353 search results for “politics in island” in the Library website
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Constant HijzenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Daan WeggemansFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Corinne Hofman -
Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
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Valérie PattynFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Joris van der VoetFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Carola van EijkFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Bram KlievinkFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Andrea WarneckeFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan YeFaculty of Humanities
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Rebecca Naous
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Cristiana StravaFaculty of Humanities
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Mehmet KentelFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director Marrik Bellen talks about the turbulent times for this Leiden institute and its staff. And can we learn anything from the Indonesian approach?
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Caribbean Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Caribbean Studies
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…
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Online exhibition Tourism in the Dutch East Indies
From travel stories, travel guides and hotel vignettes to postcards, drawings, menus, brochures, posters and photos. The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) hold many sources that provide insight into the development of tourism in the Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia, from 1870…
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean?
More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current government wants to declare an asylum crisis but what is that exactly and can they just do that?
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Anoma van der Veere did Japanese Studies at Leiden University
Alumnus Anoma van der Veere did Japanese studies and talks in this interview about his studies in Leiden and his work as a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and as Japanese correspondent in Tokyo.
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Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children
Charlotte Poot (31) is co-founder and chair of Hospital Hero, an app that prepares children for a hospital visit. She studied and obtained her PhD at the LUMC.
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Hans de VriesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Marjorie in 't Veld
Leiden University Libraries
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Arie in 't VeldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Behrens -
Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Frans de HaasFaculty of Humanities
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Leiden’ institute KITLV-Jakarta. What does this institute do and why is Indonesia important to the University?
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a reading list
Tensions between Israel and Palestine again reached fever pitch in May, with hundreds of – mainly Palestinian – deaths as a result. Now that a ceasefire offers some respite, there is an opportunity to reflect on the history of the conflict. Are there lessons to be learned from the past? How do historians…
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Valentine's Day - a reading list
Love. It makes people do the strangest things and at the same time it is a primary necessity of life. Over the centuries, writers and poets have filled up entire libraries with books on real and fictional relationships, and contemporary writers still like to delve into the complex, dramatic and at times…
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Prior Fellows
Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius, Van Gulik and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Maria BoletsiFaculty of Humanities
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Miguel John Versluys -
Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.