1,483 search results for “history of the unit nations” in the Staff website
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From sensation to a sense of purpose: the draw of the far right
What makes people in the Netherlands join radical and far-right groups? PhD candidate Nikki Sterkenburg followed several activists. ‘Some feel it is their duty to defend the Dutch nation.’ PhD defence on 19 May.
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Prepared for pain? The impact of the nocebo effect on people with chronic pain
People who have negative expectations about a treatment actually experience more pain. Merve Karacaoglu discovered in her PhD research that anxious and pessimistic individuals are particularly susceptible to this nocebo effect. However, this sensitivity comes with a silver lining.
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Be aware of the risks of using chatbots like ChatGPT in your work
Security
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Want to know more about GROW? Join one of the webinar
Organisation, Social
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Thirza is the new student member of the IB: 'I want to hear the opinions of less outspoken students'
Since 1 September, fourth-year student Thirza van 't Rood has been the new student member of the Institute Board at Cultural Anthropology. Her first task is to organise the elections for the programme committee. Her mission for the coming year is also to collect the opinions of less outspoken students.…
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Jonathan Hak on the paramount importance of the truth – and why we shouldn’t always take images at face value
Hak, lawyer, international imagery law lecturer, and adjunct associate professor, talks about his PhD research on the use of images in international criminal prosecutions. He was a public prosecutor in Canada for over 30 years and dealt primarily with the prosecution of homicides and other major cri…
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’
Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights & Transitioning to a Sustainable Society
Conference
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The Hague Space Diplomacy Symposium
Conference
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Internationalisation in education
Onderwijsmiddag
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Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West
Lecture
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Psychology Connected: Human Mistakes
Conference
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Fixing the Outcomes of Transparency: Data Context and the Concentration of Explanatory Power.
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Psychology Connected: Academic Entrepreneurship
Conference
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“The most fun programme there is”: An immersive learning approach to sustainable education
Lecture
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New Foundations for Separation Logic
PhD defence
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Experimental Ethnographies
Lecture
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Iverson: ‘Jus Post Bellum: The Rediscovery, Foundations, and Future of the Law of Transforming War into Peace’
Jus post bellum, the body of laws and norms governing the transition from armed conflict to peace, has emerged as a crucial issue for international law scholars, governments, and all concerned with building a just and sustainable peace. The Jus Post Bellum Project, funded by the NWO and hosted by the…
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
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Results of the university elections
Bekendmaking verkiezingen
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Results of the university elections
Elections
- Opening of the Faculty Year
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Week of the International Student
Arts and culture
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
- Faculty Board FGGA statement on the results of the D&I survey 2022
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Ecology of the White Lion
PhD defence
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Finding Your Way (In and Out of the Art World): A Phenomenology of the Art Novel
Lecture
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Towards a Historical Contextualisation of the Ancient Egyptian Perspectives of the Inner Body, Sickness, and Healing
PhD defence
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Celebration of the Georgian Language Day
Conference
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Brexit’s second anniversary - a reading list
On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. New regulations, agreed upon by both parties took effect on 1 January 2021. What impact did Brexit have politically? Do British and European citizens now have different opinions of one another? And why did the Brits want to leave…
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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ISGA received highly positive external research evaluation
In November 2023, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) underwent its first full external research evaluation for the period from 2016 to 2021 with outstanding results. In its final assessment report, the independent external evaluation committee underlines that ‘the committee is impressed…
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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In conversation with our researchers during the Dutch Bio Science Week
The past few days we interviewed several of our researchers about their various studies during Dutch Bio Science Week. They answered questions such as what impact their research has on our future and with whom they have established valuable collaborations.
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
PhD defence
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Academia@WorkplacePride: Opening of the academic year
Arts and culture
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Exploration of the endocannabinoid system using metabolomics
PhD defence
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Celebration 50 years of the University Council
Conference
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
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CANCELLED - Museum Talk: Negotiating museums and their digital interfaces
Lecture
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Collecting Latin America: Actors, Networks, and Approaches in the 20th century
Conference, Symposium
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Closing the Gap 2022 | Responsibility in Cyberspace: Narratives and Practice
Conference
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
PhD defence
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Ingredients of the planet-formation puzzle
PhD defence
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Opening of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Science
Lecture