184 search results for “second world war” in the Student website
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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War
‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring to Leiden University. Why this hatred? Emeritus Professor of University History Willem Otterspeer has written a book about Leiden University during the…
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Open call for artistic projects about freedom or the Second World War
Social
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How Leiden University reopened after the war
Students were able to continue their studies in September 1945 after the University had been closed for several years during the Second World War. This moment was celebrated for four days, with the traditional cortège, commemorative services and a party in the Botanical Garden. Queen Wilhelmina was…
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlies van Boekel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history, will give an online lecture about forgotten stories from the Second World War. Via Open Jewish Homes, moving stories can be heard online of Jewish alumni.…
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Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’
Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November. She illustrated this with individual reactions to the persecution of Jews during the Second World War.
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Field of honour full of life
The four thousand war victims buried at the Netherlands Field of Honour at Loenen include a number of Leiden students who were in the Resistance. The War Graves Foundation is looking for volunteers to take part in a special event to honour the deceased.
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-Vermeulen
Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children. On 26 November she will deliver the Cleveringa lecture.
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Frans Osinga
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Danny Pronk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Wouter Linmans
Faculty of Humanities
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Roméo Dallaire on How a better world is possible 9 april
Lecture
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Are you (to be) a second year master’s student? Apply for the Joint Interdisciplinary Project
Education
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Crossing the borders in World Archaeology
With the Honours track (30EC) you will be taking a head start to the future!
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A matter of life and death: non-state actors and the Right to Wage War
Claire Vergerio, political scientist at Leiden University, has been awarded a VENI grant by Dutch research organisation NWO. This will allow her to conduct an in-depth analysis of the legal rights and duties of non-state actors involved in warfare. The aim is to tackle some persistent blindspots in…
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Roos van der Haer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alanna O'Malley
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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Abhishek Avtans-
Faculty of Humanities
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Remco van der Kuijp
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudio Di Felice
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition looks at turbulent history of Njord rowing club
Antique wooden oars, hard-fought medals and iconic photos from rowing history. An exhibition at Oude UB spotlights key figures and moments from the 145-year history of Njord Royal Student Rowing Club.
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Giles Scott-Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Uhlenbeck scholarship programme mandatory study abroad
Master
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
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Juan Masullo Jimenez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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Johanneke Caspers
Faculty of Humanities
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
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Central Crisis Team: ‘It sometimes comes down to the last second’
It’s the middle of the academic year, but most of the University buildings are closed – something that hasn’t happened since the Second World War. Fortunately, after a week of intensive preparations, the teaching has moved online. How is the Central Crisis Team steering the University through the corona…
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Monika Baar
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna J. Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Yemen: The Forgotten War
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Paul Meyboom
Faculteit Archeologie
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Cécile Harlaut
Faculteit Archeologie
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Eleni Fragaki
Faculteit Archeologie
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Sander Müskens
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jin Hee Park
Faculty of Humanities
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
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Lisette Jager
Faculty of Humanities
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BBC Monitoring: world news through the eyes of the world press
Library, Research