742 search results for “migrant world” in the Student website
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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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Is sexuality a private matter? Not for LGBTQI+ asylum seekers
Imagine: you’re seeking asylum in the Netherlands due to your sexual orientation or gender identity. The immigration authorities might question you about your sexuality. PhD candidate Elias Tissandier-Nasom, who is researching asylum applications submitted by LGBTQI+ children, explains that the process…
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’
Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.
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CJ Public Lecture: What is happening around Europe’s internal borders?
IAt the Criminal Justice Public Lecture on 20 April, Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude spoke about her research into decisions and practice in relation to intra-Schengen border areas and the free movement of persons. The thinking behind the Schengen area is that where the external borders…
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egulating Remittances: Methods, Case Studies and Theories: Call for Paper/Panel Proposals
JUSTREMIT and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University will host a conference on 12 and 13 October on Global Regulatory Regimes and Remittances. invite paper and panel proposals for consideration for the third JUSTREMIT Conference. Academics, practitioners from the regulatory…
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CADS student Simay Çetin wins FSW Master’s Thesis Prize 2021
Simay Çetin won the FSW Master’s Thesis Prize 2021 with her thesis “Interpreting Culture through Embodied Practice: An anthropological study of sexuality among Dutch Women with Turkish Migrant backgrounds”. She was supervised by Prof. dr. Peter Pels. According to the jury is Simay’s thesis not only…
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day people with a high socio-economic status encounter fewer health risks than those in lower socio-economic strati. ‘Now we will look at this process in the…
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Investigating Caribbean migrations with a Vidi grant: ‘With isotope analysis we can look at individual behaviors and long term patterns’
Archaeologist Jason Laffoon was awarded an NWO Vidi grant for an innovative investigation into ancient migrations in the western Caribbean. The innovative character of this research project lies in the wide-scale application of isotope analysis and isotope mapping. ‘We aim at further developing methods…
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How simple interventions can encourage better intergroup relations
Een kort filmpje over inclusie van migranten vermindert vooroordelen minstens drie maanden. Maar mensen ervaren fysieke stress als zij conservatiever tegenover migranten staan dan de groepsopinie dicteert. ‘We moeten mensen aanmoedigen, niet confronteren.’ Sociaal psycholoog Feiteng Long promoveert…
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Sara Brandellero: ‘We need to protect the city from an excess of light’
On 25 September, lights throughout Leiden will be turned off for the Seeing Stars event. What makes the urban night so special? We asked university lecturer Sara Brandellero, who researches cities, night and migration.
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Ancient DNA study reveals large scale migrations into Bronze Age Britain
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age. In the largest such analysis published to date, scientists examined the DNA of nearly 800 ancient individuals. Publication in Nature on December 22, 2021.
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World Peace: visions from Tolstoy
Debate, Seminar
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Stefan WirkenFaculty of Law
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Antoinette HuijbersFaculty of Archaeology
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Machteld Claessens
Faculty of Law
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Burcu Yildirim
Faculty of Archaeology
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Ivo van WijkFaculty of Archaeology
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Vincent KolodziejakFaculty of Archaeology
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Nina JaspersFaculty of Archaeology
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Sheila VaradanFaculty of Law
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Anne MeuweseFaculty of Law
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Lisa HarmsFaculty of Law
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Erik KroonFaculty of Archaeology
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Jo-Hannah PlugFaculty of Archaeology
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Matthew CanfieldFaculty of Law
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Alejandra Roche RecinosFaculty of Archaeology
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Morgan RousselFaculty of Archaeology
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Oda NuijFaculty of Archaeology
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Lennart Kruijer
Faculty of Archaeology
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Jose JoordensFaculty of Archaeology
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Jingjing CaoFaculty of Archaeology
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Michael KlosFaculty of Law
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Kartica van der ZonFaculty of Law
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Aurora de LeeuwFaculty of Law
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Jelle ButFaculty of Law
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Florian HelmeckeFaculty of Archaeology
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Lianne Otten
Faculty of Law
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Marina den HoudijkerAdministration and Central Services
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Johanna Berkheij-Dol
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael McCabe IIIFaculty of Archaeology
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Ruhama Yilma AbebeFaculty of Law
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Heleen van AmerongenFaculty of Law
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Djibrila TetereouFaculty of Humanities
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Karolina PomorskaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Patricia KretFaculty of Humanities
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Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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‘Polarisation is good. Much better than an uneasy silence’
If a young person from a migrant background climbs the social ladder despite internship discrimination, the exclusion often gets worse. It is only when we acknowledge these problems that we can resolve them, say Nadia Bouras and Tikho Ong, who are both experiential and academic experts. ‘Racism and…
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Palliative Care Around the World
Conference, Seminar
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.