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Our first ELS lab meeting of 2024 will be a Lunch & Learn session! Lunch & Learns are informal interactive sessions where we discuss an ELS-themed topic while enjoying a healthy lunch. Planning on conducting empirical legal research in 2024? Or still unsure whether or how this could benefit…

Introducing Christian Nationalism, Nation-Building, and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia, a new book in Central European studies. Organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cr…

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Professor of International Relations Daniel Thomas is clear: anyone taking peace in Europe for granted is shutting their eyes to reality.

Gitta Veldt (Assistant Professor Private Law) and Rowie Stolk (lecturer in State and Administrative Law) have organised three inspiration sessions on 'Empirics and legal education', intended for legal teachers who would like to integrate empirical-legal data and/or skills in their teaching. This afternoon…

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Rising prices have hit Europeans over the past year, especially those in most need. With inflation running high, especially for energy and food, many worry about the value of our currency. What can – and should – the European Central Bank (ECB), as guardian of the euro, do about it? How can…

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Italy's society, politics, and culture are turbulent, and the current political moment is only the latest in the series of dramatic shifts that have led many observers to question the resilience of Italian democracy. Yet history should suggest otherwise. Italy's institutions have remained largely the…

Conference

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Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

This event reflects on the 2004 expansion of the European Union into central and eastern Europe and is supported by the Czech Centre Rotterdam, the Central and East European Studies Centre (Leiden University) and the Austrian Studies Fund (Leiden University).…

Anyone who follows the news about Iran today can hardly imagine that relations between the West and Iran were excellent until 1979. Also The Netherlands had close ties with Iran. the Dutch royal family frequented the Iranian court and Dutch companies did good business in Iran. Iran, often called Persia…

Lecture, European Union Seminar

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Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Due to circumstances this lecture is cancelled. --- Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Lecture organised by the Austria Centre Leiden and co-sponsored by the Central and East European Studies Centre. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Please join us for our next LUCDH lunchtime talk presented by Keerthi Sridharan Vaidehi (PhD candidate) on Tuesday, 13 February 2024 at 12:00 – 13:00 (CET). In this talk, I will introduce Conversation Analysis (CA), a transcription-based analytic model for spontaneous speech in audiovisual settings.…

'Engaging With Everyday Sounds' is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination. Marcel Cobussen intertwines sonic studies with philosophy, sound art, sociology and more to create an impressively lucid and…

Margaret Thatcher’s “I want my money back”, Mark Rutte’s “Not a cent to the Greeks” and Mario Draghi’s “Whatever it takes”: many key moments in the history of European integration have been shaped by debates about money. The EU is now facing some existential questions that will decide its future, and…

Organised in association with NIMAR. The change in the meaning of Haratin (black Moroccans) into the synonym of “ex-slaves” occurred with Sultan Mawlay Isma‘il’s project (1672–1727) to create a royal army by enslaving all black people in Morocco either by purchasing those who were already “slaves” or…

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Lecture, European Union Seminar

This workshop brings together scholars trained in different disciplines who have been doing research on Indigenous collections histories, combining botanical, historical, archaeological, anthropological, and art-practice approaches in a collaborative framework. In doing so, they are pursuing a similar…

The European Commission’s proposal for a Directive to improve working conditions for platform workers comes at a time of intense academic, legal and political debate about the platform economy. Labour platforms emphasise their novelty and exceptionalism, which have placed them comfortably outside existing…

European integration opens up many opportunities for individual citizens, but can also create challenges for the welfare systems of European member states. We have all heard the Dutch government’s complaints about having to pay for the education of international students, Spanish government’s complaints…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe and is causing severe human suffering. So is the war in Gaza. But history has shown that in times like these, the EU has proved its worth. For Sweden, solidarity within the EU is key. And Sweden’s NATO membership on 7 March will be a cornerstone…

Eurosceptics love to complain about the wastefulness of the European bureaucratic machinery, its lack of transparency and democratic accountability. Needless to say, a string of recent scandals from Brussels, from Qatargate to the secrecy around COVID-19 vaccine purchases only strengthens the arguments…

The last enlargement of the EU happened 10 years ago, when a single country (Croatia) became member of the EU. Since then, the EU has lost one member, and the progress towards accession of the other candidate and potential candidate countries has been glacial, blocked by internal and external ‘enlargement…

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The European Green Deal was launched in 2020 with a great promise: to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Since then, however, the EU’s climate ambitions have been tested by rising energy prices, geopolitical concerns, domestic political opposition, and uncertain finances. The challenge…

European defence cooperation has a rocky past: though it was always part of the European integration efforts, it saw little institutional integration within the EU, partly due to reluctance to duplicate existing structures under NATO, and partly due to the member states’ wariness of deeper integration.…

The geopolitical landscape is shifting fast, war has returned to Europe, China’s sphere of influence is expanding, and international multilateral structures are being challenged. What does this mean for a British diplomat posted to The Hague? The city of International Peace and Justice plays a pivotal…

An increasing amount of empirical research is being conducted in the field of law and there is also growing interest at our faculty in relation to this type of research. The ELS Atelier is a course that is open to all staff at Leiden Law School who are interested in the fascinating world of empirical…

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Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group

Lecture, European Union Seminar

Lecture, European Union Seminar

Lecture, European Union Seminar

Lecture, European Union Seminar

Lecture, European Union Seminar

As of 1 November W&N has a wellbeing officer. Alexandra Blank will commit herself to the wellbeing of our students. Students, but also lecturers and mentors can approach her with ideas and initiatives to support students.

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Education, Finance