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Marja Spierenburg about the importance of the EuroScience Open Forum
From Wednesday 13 July 2022, for four days, Leiden is at the epicentre of European science, as it hosts Europe's largest interdisciplinary conference, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). We interviewed Marja Spierenburg, Professor in the Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood. In addition to being…
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Hunting for women in Leiden’s history
They existed and were important, but for too long they have remained invisible in historiography: women. Ariadne Schmidt, the Magdalena Moons endowed professor, researches the history of urban culture in Leiden. Women take pride of place in her research. Inaugural lecture on 28 February.
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Fifty years of diplomatic relations with China: an ‘open and pragmatic’ partnership
This year, the Netherlands and China reflect on fifty years of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. How has the relationship between the countries developed over the past half century? An interview with university lecturer Vincent Chang.
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'Climate issues and sustainability should be part of every study programme'
Having lectures on sustainability when you're a first-year student of Law, or a course on climate change when you're studying Public Administration may sound odd, but that is just what Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences Thijs Bosker wants to see happening. Together with his colleague Paul…
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists
Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers the chance to start small, high-risk, innovative or promising research projects.
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'If you weigh up the state of migration today, the outcome isn't bad'
Professor Leo Lucassen often adds his voice to the public debate on his specialist field. If there is talk of a 'flood of migration', he feels compelled to give the issue some historical perspective. 'Concerned? Yes, I am.'
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Remco Breuker on North Korea: ‘We have actually run out of time’
Since it was announced that North Korean President Kim Jong-un is ready to launch an intercontinental nuclear missile, fear of a nuclear war is growing by the day. Professor and North Korea expert Remco Breuker talks about the increased international tensions and their consequences for his work.
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Poor countries recycle far more of our plastic than we thought. But it's not enough.
Countries that import plastic waste recycle an average of at least 63 percent of it. This is surprising, as we previously believed that the vast majority was incinerated or ended up as litter. This was discovered by PhD candidate Kai Li and his colleagues from the Institute of Environmental Sciences in…
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The art of control without repression
How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will be examining this question over the coming five years, focusing on the correspondence of ordinary people. The research is being funded by an ERC Consolidator…
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis of Leiden University. The University needs to pay continuous attention to open debate if it wants to remain a bastion of freedom.
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Mike Field’s Leiden Experience: ‘I try to make research teaching and teaching research.’
Mike Field has been at the Faculty of Archaeology since 2008. As a driven archaeobotanist, he is consistantly contributing to the study of plant fossils encountered in many faculty as well as external projects. ‘Flexibility, spontaneity, creativity, these are all parts of being an academic.’
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Anoma van der Veere: ‘In Japan, the awkward little masks symbolise the government’s failure’
Leiden Asia Centre researcher Anoma van der Veere argues that the Japanese government has failed to respond properly to Covid-19. There were difficulties with implementing government measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus – in some cases those measures were not even taken seriously. How…
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CPP Colloquium "Global Justice Beyond North vs South"
Lecture
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CPP Annual Lecture 'Refugees and the Politics of Inhumanitarianism'
Lecture
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
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CPP Colloquium "Arbitrariness and the Threshold for Moral Status"
Lecture
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The Laboring Refugee: Profiting from the Displaced during Hot and Cold War
Lecture, China Seminar Series event
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Fifty Years of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Conference
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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India in the World: Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda
Lecture, Event
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CPP Colloquium "Academic Activism and the Climate Crisis"
Debate
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LCN2 seminar February 2024
Lecture
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CPP Colloquium "Legitimate disobedience and epistemic humility"
Lecture
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Philosophy Workshop Metaethics 'New Perspectives on the Now What Question for Moral Error Theory'
Conference
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Special Guest Lecture ‘Knickerbocker Renaissance: Dutch Schools and Slavery in the Early United States’
Lecture, Histories Connected: Special Guest Lecture
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Financing the Basel German Evangelical Mission in South India during the 19th century
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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CPP Political Philosophy Workshop with David Owen: “On Vindication in Ethics and Politics”
Course
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Radical Restorative Justice: Teachers’ Reflections on Conflict, Trauma, and Hope in Chicagoland Schools
VVI Research Talk 2023-2024
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Workshop: Caste and Diplomacy
Conference
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Data governance: from open governmental data, to data commons
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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ASCL Seminar: The Blue Values Journey to Research and Resilience in Coastal Africa
Lecture
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Kroese-Duijsters Symposium 2023: Reaction mechanisms in heterogeneous, inorganic and biological electro(photo)catalysis
Conference
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FGGA in 2024: This was the year of our faculty
2024 was a remarkable and eventful year for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. In this year overview, we look back month by month at the key events and developments.
- CWTS Research Seminars
- Spring School Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Landscape History and Ecology
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
- Volume 3 (2008)
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Project Office IRP
Programme management of research programme “Strengthening knowledge of and dialogue with the Islamic/Arab world”
- Volume 6 (2011)
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Water and Society Lab
How do societies move forward with sustainable, effective and efficient management of Earth's water resources?
- Volume 5 (2010)
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Programme structure
The core curriculum equips students with the conceptual approaches and qualitative empirical research methods necessary to analyze law in context. Specialized electives enable students to dive deeper and focus on particular areas of legal practice—from legal mobilization to regulation and compliance…
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[CANCELLED] Delicate Repertoires - Buddhist Creative Assimilation, Commodification, and Digitalization in Xi’s China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Underground China
Lecture, China Seminar
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CANCELLED: Book Presentation and Discussion: Central Asia 300-850 Roads and Kingdoms
Lecture
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Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event 2024
Alumni event, Brussels
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CPP Colloquium: "Property and Social Equality"
Lecture
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CPP Colloquium 'The Moral Luck in Making No Difference'
Lecture
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CPP Colloquium "Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty”
Lecture
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Arm or Disarm: The Nexus of International Control Regimes, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Times of Geopolitical Tensions
Lecture