352 search results for “master” in the Staff website
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023)
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Leiden University.
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Dissertation: The strategic role of ceasefires in civil wars
The impact of a ceasefire shifts over the course of a conflict, as conflict party leaders learn more about each other’s military and political aspirations and adapt their use of ceasefires accordingly. That’s the key message of the dissertation of Valerie Sticher, PhD-candidate at the Faculty of Governance…
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?
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A quick call about student well-being
Supporting our students’ well-being is a priority for the University. Last week was our Student Well-Being Week, and throughout the year our students have access to mental health support such as buddy programmes, student support groups and study skills workshops. Each faculty is to have its own well-being…
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 100
The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, the Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Youth Climate Movement NL) became the first youth organization to win first prize. An interview with LUC Alumna and Board Member…
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A selection from the year 2021 according to the FGGA Faculty Board & Office
What was the year like for the FGGA faculty board & office? A number of departments share what 2021 was like for them.
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘Building on a healthy, engaged and learning community’
Over 200 staff from Leiden University discussed student well-being with one another and students at the Staff Symposium on Student Well-being. In various workshops and lectures, lecturers, student advisers, student counsellors and other staff members discussed how they could contribute to our students’…
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Surprising results of research on counterterrorism: 'Assumptions surrounding Trump may be wrong’
It poured down when Alexander Gallo received his diploma from West Point Military Academy. A bad sign, people said back then. It was June 2001, three months before 9/11. The now 46-year-old American fought in Iraq, did research in Afghanistan and stands in Leiden today, defending his dissertation on…
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Minister Ollongren impresses with personal speech: 'Our strongest weapons are people'
After 2.5 years as defence minister, it is time for Kajsa Ollongen to hand over the baton. In front of a packed audience, she gave her farewell speech at Leiden University in The Hague on Tuesday, which included personal lessons and memories, from sleeping on the ground with the prime minister to the…
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“Let’s go to the Wanghong Restaurant…”: Following the wanghong as an aspect of global China
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Perceptual drawing: draw your favorite object
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Workshop Landscape Painting
Arts and leisure, Personal development, Arts and leisure
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A Waste of Woodblocks: Publishing Humour in Late Ming China
Lecture, China Seminar
- NIPV lecture series: A closer look at the Dutch crisis governance system
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In Situ Graduate School: Textile and Dyes as Transnational, Global Knowledge
Course
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Word as Image: Waka Inscription on the Folding Screen at the Turn of the 17th Century in Japan
Lecture
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Political Symbolism and Conspiracies in Turkish State-Sponsored Historical TV Series: A Case Study of Payitaht Abdulhamid
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha
Lecture, VVIK
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Towards A Poetics of Dwelling: The Formation of Nearness Within the Chinese Literati Garden and its Enlightenments for Contemporary Spatial Practices
Lecture, China Seminar
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Masterclass Leadership: Shakespeare & Retorica
Leadership
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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Lunch lecture: Designing Your Life – facing the future with confidence
Lecture
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Getting Done With Snouck
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Skills
What skills do students need to function as academic professionals and engaged citizens?
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For her research and public outreach activities, she has just been awarded the prestigious Stevin Prize, the highest award in the Netherlands for a researcher…
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FGGA in 2022: This was the year for our Faculty
We started this year as we ended it in 2021: in a lockdown. But the world continues to open up. We are occasionally allowed to go into the office and students are able to return to Campus. Continue reading to find out what the rest of the year has been like.
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We asked some of them what this qualification means to them, what they believe ‘good teaching’ entails and what makes them so passionate about education…
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always remained fascinated by her 17th-century series, for which she feels so much love. ‘I kept seeing different, new things.’
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Course
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Universiteit Leiden Academy Week
Study information
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Research
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OSINT: From Theory, Intelligence to Evidence
Conference
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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony
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Campus The Hague 'Meet the Employer'
Course
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2021: This was the year of our faculty
2021 was an eventful year once again for the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA). Hybrid, working from home, online education, on-campus education, face masks, self-tests, keeping distance, quarantine and the coronavirus. Words that have now become a standard part of our vocabulary when…
- Student Well-being Staff Symposium - Translating student well-being from vision into practice
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Staff symposium Student well-being – from abstract term to concrete tools
Conference
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Religion and Fantasy (12th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
- Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Festival 2023
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8-11 April - Career Days 2024
Course, Career Week