1,109 search results for “board history” in the Student website
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Lun JingFaculty of Humanities
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Dimitris Kastritis
Faculty of Humanities
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Robertus Benning
Faculty of Humanities
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History
Lecture, LUCIS Keynote
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty 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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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Spaces of Conflicts: The Lebanese War Novel as Urban and Architectural History
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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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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Rosa van StratenFaculty of Humanities
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Kerwin OlfersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Noortje van SwietenFaculty of Humanities
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Jamie KorporaalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mette LéonsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Iris KoleAdministration and Central Services
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Lotte KremersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelique Heijstek-HofmanFaculty of Humanities
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Niels HeukelomFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nicole van OsFaculty of Humanities
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Geo-Poetics and the Reconstruction of Pre-Islamic Arabian History
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Reflecting on our university’s colonial past: ‘We’re still too Eurocentric’
How do colonialism and historical slavery continue to impact the university today? And what should happen next? Students and staff discussed these questions on 11 March.
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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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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.
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A real professor in the classroom
It’s starting to become a real Dies Natalis tradition: on 8 February professors from Leiden University teach a class at primary schools in the region. This introduces children to academia and teaches them more about conducting research. ‘Had you expected me to be a woman?’
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Symposium on technology and privacy should offer new insights
Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of our lives. At the same time there is a growing call to protect our privacy, and this is causing friction, at the University too. In part because of the…
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Hans Thuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Tony van der Togt
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Albert LogtenbergICLON
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
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Hein Drop
Faculty of Humanities
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Jochem van den BoogertFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Maha AliFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Elise StorckICLON
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities