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Government will continue to intervene to make aviation sector more sustainable
Is aviation on a one-way journey or a round trip? That is the question Steven Truxal will answer in his inaugural lecture From Disruption to Innovation in Air and Space: Legal Solutions for a Sustainable Future on Monday 15 November. This professor of air and space law is positive. That’s one thing…
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
Conference
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now
Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports released this week, the panel calls on governments worldwide to develop coherent policies that address biodiversity, climate change, water, food and health.…
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Living the (Proletarian) Life: Sata Ineko’s Autobiographical Writing
Lecture
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Career College: Challenges of an international career
Career and apply for jobs
- Museum Lab workshops
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Public Leadership in the Digital Age
Debate
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Symposium: Inzet van reviews na moord en doodslag in huiselijke kring
Conference
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Internship Market
Career and apply for jobs
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Sense Embodied: Cloves and Olfactory Transitions in Middle Period China
Lecture
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The Military Perspective: Space Power
Lecture
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Demonstration, security and university ties: Executive Board answers University Council’s questions
The University Council meeting on 2 June was largely dominated by the demonstration, occupation and policing in The Hague last month.
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery)
Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, scientists, civil servants and other professionals discussed how South Holland can become healthier. The Healthy Society Map makes it clear where there are…
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Marieke Liem: ‘Hidden warning signs preceding femicide deserve visibility’
Each year, around forty women in the Netherlands lose their lives, most often at the hands of a (former) partner or family member. Judges, lawyers and survivors now turn directly to Professor Marieke Liem for expertise. For her, this is telling: ‘The time has come for greater knowledge and a coordinated…
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One in five prisoners overlooked by professionals
Prisoners deserve better professional support when preparing to return to society. PhD candidate Amanda Pasma: ‘You can’t imprison everyone for life. Society will have to give prisoners a second chance.’
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Alumna Nadia Kadhim: From children’s rights to Forbes 30 under 30
Alumna Nadia Kadhim started in 2017 as a corporate lawyer implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at one of the companies where she volunteered. By late 2022 she had received both a Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Award and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list with her legal start-up…
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Daan Weggemans: 'Digital security is not just for specialists'
Within a single generation, the digital world has changed completely: from a technical niche for ‘nerds’ to a reality that affects everyone. Cyberattacks, data breaches and system failures can disrupt essential social processes. How can we ensure that our society remains digitally resilient?
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’
Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciting documents, he also discovered the biscuits from the Water & Bloem bakery and the wild flowers at the Groenesteeg cemetery.
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‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective
What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I symposium on 13 January. The plenary sessions were watched by hundreds of participants and there was a wide range of workshops covering different aspects of…
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A decade devoted to shaping the future of children’s rights
The Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights (LL.M.) was launched in 2015 to equip a generation of professionals to protect the rights of children worldwide. As the programme celebrates its 10th anniversary, we reflect on its impact.
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Experts share insights during the Night of Digital Security: ‘The enemy is often invisible’
The digital age offers unprecedented opportunities: information is always accessible, systems are interconnected, and processes are automated. However, these developments also give rise to new threats. During the Night of Digital Security on 26 May at the Wijnhaven building, more than experts shared…
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Ratna Saptari retires: anthropologist dedicated herself with heart and soul to Indonesian workers' and human rights
Ratna Saptari is since 2007 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. She has always been involved with issues of human rights and Indonesian workers' rights. This August she retired. But she won't sit still. She continues her voluntary work and wants to…
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Frontex director Hans Leijtens: 'We don't stop migration, but we want to properly manage it'
What does European border security look like? On 14 April, Hans Leijtens, executive director of Frontex and former commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, is in The Hague for a lunch lecture. We spoke with him about border security, migration and the role of Frontex.
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Departing vice-dean Mirjam de Baar: ‘Straight away I found Leiden's Faculty of Humanities a fantastic environment to work in'
After nine years, Mirjam de Baar is leaving as vice-dean of the Faculty of Humanities. ‘It will take some getting used to letting go of this vice-deanship because the education portfolio is very close to my heart and I’ve worked hard for it in recent years in close cooperation with many colleagues.’
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Sustainability and transition: Alumna Charlotte van Gemeren’s mission at the Ministry of Defence
What does the Dutch Ministry of Defence do to fight climate change? And what is Alumna Charlotte van Gemeren’s Role in this? We spoke with Charlotte (class of 2016) and asked her about what’s it like to do a traineeship for the Dutch Government (and how to get in), the lessons learned at International…
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Roos StolkerFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Neske BaerwaldtFaculty of Law
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah CramseyFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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The Second Trump Administration, the US Intelligence Community, and Transatlantic Security Relations
Panel discussion
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Roundtable on Climate Change and Land Rights: IOM’s e-course module on HLP, Protection and Climate Change
Lecture, Roundtable discussion
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Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
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Unveiling the Written Heritage of the Siak Sultanate: An Ethnographic Study on the Access and Interpretation of the Archives of Sultan Syarif
Lecture
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Navigating Married Life in the Late Medieval Low Countries
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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ASCL Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Africa's New Era of Austerity
Lecture
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Study evening: Technology and Police training: Forging the next generation of policing professionals?
Lecture
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In the Making #8: Musical Networks and Algorithmic Emergence in the Times of Artificial Intelligence
Arts and culture