264 search results for “second world war” in the Student website
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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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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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Marlies van Boekel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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NIAS grant for research on ‘War on Drugs’
His article on ‘the War on Drugs’ in Colombia and the Philippines has been in the top five most downloaded articles of Oxford University Press for some time. Now, Assistant Professor Santino Regilme is to receive a NIAS grant to map out the global war on drugs.
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War in Ukraine: Universities call for support and solidarity for those affected
The Dutch universities are shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and empathise with all those affected by this act of aggression. Leiden University also calls for solidarity with and support for all those affected by the war.
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Mentor network for students and researchers affected by war in Ukraine: 'These are our colleagues'
When Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, normal life there came to a halt. To ensure that affected students and researchers can continue their studies and work, professor Ellen Rutten (UvA) and assistant professor Dorine Schellens (Leiden) set up an international mentor network.
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Frans Osinga
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Roos van der Haer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Abhishek Avtans-
Faculty of Humanities
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Alies Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Silvia D'Amato
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Beatriz Santiago Belmonte
Faculty of Humanities
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'Malley
Faculty of Humanities
- War in Ukraine: one university website for help, action and questions
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Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
Master
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Olga Nozdracheva
Faculty of Humanities
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Nivja de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
- Student Buddy Service: also for students affected by the Ukraine war and other conflicts
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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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Giles Scott-Smith
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anneleen van der Meer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
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A World Ablaze: Making Sense of Wars Today
Lecture
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Thea Hilhorst on her second appointment as a LDE professor
The Humanities Faculty welcomes Thea Hilhorst as a professor. Due to the cooperation between the universities in Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, she will be appointed professor at Leiden University in addition to her current position as a professor in Rotterdam. Hilhorst discusses her field and this…
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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Juan Masullo Jimenez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Jin Hee Park
Faculty of Humanities
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen