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Diversity symposium 2021: small steps can increase inclusion
‘Culture change takes time,’ said Vice-Rector Hester Bijl at the closing panel of the University’s Diversity Symposium on 26 January. She talked about the road to a diverse and inclusive university. The symposium provided plenty of concrete examples of small steps that can already be taken.
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Two psychologists on a date with the Rector
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this edition…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astronomers working with the telescope's data. The images exceed all expectations. Scientists within the Euclid consortium, including astronomers Henk Hoekstra…
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement
...What does seem clear, though, is that there is a great deal of room for improvement in the process of out-of-home placement. The FSW's social and behavioural scientists give their views.
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Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…
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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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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Learning from Ancient Water Systems
Lecture
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Winter School: Digital Visual Engagements in Anthropological Research
Course, Winter school
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Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian
PhD defence
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Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Bitterling Fish
PhD defence
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
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Book presentation ‘Building the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation’
Book presentation
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Playing with words
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Non-Textual Evidence in International Criminal Prosecutions
PhD defence
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What Contribution can Scholarship make to the Development of International Criminal Law?
Conference, Discussion
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Seminar 'Public Prosecution Services and the Rule of Law in Europe'
Conference
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LUCIR Talk: Ghost Army - Snapshot of the Wagner Group’s Operations and Structures
Debate
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Queer migration: lessons from the past and present, thoughts for the future. A Blue-Sky thinking seminar
Conference, A Blue-Sky thinking seminar
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Making Crimes Mean: A Normative Analysis of the Acts that Constitute International Crimes
PhD defence
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PhD workshop: Epistemologies in PhD Research
Workshop
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The Hague Space Diplomacy Symposium
Conference
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Standing up for science workshop
Course
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Border externalization and the benefits for peripheral countries
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2023
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Max van der Horst: “Ethical Vulnerability Mass-Exploitation 101: Theory and Practice”
Lecture, Tech Trends Workshop
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Historical Blendings: An Entangled History of Social Democracy and Liberalism in Europe
Conference
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"From Epistemicide to ‘Epistemic Disobedience'" by Anne-Maria Makhulu
Lecture
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PrAIa Hackathon Easing Teaching
Course, Hackathon
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LUC Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize Essay Competition
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb, third-year student at Leiden University College The Hague, won the challenge by the Ignitor Fellowship Program held by the Nobel Peace Center for her essay on the threats to journalism in Mexico. On December 10th Natalia met the Committee of the Ignitor Fellowship in Oslo and attended…
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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum.’
The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In certain instances, smuggled migrants should be treated the same as victims of human trafficking.
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Annetje Ottow back in Leiden
Annetje Ottow is the first female president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, which means a return to her Alma mater.
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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare time rambling through the forest, as a professor she sifts through colleagues’ research data. ‘I often come across information that doesn’t appear in the…
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Newsletter Student Support FSW April 2022
This Student Support FSW newsletter tells you all about the services provided by the FSW POPcorner, Career Service, and Community Engagement Service. You can read about upcoming activities and vacancies, and pick up tips on study skills, personal and professional development, student well-being, study…
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Alumni from Brussels: ‘Leiden University has a fantastic reputation here’
They dreamed of Brussels, worked hard and finally succeeded: working for Europe. The list of Leiden University alumni in Brussels is long. A few days before the European elections, Julia Gencheva and Vincent Miča talk about how they ended up in Brussels and what their jobs entail.
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The Polish challenge: Can and should courts decide on the supremacy of EU law?
Lecture
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"I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present
Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture
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How the Fossil Fuel Industry (ab)uses the Legal System: The Urgent Call for Binding Regulations to Protect People and Climate
Debate, Roundtable discussion
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The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination?
Debate
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UBH 2022 - Upsetting Binaries & Hierarchies
Conference
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission
A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. New partnerships were formed and important knowledge exchanged, and researchers from Leiden gave guest lectures.
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.