When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.

While all European nations have condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is one country Russia can still count on: Belarus. Russia even used its territory as a stepping stone for the invasion. We spoke with Matthew Frear, Assistant Professor and expert on contemporary Belarus, to shed light…

A flood of news reports, push notifications and even extra news broadcasts: on Wednesday, the world was shocked by the storming of the Capitol in Washington. Americanist Sara Polak discusses the events.

In his recent article, Sankaran Krishna asks: how does IR address the glaring fact of inequality across nation-states? His answer is: through a discourse of meritocracy. IR theories construct world politics as a meritocratic space, where inequalities are reflections of innate differences in merit of…

Lecture

Lecture

This lecture will be held via Zoom: click here for the link.

We welcome you back in the Global Lounge to catch up and start the academic year together. Together, we will do the so-called ‘wool’-assignment, where we will explore our research interests and possible avenues for collaboration. Like always, lunch is on us. More information on the second and third…

Orange the World 2025

Orange the World 2025

The fifth Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture in Colonial and Global History.

Book Launch

After a decade-long hiatus, Russia’s war on Ukraine has reinvigorated the European Union’s enlargement plans. Scholars and practitioners alike agree, however, that in its present shape the EU is not fit to cope with the challenges of another enlargement. Any step in that direction will thus require…

Challenges such as climate change, social inequalities and military conflicts threaten the everyday lives and future prospects of European citizens. A common European response can be stronger and more ambitious than separate and uncoordinated actions. It can also ensure better value for money spent…

Lecture

Lecture

Lecture

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…

Lecture

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…

Lecture

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…

Lecture

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

Lecture

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

Lecture

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.…

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…

Lecture

Hosted by the LUCAS cross-cluster research theme “The Role of Experience in Arts of Criticism, Rhetoric, and Aesthetics” Attention all! Do you want to bring your research to life and captivate your peers? Our upcoming video editing workshop is just what you need to transform your research into…

The Greek diasporic queer Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book Specters…

Workshop hosted by the LUCAS cross-cluster research theme “The Role of Experience in Arts of Criticism, Rhetoric, and Aesthetics” Attention all! Do you want to bring your research to life and captivate your peers? Our upcoming video editing workshop may be just what you need to transform your research…

Lecture, European Union Seminar

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…