503 search results for “el cid work” in the Staff website
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Professor Jos Schaeken: 'I had no idea where Leiden was, but I did know I wanted to study there.'
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their families to go to university. In this third instalment we talk to Jos Schaeken (1962) dean of the Honours Academy and Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and Cultural History: 'I had to…
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Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Workshop: Making up Migrants / Disabilities
Workshop
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Exploring Our Roots
Terra Symposium
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Water Legacy: Mayan world meets the Netherlands
Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition
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Intervision Group on Inclusive Education for Lecturers
Course, Intervision
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Racism versus Socialism in Cuba
Lecture, Discussion
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Spinoza Lecture 2023
Lecture
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The person behind the truck driver
Most people talk about truck drivers rather than to them. That’s an error of judgement, says PhD candidate Anke van der Hoeven, who explains why we should be making their lives easier. ‘People just don’t realise it, but they’re an invisible group that keeps the European economy running.’
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A shared path to well-being: ‘Someone has to be the first to say: let’s do things differently’
How do we offer students a helping hand without losing sight of our own well-being? This was the question that study advisers, lecturers, deans and student support staff tried to answer at the Staff Symposium on Student Well-being.
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Teaching Prize winner Ayo Adedokun: teaching is a calling
‘Teaching is not merely a profession; it’s a calling.’ These were the words of Ayo Adedokun on winning the LUS Teaching Prize at the opening of the academic year on 6 September. The prize is for the best lecturer of the year.
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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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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Dr Graça Machel in Leiden: human rights, the crucial role of academia and the importance of intergenerational dialogue
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and reward
A better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria. The ‘Academia in Motion’ paper published by the Leiden University Recognition and Rewards describes the main problems with recognition and rewards in…
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Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal
Arts and culture
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Professional learning of vocational teachers in the context of work placement
PhD defence
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Radical Spotlights: Economics of Political Chaos
Inaugural lecture
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ASCL Seminar: The State in Relief: civil servants navigating duties, dependencies and disasters in Malawi
Lecture
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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The Power of Empathy in International Development Work: Beyond Policies and Numbers
Lecture
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Horizon Europe research project TransEuroWorkS: Transforming European Work and Social Protection
Conference
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[NEW DATE AND ROOM] Women, gig work, & Techno-Fixes in the Gulf Platform Economy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Leiden Research Support (LRS) webinar: Lump Sum Funding - how to design a work package
Webinar
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Lecture: Colonialism, Citizenship and the challenges for Decolonial work in the Netherlands
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
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How to Work for Peace: A Dialogue with Dionysius Mintoff, the ‘Father of Peace’
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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The Ontology of Writing: The Workings of Talismans in Daoist Practice
Lecture, China Seminar
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
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Heritage languages in the Netherlands: Scholars, teachers, and students in dialogue
Lecture, Workshop
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LTA Lunch lecture: An inclusive learning environment - Working with the teaching guide
Lecture
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OSCL meets YAL: The challenges of working with an open science mindset in a business driven environment
Lecture
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Lorentz Lecture: Working towards evidence-based care for aging transgender and non-binary people
Lecture
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Bernet Elzinga
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Philip SpinhovenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Covid has had an impact on academics’ well-being
The Covid pandemic has had a considerable impact on academics’ work and well-being. They have had much less time to spend on their research. The Young Academy and the Dutch Network of Women Professors have conducted research into how the situation has been for academics. The two organisations have recommendations…
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Slavery in the Indian Ocean World and the Work of Forgetting: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Working together to fulfil the promise of peace
Conference
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How do international boycotts work for justice? Understanding the ethics and efficacy of the BDS movement
Panel discussion
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Gender and Agency in Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms
PhD defence
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy
Symposium
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Vowel interaction in Labourdin Basque revisited: evidence from non-canonical Sources
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Staff symposium on student well-being – A shared path to well-being: students and staff
Conference
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ISGA received highly positive external research evaluation
In November 2023, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) underwent its first full external research evaluation for the period from 2016 to 2021 with outstanding results. In its final assessment report, the independent external evaluation committee underlines that ‘the committee is impressed…
- Faculty Research Day 2025
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Sudan
Just Peace Festival
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just Peace Festival