1,016 search results for “ruiter van vrijheid veiligheid en right” in the Staff website
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Peter Rodrigues ‘The boundaries for discrimination have shifted’
The judicial authorities are looking into the possibilities for prosecution for the slogans that were projected on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on New Year’s Eve. Not an easy task, according to legal experts. When do we consider something to be ‘discrimination’?
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New interactive book helps motivate young people and tackle bullying
How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactive book for teachers and youth workers. This digital book offers the latest insights and plenty of useful tips and advice. Children’s Ombudsman Margrite…
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Guest lecture on Deterrence in the era of Great Power Competition
During the guest lecture on 9 February, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Rob de Wijk and Frans Osinga discussed the situation in Ukraine and Taiwan. The crises in eastern Ukraine and the increasing tensions around Taiwan highlight the challenges the West faces in deterring aggression in the new era of key dynamics…
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“De illusie van het politieke primaat” and “Can the centre hold? Over de robuustheid van de rijksoverheid”
Inaugural lecture
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Space for Academic Dialogue: on the concept of genocide, the right to protest and academic boycotts
Debate
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adat strategies: The politics of state recognition of customary land rights in Indonesia
PhD defence
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Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
PhD defence
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Over de grens van de onrechtmatige daad
PhD defence
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Roundtable on Climate Change and Land Rights: IOM’s e-course module on HLP, Protection and Climate Change
Lecture, Roundtable discussion
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Meet Dr. Kathyrn Brackney, LJSA Member
Dr. Brackney is a modern European intellectual and cultural historian with a Ph.D. from Yale University. Before coming to Leiden, she held postdoctoral teaching posts in the History & Literature program at Harvard University and the Pozen Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago.
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities
Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Building took place on 8 October, and it has many remarkable features: for example, recycled ‘mushroom columns’, a pedestrian bridge to the University Library…
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Valedictory lecture prof.dr. J.P.R. van Merkesteyn
Valedictory lecture
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Valedictory lecture prof.dr. J.J. van Hilten
Valedictory lecture
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Inaugural lecture prof.dr. I.B. van Vulpen
Inaugural lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart
Lecture
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Humane Genetica, in het bijzonder translationele studies van neurodegeneratieve aandoeningen
Inaugural lecture
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Valedictory lecture by Professor G. Heerma van Voss
Valedictory lecture
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Zingen van vergankelijkheid: A symposium about Heike monogatari
Conference, (in Dutch and partly in English)
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Nico Schrijver member of EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel
Nico Schrijver professor emeritus in Public Law and State councillor at the Council of State has been appointed by the European Union and the United Kingdom as a member of the Arbitration Panel which is authorised to settle disputes on the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement.
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Een onzekere wereld - van complottheorieën naar alarmsignalen in ons brein
Lecture
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Goederenverwerving van het Duitse Huis te Utrecht, 1218-1536
PhD defence
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Scientists: analyse corona problems with young people themselves
On 30 April, Prime Minister Mark Rutte was presented with the manifesto of the NWO Youth Challenge, which contains advice for policymakers, scientists and administrators on the empowerment of youth in the time of coronavirus. The manifesto is based on research questions submitted to the science community…
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Perkamenten personen. De stratigrafie van het middeleeuwse boek.
Inaugural lecture
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Valedictory lecture prof.dr. C.J.H. van de Velde
Valedictory lecture
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Het grenzeloze leven: de fascinerende wereld van celwandloze bacteriën
Inaugural lecture
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Is de zoekmachine van de toekomst een chatbot?
Inaugural lecture
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
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Month of Tutankhamun: Egypt's most legendary pharaoh
November marks exactly 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. To celebrate this special discovery, the Faculty of Humanities, together with various parties, is organising the 'Month of Tutankhamun': a month full of activities around Egypt's most legendary pharaoh.
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Special career preparation programme for MPA master’s students
How long does it take our master’s students to find a job after they have graduated? How far ahead should you start sending out applications? Where do most Public Administration students end up after graduation? How do most students go about finding work? That was the start of the kick-off meeting Career…
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Goodbye Janneke, and hello Anke, our new professor at ACPA
There’s a change of staff at ACPA. The institute is bidding farewell to Professor Janneke Wesseling and welcomes Anke Haarmann, who is not only a new professor, but will also take over Wesseling's responsibilities as Director of PhD Arts. In this interview we look back and ahead with them.
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From law student to successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry
Yousef Yousef (39), a successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry, recently joined the Advisory Board at Leiden Law School. Read the interview about his career.
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Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy
Limburg lawyer Roger Cox has caused a legal revolution. With high-profile cases against the Dutch state and Shell oil company, he transformed the law into a tool to enforce climate policy. Leidraad alumni magazine spoke to him about a life defined by radical choices for a better world.
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New commission investigates Russia's crimes of aggression against Ukraine
Can Russia be prosecuted for war crimes against Ukraine? The International Criminal Court does not have this jurisdiction. To fill this void in jurisdiction, a new commission has been created: an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression, the ICPA.
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Maumort, het literaire testament van Roger Martin du Gard
PhD defence
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Leiden University Libraries acquires a rare map of Suriname
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has acquired a rare manuscript map of Suriname. The map from 1830 is almost 2.5 meters long and is highly detailed. It was hand-drawn by Helmuth Hendrik Hiemcke (1808-1858), one of the official surveyors employed by the colonial administration, and shows Suriname in…
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Mediating from Within
PhD defence
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Giovanni Punto (1746-1803), Cor Basse Célèbre
PhD defence
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Keyring in your hand when walking down the street alone? 'Many women are always on guard'
A cover over your drink in the pub, deodorant as pepper spray or headphones to avoid hearing catcalling: many women use everyday objects to feel safer in public spaces. Student Anne van der Linden made an online exhibition about this.
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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Parenting choices important in transmission of extremism
Do children growing up in a jihadist or right-wing extremist household develop the same extremist views as their parents?
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Gig economy and digital labour in Iran: what space for workers’ rights between public discourses and legal practices?
Lecture, Research Seminar
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End of year message from the Executive Board for staff and students
With the holidays just around the corner in this dark month of December, when we light candles as a symbol of warmth and hope, we would like to take a moment to reflect on this past year. We have accomplished a great deal together but the year has been difficult at times.
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Rood noch oranje. De sociale strijd van de Nederlandse marinematroos, 1870-1914
PhD defence
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2023: 'De mythen van Plato als denkinstrumenten'
Lecture
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Workshop: Other Forms of Understanding Language / Andere vormen van taalbegrip / Otras formas de entender el lenguaje
Course, Workshop
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Book presentation Victor A. van Bijlert: Nyāya Sūtra: On Philosophical Method: Sanskrit Text, Translation, and Commentary
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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Johan Van Manen’s Tibetan and Himalayan Collection: The Challenges of Multi-media Research
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Film night: 'In Time' (2011) with passion talk by Filip van Dijk
Filmavond & lezing