenan van de MieroopFaculty of Humanities
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Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty 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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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’
How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Being outlines the University’s plans to promote student well-being in the coming years.
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Jacqueline VelFaculty of Law
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Saturday's Study Abroad Fair
Saturday's Study Abroad fair in Leiden is the ideal place to gather information about going abroad during your studies, or being an international student at Leiden University. And enjoy it all with a free cup of coffee or tea, and maybe even a delicious slice of pizza.
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Wiebke WiesigelFaculty of Law
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Michèle VerbergFaculty of Law
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Meriem RebbaniFaculty of Law
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Lorike WaldusFaculty of Law
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Maaike VeldkampFaculty of Law
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Rhea MammenFaculty of Law
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Lorenzo NieuwenburgFaculty of Law
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Andrew Gawthorpe in Global News: 'We’re heading to a world of much greater instability'
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe of Leiden University reflects in Global News Canada on the global implications of Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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Pieter ter KeursFaculty of Humanities
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
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Annemarie SamuelsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Grant for research on politics and play: ‘In both cases, a world is created’
How do politics and play relate to each other? Six Leiden academics hope to find an answer to that question over the coming years. They have received an NWO grant of 750,000 euros. Professor Sybille Lammes and University Lecturer Bram tell us how they plan to spend the money.
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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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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David Schaper
Faculty of Archaeology
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Arent PolFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander MohnsFaculty of Archaeology
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Jac AartsFaculty of Archaeology
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Leila DemarestSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia
If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints to preventing such behaviour in the first place. This is what the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has concluded. It has therefore…
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Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t
What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.
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Erik DanenFaculty of Science
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter WagemakersFaculty of Humanities
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Vote for the student elections of the programme boards!
Organisation
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Katharina RiebelFaculty of Science
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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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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
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Mia Dambach
Faculty of Law
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Jeroen van ZoolingenFaculty of Archaeology