155 search results for “second world war” in the Student website
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Strong need to talk together about Ukraine
Everyone has been watching the attack on Ukraine, a war on the European continent, with a sense of foreboding. It will bring devastation, loss, suffering and worry and it raises questions. With these words, Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl opened the meeting on the war in Ukraine at Wijnhaven on Thursday…
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Education
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Njord writes book about its wartime history
The new book, ‘Njord in de Oorlog’ (Njord during the War), describes how the Leiden student rowing club was affected by the Second World War in a detailed series of personal stories. On Monday 16 November, Njord president Rosalie ten Wolde presented the first copy to Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker.
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Education
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities
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Milan van Berlo
Faculty of Humanities
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Nick Root
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nivja de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
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Second Caring Universities research results: students are reporting more psychological issues
In June 2020, Caring Universities researched the mental health and resilience of students. This was repeated again in January 2021. The results of this second investigation show that more students are reporting psychological issues such as stress and mood swings than during the first investigation.
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I-Hsien Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying-ting Wang
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne van Dam
Faculty of Humanities
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New film about the life of Ben Telders (1903-1945)
Shortly before Remembrance Day, a new film was launched about the life and legacy of Ben Telders. Telders was professor of Dutch Law at Leiden University at the start of the Second World War; he was imprisoned in a concentration camp on account of of his protest against the Nazis.
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Journal established at LIACS reaches world top
An impact factor of 3.2 in the Web of Science journal index. And in the first 10% of Elsevier's Scopus index. The International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval (IJMIR), founded at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), has become one of the most important multimedia j…
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Yra van Dijk
Faculty of Humanities
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Bouke van der Meer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Roderick Geerts
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ineke Sluiter
Faculty of Humanities
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Florence Liard
Faculteit Archeologie
- Photo contest ‘The World is Your Classroom’: take part!
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Dutch knowledge institutions suspend partnerships with Russia and Belarus
The Russian military assault on Ukraine has profoundly shocked knowledge institutions in the Netherlands, as represented by Universities of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Dutch Research Council,…
- Ady Roxburgh
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Hour of Remembrance: online lecture and memorial
Lecture
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Ana Maspoli
Faculteit Archeologie
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Karène Sanchez
Faculty of Humanities
- Student Support Group Ukraine (8 meetings)
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Student Support Group: conflict areas
Student support group
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Student Support Group: conflict areas
Student support group
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Student Support Group: conflict areas
Student support group
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Student Support Group: conflict areas
Student support group
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Student Support Group: conflict areas
Student support group
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Tymon de Haas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Tesse Stek
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Lennart Kruijer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Michael Kerschner
Faculteit Archeologie
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Miguel John Versluys
Faculteit Archeologie
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Black lives matter: ‘Racism takes different forms but it’s a world issue’
It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest is spreading like wildfire across the whole of the US. Every day, thousands of people are taking to the streets. We asked American Studies expert Sara…
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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Remco Breuker
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita Casarotto
Faculteit Archeologie
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’
The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the most sustainable university in the world by 2030. Students Janey Franssen and Job Kemperman are two of the paper’s authors. How do they want to achieve…
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Beyond the Atom Bombs
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Twinkle, twinkle, giant star
Up above the world so high a giant star twinkles. Could an 83-year-old astronomer unravel the mystery of this megastar? ‘At times I thought: that’s it! I give up! It’s beyond me.’
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Minna Valjakka
Faculty of Humanities
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Julian Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Kitty Zijlmans
Faculty of Humanities