945 search results for “second world war” in the Staff website
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Study Abroad Kick-off Session: Second-year bachelor’s students Public Administration and Security Studies
Study information
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Military intelligence needs an overhaul because the threats are becoming more complex
Many intelligence services have an outdated view of the world while the threats they should protect us from are becoming more complex. Serviceman and researcher Bram Spoor warns that NATO and member state intelligence organisations cannot always predict the dangers.
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…
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Genocide: Lessons from 20th Century History
Lecture, Seminar
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Performative Transactions: Worlding Compositional Ecosystems
PhD defence
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The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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For long, government support for veterans was lacking
For long, the government showed little empathy for military veterans with physical or psychological scars. This is what PhD research by Theo van den Doel has revealed. The Ministry of Defence looked at each case through a legal lens. Veteran support has improved enormously since, but the policy does…
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
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Frank ChouraquiFaculty of Humanities
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Motherhood and Unfreedom in the Islamicate World
Conference, workshop
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Water Legacy: Mayan world meets the Netherlands
Lecture, Faculty Lecture and Photo Exposition
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Gestures to signs around the world
Conference, Workshop
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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From Roman coin to physics experiments in a theme park: the varied world of head of the education office Marije Boonstra
‘No two days are ever the same – and that’s what makes it fun.’ But what does a head of the education office actually do? Marije Boonstra shares the many sides of her role: from drawing up timetables to launching innovative education projects, from tailoring programmes to students’ needs to international…
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Lecture: Operational deployment of armed forces (Dutch)
Lecture
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Itai SiegelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vasiliki KostaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Caspar SchmeitsFaculty of Science
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Luyao DongFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Danielle ChevalierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Clara van DamFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Diederik MeijerFaculty of Archaeology
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Tody UtamaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Weishuo LiFaculty of Archaeology
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Maria de KruijfFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Esmée DriessenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jennifer SweridaFaculty of Archaeology
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Merel BrüningFaculty of Archaeology
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Joep SchoenmakersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Roel BeckerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Priscilla YoviaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Floris KeehnenFaculty of Archaeology
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Wouter HinsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Luisa Pinto e NettoFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Robbert BruggemanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jack TillmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Djibrila TetereouFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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Donna de GroeneFaculty of Archaeology
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Simona FlorescuFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Robert OkelloFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid