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7th Pan European Conference hosted by the Campus successful
The 7th Pan-European Conference on the European Union hosted from 5 until 7 June 2014 by the Campus The Hague was a success.
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Guest lecture by Simonetta Cook, Member of Cabinet of President Michel
On Monday 23 November, Ms Simonetta Cook, member of the Cabinet of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, addressed master's students following the LLM European Law Programme. She shared valuable insights on what it is like working for the European Council, in addition to some of her…
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Kohei Suzuki receives grant from the Swedish Research Council
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration recently received a large research project grant from the Swedish Research Council.
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Gradients of Europeanness in Colonial Africa: the case of the Portuguese in the Congo Free State (c. 1885-1908) (GRADIENTS)
The project GRADIENTS investigates what it meant to be European in colonial Africa where identification as European often did not depend on skin colour and was understood on a spectrum with many gradients.
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Melanie Fink on 'The European Union's External Action and International Law'
On 12 June 2020 the ESIL Interest Group ‘EU as a Global Actor’ and City Law School London organized a Workshop on ‘The European Union’s External Action and International Law: A View From the Outside’. The event was convened by Jed Odermatt (City Law School) and Ramses A. Wessel (University of Groningen)…
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Study on Children’s Rights and Biomedicine for Council of Europe’s Committee on Bioethics
The study ‘From Law to Practice: Towards a Roadmap to Strengthen Children’s Rights in the Era of Biomedicine’ written by experts from Leiden Law School and submitted to the Council of Europe’s Committee on Bioethics is now available online.
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European law takes precendence over Dutch law in nitrogen issue
Statements made by Caroline van der Plas about nitrogen emissions and European law are incorrect: Armin Cuvyers on Dutch radio EenVandaag programme’s item ‘fact or fiction’.
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foodways: surveying indigenous botanical foods during the advent of European encounters in the northern and circum-Caribbean
How do the starchy botanical foodways reflect upon previous archaeological understandings in the northern and circum-Caribbean?
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Council of Europe protects children’s rights through action plan in biomedicine
The action plan focuses on addressing key challenges posed by technological developments and trends in biomedical practices
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weather events and farmer adaptation in Zeeland, the Netherlands: A European climate change case study from the Rhine delta
Global climate change is manifest by local-scale changes in precipitation and temperature patterns, including the frequency of extreme weather events (EWEs). EWEs are associated with a myriad range of adverse environmental and societal consequences, including negative impacts to agriculture and food…
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EU Justice Home Affairs Agencies: Securing Good Governance
Dr Madalina Busuioc has completed a study for the European Parliament titled
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Donner warns against a weak European Union
The refugee crisis and terror threats call for better European cooperation, was the message from Piet Hein Donner in his Cleveringa lecture on 26 November in the Academy Building. ‘Opting for an open and pluriform community takes courage.’
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Michiel Luining on European 'Dictator' Viktor Orbán
Furious protesters in Budapest and other Hungarian cities demand the departure of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The reason for the large-scale protests is the adaptation of the labor law, especially lucrative for German companies and investors, by the Hungarian prime minister.
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‘I want to connect young people and the European Parliament’
Olivier Morskate studied Public Administration at Leiden University and did an internship at the European Parliament's Liaison Office.
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Seminar by Simona Demková at Maastricht Centre for European Law
On 30 January 2024, the Maastricht Centre for European Law, in collaboration with the Globalization and Law Network at Maastricht University Faculty of Law, hosted a seminar featuring Simona Demková from the Europa Institute of Leiden University.
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Representations of the Overseas World in the De Bry Collection of Voyages, 1590-1634
This book reveals how one publishing firm's editorial strategy helped to legitimate European colonialism in the early modern era.
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Presentation of Study on Children’s Rights and Biomedicine at the Council of Europe Bioethics Unit
Last Thursday, June 8th, Ton Liefaard (UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights and Program Director of the Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights, LL.M. program) and Daniella Zlotnik (researcher and lecturer at the child law department) visited the Committee on Bioethics at the…
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Prof. Ton Liefaard at launch of Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy
On the occasion of the launch of the Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy 2016-2021, the Republic of Bulgaria hosted a high-level conference in Sofia on the 5th and 6th of April, 2016.
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Two more alumni with their sights on the European Parliament
It's a no-brainer: of the candidates that you can vote for on 23 May, 14 studied at Leiden University. We asked four of them about their motivation and ambitions. In this article we interview Samira Rafaela, alumna of Public Administration, and Caspar Rutten, who is studying Law.
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Book launch: The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
On 3 March the book “The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice” edited by Maria Fletcher, Claudio Matera and Esther Herlin-Karnell was officially presented at a symposium at VU University Amsterdam.
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The European Union and the politics of events
A month after the event, we can say the inaugural lecture of Prof. Luuk van Middelaar on “The European Union and the politics of events”, on 23 September 2016, has obtained good coverage in the Dutch national media.
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More Women in Politics, and Why? An Analysis of Public Opinion in 28 European Countries
In this paper, the authors study how individual and country-level variables interact in affecting political gender attitudes in Europe.
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Core rights and the protection of socio-economic interests by the European Court of Human Rights
The ECtHR needs to provide effective rights protection, but it also needs to set clear standards while showing deference to decisions made at the national level. Especially when socio-economic issues are concerned, meeting these different demands is a challenging task.
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XIII Annual Convention of the Austrian and Central European Centers, 22nd – 25th October 2019 in Vienna
Impressions by Dr. Lilian Ruhe
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Jorrit Rijpma
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.j.rijpma@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Seda Gürkan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.gurkan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 8206
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Minister Kajsa Ollongren offers renewed training programme for council members at congress in Den Bosch
Minister Kajsa Ollongren has offered the new training programme for council members at the congress for council members in Den Bosch. The training program is compiled by the Centre for Professional Learning at Leiden University in The Hague, and is made available to all (new) council members by the…
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors
The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors in due course. The Council will now look at this carefully before the Board makes a final decision. The advice of the University’s participation body…
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Olga Ceran speaks at summer school on European integration
On 18 July, Olga Ceran held a presentation titled ‘Family law in a united Europe: Child abduction and child relocation’ at a summer school on 'European integration at the Franco-Spanish border: A cross-border perspective' which took place at the Cité des Arts in Bayonne (France).
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Impact of automated decision-making on European public law
From 14 to 15 September 2023, Simona Demkova, AI researcher at the Europa Institute, participated in the INDIGO Project Final Conference, where she provided valuable perspectives on the implications of AI for European public law.
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again
The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipment will eventually be removed from the buildings.
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Student Members discuss Faculty Council: You get to know the organisation from a different perspective
What does a student member of the Faculty Council do? What is it like to be a member of this representative body and how useful is it to be a member? Students Rassoul Coelen (FC 2020-2021 and presently member of the University Council) and Max Garcia Hoogland (FR 2021-2022) talk to us about their experiences.…
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The Annual Conference of the Academic Council on the United Nations System
On 23-24 June 2022, Jan Aart Scholte and Valentina Carraro were invited to the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System. Jan Aart Scholte gave a paper on the ‘Institutional Sources of Legitimacy at ICANN’. Valentina Carraro was a roundtable speaker during the collective entry…
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Marco Bronckers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.c.e.j.bronckers@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Agnieszka Jablonowska
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.a.jablonowska@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2369
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Pavlos Masouros
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.masouros@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7422
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Kristof Gombeer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
k.c.n.gombeer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leah Powell
Faculteit Archeologie
l.r.powell@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sabrina Autenrieth
Faculteit Archeologie
s.n.autenrieth@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Karolina Pomorska
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5180
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Jet Liesker
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.j.liesker@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Diederik Pomstra
Faculteit Archeologie
d.r.pomstra@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Luc Amkreutz
Faculteit Archeologie
l.w.s.w.amkreutz@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lydie Cabane
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
l.d.cabane@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Niek Doelman
Science
niek@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5737
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Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact
Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.
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University Council elections: big gains for new student party ONS, low turn-out
Following the elections for the University Council, the new student party ONS has won five seats, LVS two and CSL one. All the parties in the staff section have retained their seats. The turn-out was low for both staff and students.
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Research Seminar on the Role of Non-Permanent Members of the UN Security Council
Nico Schrijver and Niels Blokker (Grotius Centre, Public International Law) organised a seminar on the role of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on 11 and 12 May. The seminar was held with the involvement of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the Netherlands will be a member of…
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Ymre Schuurmans appointed on Council of State’s external reflection committee on child benefits scandal
The Council of State in the Netherlands has drawn up a programme of reflection to evaluate the role of the highest administrative court in the child benefits scandal and to learn lessons for the future.