753 search results for “second wereld war” in the Staff website
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Introducing: Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria
Caroline Schep and Bianca Angelien Claveria recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the ERC-funded project “Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia”, led by Fenneke Sysling. Below they introduce themselves.
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MIRD student Ricardo: ‘Students can change the world’
During International Student Week, from 14 to 18 November, we would like to put our international students into the spotlight. Ricardo Alexandre de Jesus Vaz (21) from Portugal is in his first year at FGGA and a student in the Master International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD).
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A call about: foreign business travel
As of 1 June, foreign travel is again permitted, albeit with certain restrictions. If you want to travel to a red or orange list area, the University’s International Incident Team (IIT) plays an important role. What do they take into account in your application? We asked Leo Harskamp, Head of Security…
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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Eduard van de Bilt and Joke Kardux say goodbye to Leiden
For more than 35 years they helped put American Studies on the map: Joke Kardux and Eduard van de Bilt. This spring, the couple retired. A farewell interview.
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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023
At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
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Listening, asking questions and soaking up the atmosphere at the Bachelor’s Open Day
So many interesting programmes, but which one suits me best? It was the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague on Saturday 12 October. Among the many things to do in The Hague, prospective students could find out more about three new bachelor’s programmes: Science for Sustainable Societies, Cybersecurity…
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The long-awaited UN Summit of the Future has ended − what are the results?
Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law, explains the results.
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FGGA's Cyber Week: research and innovation for a better digital world
During Cyberweek, from 17-24 October, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) highlighted its research and teaching on cybersecurity, digital developments, and their impact on society.
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Enlightenment, Empire and Fanaticism
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
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Meddling for profit: Japan’s peace-building role in Myanmar
Lecture, Research seminar
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Conflict Escalation: Explaining the Rise of Violence
Lecture
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A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
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Roundtable on the Future of Yemeni Studies
Conference, Roundtable
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In Situ Graduate School: Textile and Dyes as Transnational, Global Knowledge
Course
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No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber-Force
Lecture
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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Guest lecture by 113 on suicide prevention
Lecture
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How to factcheck fake news?
Alumni event
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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Everything you wanted to know about intelligence (especially why the pros still get it wrong)
Q&A
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare
Lecture
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'Tempori serviendum est: Cicero’s public voice under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar'
Lecture
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A Paragenealogy of Computational Rationality
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities
Lecture
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Sweden in NATO and the changing EU security architecture
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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International Law and Governance of the Arctic in an Era of Climate Change
PhD defence
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Roundtable: Accountability in the Digital Age
Roundtable discussion
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“If Naveeni akka can do it, you can do it too!”: Changing pragmatic conventions in the English-speaking Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora community
Lecture
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Structures of Power: US Infrastructure Building in the Circum-Caribbean During the Bad Neighbor Era
Lecture, RIAS-Sciences Po Seminar Series on Modern North American History
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Recording College Tour, de podcast! With Eliot Higgins
On Tuesday, 19 November, tv-presenter and lecturer in Journalism and New Media Twan Huys will interview Eliot Higgins for the next recording of College Tour, de podcast! Eliot Higgins is a British investigative journalist, blogger and founder of the online investigative collective Bellingcat. He began…
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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LUCIR Talk: Ghost Army - Snapshot of the Wagner Group’s Operations and Structures
Debate
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Representative Assemblies in Interface Zones: The Cases of Poland and the Netherlands in Post-Napoleonic Europe
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Navigating the Changing Security Landscape in Europe
Lecture
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Book presentation ‘Assisting International Justice’
Book presentation
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Book Launch - The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
Lecture
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What Works in Suicide Prevention? Lessons from the 113 Helpline
Lecture