41 search results for “authoritarian role” in the Student website
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Anouk van Vliet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Play an active role in co-participation
Do you want to get involved in the university community whilst working on your personal development? Co-participation is the perfect way to do it.
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Eelco van der MaatFaculty of Humanities
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Grotius Dialogue: Legal Resistance Under Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Grotius Dialogue
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Peter PutmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Course selection
The course selection varies each year. On this page, you will find courses offered in 2026–2027.
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Municipality of Leiden apologises for role in slavery and announces further research
On 2 December, the Municipality of Leiden will apologise for the role previous administrations played in colonialism and slavery. A further study will be carried out.
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From lone genius to cocreator: how AI is changing the role of composers
Who is the real creator when a musician uses AI? This was the burning question for Adam Lukawski, himself a composer. During a fascinating premiere at Amare, The Hague’s cultural hub, he demonstrated what cocreation sounds like.
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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‘Our students are role models for young children in The Hague’
What better way is there for an alderman to find out where best to put his efforts than to pay a working visit to the university? Hilbert Bredemeijer, Alderman in The Hague for Education, Sport and the Outdoor Space, paid a visit to Campus The Hague on Wednesday 6 October 2021.
- Play a role in decisions concerning the university? Find out how at the election kick-off
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Monitor 2024: Leiden University slashes carbon emissions and strengthens role in climate transition
The Sustainability Monitor 2024 reveals that Leiden University has again taken significant steps to become a more sustainable and future-proof university. Since 1990, its carbon emissions have decreased by 50 per cent and, compared with 2019, its natural gas consumption has dropped by 32 per cent. Its…
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Cesare Figari BarberisFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Dorota MokrosinskaFaculty of Humanities
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
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Monica van WinkelICLON
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War in the Middle East: What are the implications?
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Erik de KwaadstenietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wilco van DijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marieke TollenaarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maryla KlajnFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maartje van der WoudeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
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Algebra, activism and asbestos: the curious life of Fred Rohde
As a mathematician, Fred Rohde (1948) explored the world of numbers. As a photographer, he captured demonstrations. And now he’s reconstructing his mother’s wartime story – an extraordinary tale of her stay with an Austrian family, the inventors of asbestos cement.
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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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Leiden Classics: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted an elected University Council. It became quite powerful: the Council even had the right to dismiss the Chairman of the Board.
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: Timeless Masterpiece or Relic of the Cold War?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’
Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.