2,706 search results for “european migration” in the Public website
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Six questions about the British referendum and a possible Brexit
The shocking murder of MP Jo Cox has brought it home to the British public that the referendum debate is in disarray. How has the campaign been handled and what would be the consequences of a Brexit? Jan Rood, Professor by special appointment of European Integration, and political scientist Hans Vollaard…
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How can we banish racism from education?
A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrators, diversity officers, students and staff discussed urgently needed measures.
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A constructive discussion about an inclusive Sinterklaas celebration
How can we make Sinterklaas inclusive as a national holiday? And what does this mean for our University community and Dutch society as a whole? These questions were the focus of the first edition of ‘Come Talk to Us’, a series of online dialogues organised by the Diversity & Inclusion Expertise Office…
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Blog Post | Geoeconomic diplomacy: the EU’s reenergised mobilisation of strategic state-market cooperation
Faced with warfare on the European continent and growing Sino-American geopolitical disputes, the EU’s rising use of sanctions and attention to economic security call for a better diplomatic understanding of how state-market actor-networks are assets of modern foreign and security policy.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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Blog Post | Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age
In this blog post, authors Corneliu Bjola, Jennifer Cassidy and Ilan Manor discuss their article for the Special Issues on Debating Public Diplomacy: Now and Next (Vol. 14, 1-2).
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‘Nature likes a mess’
Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘We’re working hard to increase nature’s chances in town.’
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-discussed topics. We compiled an overview of the most-read news items and other events of the past year.
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Dies natalis: ‘Collaboration requires firm grounding in the individual disciplines’
‘Collaboration is increasingly important,’ Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker said at the 445th Dies Natalis of Leiden University on 7 February. But, as he heard from a number of Leiden researchers, this is contingent upon a firm disciplinary basis. A novelty of this year’s celebration was a joint dies…
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Biology students expose exotic amphibians in the dunes
During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determined the geographic origin of the animals. And guess what? In many cases they discovered exotic populations of animals that do not naturally belong in The Netherlands.…
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Faculty of Archaeology contributes to 'Heritage on the Move' Overview Exhibition
The Faculty of Archaeology, in the persons of Marlena Antczak and Lennart Kruijer, had three pictures included in the exhibition 'Heritage on the Move'. The whole collection of 18 pictures can be seen from 3 December 2018 until 7 January 2019 at the Oude UB Building, Rapenburg 70, Leiden.
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Catalin Popa’s Leiden experience: “Archaeology needs to contribute to society.”
Originally from Romania, Catalin Popa has been working at our Faculty as a Postdoc for two years now. He is a landscape archaeologist with a deep interest in the role of archaeology in society. “We should also produce a message for non-academics. One that is shaped for people that don’t have the time…
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Three students nominated for an ECHO Award: ‘I want to make the world a better place’
A more inclusive and diverse society is what Talisha Schilder, Hawra Nissi and Chiraz Hassoumi spend many hours a week working towards. Their hard work led them to being nominated for the ECHO Award.
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Blog Post | Diplomacy’s Response to the Coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of modern diplomacy. In this two-part series of blog posts, I will attempt to analyze how diplomats grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and how international diplomacy can best prepare to meet similar challenges in the future.…
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Aline-Priscillia and Ruşen nominated for an ECHO Award
Working towards a more inclusive and diverse society, next to your studies. Humanities students Aline-Priscillia Messi and Ruşen Koç devote a considerable amount of hours to this every week. Now they have been nominated for an ECHO Award.
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Theses Children's Rights online
Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights Outstanding Student Research Theses
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China Seminar: The Digital Geographies of Secrecy
Lecture
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Refugees’ “Right to Have Rights”: Opening Doors between Nations
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Church and Politics, Humanity and Resistance: The Case of the Bethel Church Asylum in The Hague
Lecture
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Working for the EU, something for you?
Career and apply for jobs
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General Labour History of Africa Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Developmental effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the chicken embryo
PhD defence
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History Research Master Symposium
Conference
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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The Śākadvīpīya Sun Cult from Ancient Times to the Present Day
Lecture, Friends of the Kern Institute
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Enlightenment, Empire and Fanaticism
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Tamas David-Barrett
Lecture
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A Social History of Elephant Watching and Elephant Keepers in Early Modern China
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture by Jason De León
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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Civil Society’s Democratic Potential: Organizational Trade-offs between Participation and Representation
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Family, a racialized space
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
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Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023
Conference
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
- Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
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CANCELLED: Book Presentation and Discussion: Central Asia 300-850 Roads and Kingdoms
Lecture
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Civil Society and International Students in Japan: Methodology and Fieldwork
Lecture
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The Road to Planetary Defense: Cosmic Collisions, Nuclear Explosions, and the Environmental History of Asteroids and Comets
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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PCNI Research Seminar on Political Meetings
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Public Support for Citizenship Expansion in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Book Event: 'Seeking Western Men' with author Monica Liu
Lecture
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New(er) Histories of the United Nations
Lecture, INVISIHIST Keynote Roundtable
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LED3 Lecture - Elucidating inositol pyrophosphate signaling with chemical tools
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism - Evidence from transhumant pastoralist societies
Lecture
- GTGC lunch seminar: remittance, paradigms, and extreme cases
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference