2,144 search results for “cultural heritage development and rights” in the Staff website
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René Cassin Thesis Prize in Human Rights for Aleydis Nissen
Aleydis Nissen was awarded the René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021. The René Cassin Foundation - International Institute of Human Rights organises the competition. This Prize is awarded to the best PhD theses on human rights.
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Human rights should help fight disinformation
Professor of Media Law and Information Society Tarlach McGonagle is concerned about the increase in online disinformation and hate speech. He argues that human rights should guide new policies for the online world. McGonagle will give his inaugural lecture on 9 May.
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Marianne van Dijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Kees WaaldijkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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William Michael SchmidliFaculty of Humanities
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
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Dennis BosFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben van UdenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva BaudichauFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
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Heritage expert Martin Berger honored as a member of the Young Academy Leiden
Our own Dr. Martin Berger has been accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden! He is thrilled with his appointment. ‘I am honored to be accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden and am looking forward to working together with other scholars from across the University.’
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Two NWO Mosaic 2.0 grants awarded to cultural anthropology PhDs
Dilara Erzeybek and Oumaima Hajri, two PhD students in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology received a Mosaic 2.0 grant last week. This NWO programme supports PhD students with a non-western migration background - an underrepresented group within science - in order to foster diversity in…
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Tommy van AvermaeteLeiden University Libraries
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Eline DekeysterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Stephan VerschoorFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fie LuijtenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Winners announced of 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition
How can we safeguard children’s rights in conflict zones? The winners of the 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition, team 19 from O.P. Jindal Global University in India, show unique potential to bring about positive change in this area.
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Acquisition of oldest map of Dutch island Dejima in Japan
Houses, warehouses, wells, a mooring and even a stable. All of this can be seen on the oldest known map of the island of Dejima acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The map provides a highly detailed picture of a tiny living environment on the isolated island.
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Archaeologist at Binnenhof: ‘Even the staff ate heron’
An Iron Age skull, a unicorn for cleaning your ear and thousands of beer jugs. Alumnus and archaeologist Chris Muysson has made remarkable discoveries at the Binnenhof government complex in The Hague. ‘Each puzzle piece tells us more about its history.’
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Open Mic: Pitch your Heritage related research
Conference
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Age checks need to respect children's rights
A variety of age checks are required, both in order to protect children and to ensure that they can participate online, a new study funded by the European Commission finds. The article on the study, co-authored by Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, was published in…
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World, points to the disastrous effects of multiple interacting crises.
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days
The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history of the buildings and how they have been renovated. And there is a first: tours in sign language.
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Anna van DuijvenvoordeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lucy OpokaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Helen DuffyFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christine MummeryFaculty of Medicine
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Sheila van BerkelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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David ZetlandFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Evelien UrbanusFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christopher DugardFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Everyone has the right to food security, in peacetime and during armed conflict
Food security touches upon human rights, international law and sustainable development. These frameworks are not separate worlds but deeply interconnected; something that becomes painfully clear in times of climate crisis, armed conflict and inequality.
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Development of broad Languages and Cultures BA programme to change to ‘Renewing and Strengthening Language Programmes’
As you may know, a draft profile for a broad BA programme in Languages and Cultures has been in development for some time. On 21 December 2021, the Faculty Board decided to end the design process of that broad bachelor’s degree programme. However, as the Faculty Board and partners in the discipline…
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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New European regulations for import of cultural goods
Research, Security
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Workshop ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison'
Last month (February 5-8 2024), the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, hosted a workshop entitled ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison’.
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Tessa van BuchemFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hanna Swaab
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Charlotte Parree wins Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Award
Charlotte Parree won the Jaap Doek Children's Rights Thesis Prize on Tuesday afternoon, 6 December, with her thesis entitled 'Suffering knows no age; active termination of life does.' The prize was awarded for the tenth time by em. prof. Jaap Doek.
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Developing your own self-image and choosing the right study programme
How you think about yourself is important for the choices you make. Adolescents are faced with choosing a study programme that will determine their future, while their self-image is still under development. Tough choice? Research by psychologist Laura van der Aar has shown that taking a training course…