1,528 search results for “arts in the spotlight” in the Student website
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact'
No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when she started work as a committee member of the Young Climate Movement (Jonge Klimaatbeweging). As its Chair, she joins CEOs and government ministers in…
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Madeleine HosliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Public Administration specialist at sea: ‘I understand The Hague side of the Royal Navy’
From assistance in the event of natural disasters to peace-keeping missions. As a communication adviser, Leonoor van Poelgeest goes to all those destinations where the Royal Navy are active. Why did she choose this work and how has her Public Administration study helped her?
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
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From child to artist: something for everyone during Days of Arts and Science
From 11 to 17 September, Leiden will be all about art and science. What can the combination of these two domains do for us? And how can cooperation between them be strengthened? Several public events and a brand new symposium for specialists should answer these questions.
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Camilla MarracciniFaculty of Humanities
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Carlos Roos MuñozFaculty of Humanities
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Master's student of Arts and Culture develops own exhibition: 'A very enriching experience'
Many students dread writing a thesis. Master’s student Laura Robustella's practice-based thesis shows that it is well worth the effort. She developed an art exhibition based on her master’s thesis.
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Mark de Rooij
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simon Portegies ZwartFaculty of Science
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Elise DusseldorpFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michael LewFaculty of Science
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In this museum, psychologists explore how to bring abstract art closer to children
Children are generally not drawn to abstract art, research shows. But how exactly does abstract art affect our emotions? Through empirical research, psychologists from Leiden University are investigating at the Josef Albers Museum in Germany how this form of art can be made more relatable to the world…
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Robert Tijssen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Stefan ManegoldFaculty of Science
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Marco RoosFaculty of Science
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Dirk van DelftFaculty of Science
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Marijn FranxFaculty of Science
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George MileyFaculty of Science
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Beatrix CampbellFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Peter GrünwaldFaculty of Science
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Frank den HollanderFaculty of Science
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Diego GarlaschelliFaculty of Science
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Anar AhmadovFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Holger HoosFaculty of Science
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Jimmy MansFaculty of Archaeology
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Koos BiesmeijerFaculty of Science
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Arjen DoelmanFaculty of Science
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Love took Ephrem from a refugee camp to the lecture hall
Raised by his grandmother and grandfather, trained as a doctor, the medical director of a camp for Eritrean refugees: Ephrem Tesfay was anything but a typical student when he arrived in Leiden in 2019. Still, he fit in well with the ‘youngsters’.
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Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy
Limburg lawyer Roger Cox has caused a legal revolution. With high-profile cases against the Dutch state and Shell oil company, he transformed the law into a tool to enforce climate policy. Leidraad alumni magazine spoke to him about a life defined by radical choices for a better world.
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Rajat Ravi RaoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gabriel PaiukFaculty of Humanities
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Alumni in Indonesia: ‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to see their lecturers once again.
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Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children
Charlotte Poot (31) is co-founder and chair of Hospital Hero, an app that prepares children for a hospital visit. She studied and obtained her PhD at the LUMC.
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Mirjam van ReisenFaculty of Medicine
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Dimiter ToshkovFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Festive opening LAFV and Leiden Law School exhibition: 'Intersection of Art and Science'
On the initiative of Leiden Law School’s Art Committee, the festive opening of the photo exhibition of the Leiden Amateur Photographic Society (LAFV) took place on Friday 20 May 2022 in the C corridor of the Kamerlingh Onnes Building.
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Voice of the ocean
There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in the world’s most prestigious sailing competition: the Ocean Race.
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities