301 search results for “civil war” in the Student website
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Eamon AloyoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.
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Allard de GraafFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der BoomFaculty of Humanities
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
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Strong need to talk together about Ukraine
Everyone has been watching the attack on Ukraine, a war on the European continent, with a sense of foreboding. It will bring devastation, loss, suffering and worry and it raises questions. With these words, Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl opened the meeting on the war in Ukraine at Wijnhaven on Thursday…
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture
On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust in Poland and were taken to court for defamation.
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Jonathan PriceFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Alain WijffelsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Frits van der MeerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sam HendrikseFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Malte RiemannFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Marie RobinFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.
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Karishma ChafekarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten ClaringbouldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hosna SheikhattarFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christiaan RusscherFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cathalijne van der PlasFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Tom BuitelaarFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mirella PeletierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Govert KerpesteinFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Floris Kaptein
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daan AsserFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Paula StuurmanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Jan Gerrit DercksenFaculty of Humanities
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Theo KrispijnFaculty of Humanities
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Marishka NeekilappillaiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Çagri Çavus
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daniel SolimanFaculty of Humanities
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Joris van BuitenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Saurav NarainFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Ernst DijxhoornFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Niels HeukelomFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Isabela Floriana PirlogeaFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Zelensky addresses students: 'Live your own life, but do so together with others'
A standing ovation. A wave and a smile from the president. A final selfie. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed students in the Netherlands for the first time on Tuesday morning via a livestream in The Hague. He did so in front of two packed lecture halls at both Leiden University and The…
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Lesley ReidFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Giulio Levorato
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs