455 search results for “dutch colonial history” in the Staff website
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen
Faculty of Humanities
g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henegouwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6509
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
Satellite conference
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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Leiden University to evaluate Dutch counterterrorism legislation
A research team from Leiden University, in cooperation with Bureau Boekhoorn Sociaal-Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Advies (BBSO), is to evaluate Dutch counterterrorism legislation.
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From Colonial Morocco to the Promised Land: The Jewish Exodus and Its Complex Realities
Lecture
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Podcast De Verbranders critical of European border and asylum procedures
The Dutch asylum application centre in Ter Apel is overburdened, an issue that is currently a prominent feature in the Dutch media. In podcast De Verbranders, PhD students Neske Baerwaldt and Wiebe Ruijtenberg engage in dialogue, and use different angles to examine themes related to migration, borders…
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Information on pensions: new ABP presentations (in Dutch)
Human resources
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Lasse van den Dikkenberg
Faculteit Archeologie
l.van.den.dikkenberg@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 NNB
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
w.p.veenendaal@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2196
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Mariëlle Bruning featured on Op1 special on Dutch youth care
Recently, the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate sounded the alarm about the state of the Dutch youth care. What is going wrong and what needs to be done? In a special broadcast from youth care institution Via Jeugd, Op1 talks to adolescents, staff, State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen, and Professor…
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More Dutch at the university? ‘We desperately need internationals’
He did an English-taught degree, completed a master’s abroad and now teaches on an English-taught programme at Leiden University College The Hague. Jan Meijer is the definition of an international researcher and he’s proud of it.
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Come to the Neurodiversity Symposium on 23 November (in Dutch)
Social
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Information on pensions: ABP presentations for staff (in Dutch)
Human resources
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Wim Voermans on coronavirus policy of Dutch Government
Due to the absence of a finalised ‘corona act’, the Dutch Government will only be able to make use of emergency regulations should there be a new coronavirus wave. In May 2020, the Dutch Council of State wrote that, strictly speaking, the emergency regulations did not meet the constitutional requirements…
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Hans Franken Lecture by Aleid Wolfsen, Chairman Dutch DPA
On 20 May 2022, eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University organised the Hans Franken lecture for the third time. This year the lecture was delivered by Aleid Wolfsen, chairman of the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Data Protection Authority (DPA)), the privacy watchdog of the…
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Mariëlle Bruning on waiting lists in Dutch youth care
How many children are waiting for help from youth services in the Netherlands at any given time? And exactly how long do they have to wait?
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International students speaking: 'Dutch directness, helpful people and roze koeken'
The new academic year is on its way and for most students it takes some getting used to being present at the KOG every day. What about international students? We spoke with three internationals who have been studying at Leiden Law School since this academic year.
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Merge the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives
A new Senate (Eerste Kamer) has been elected in the Netherlands and the current government coalition has lost its majority. The majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) have not been this far apart for quite some time. High time to merge both chambers, argues Wim…
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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Apply for the Dutch subsidy for Virtual International Collaboration (VIS)
Education, Finance
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Apply for the Dutch subsidy for Virtual International Collaboration (VIS)
Education, Finance
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Robert Zwijnenberg
Faculty of Humanities
r.zwijnenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mark Rutgers
Faculty of Humanities
m.r.rutgers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1628
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2027
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Quintijn Mauer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
q.mauer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6851
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Vincent Chang
Faculty of Humanities
v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2151
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Ruth Clemens
Faculty of Humanities
r.a.clemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2165
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Media attention for research into Dutch financial health
Research conducted by Deloitte, with advice from Leiden University and Nibud (National Institute for Family Finance Information), shows that six out of ten households in the Netherlands are financially unhealthy. National media paid much attention to the report.
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Definitive Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities 2023-2024
Organisation
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International publication about ELS in Dutch legal education
Researchers from the Coherent Private Law research program have published an article in The Law Teacher about the state of the art of Empirical Legal Studies education in the Netherlands.
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Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities 2023-2024 published
Human resources
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Tobias van der Wal
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.b.d.van.der.wal@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6879
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Frits van der Meer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
f.m.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641
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Antje Wessels
Faculty of Humanities
a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681
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Bareez Majid
Faculty of Humanities
b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5154
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1611
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Matthew Frear
Faculty of Humanities
m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2089
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2255
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Government unaware of Dutch involvement in Iran nuclear weapons programme sabotage
In 2007, a spy from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) planted a destructive computer virus at an Iranian nuclear site, halting the Iranian nuclear weapons programme. Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’ has revealed that the AIVD kept the crucial role of the Dutch spy a secret from…
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Outcry over unorthodox measures: victims of Dutch childcare benefits scandal bought out
The proposal made by the Dutch Benefits Agency (part of the Ministry of Finance) to issue one-off compensation payments of €5,000 in the wake of the Dutch childcare benefits scandal is causing a stir among the affected parents, lawyers and academics. Ymre Schuurmans, Professor of Administrative Law,…
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Dutch citizens in favour of generous welfare but with job-seeking obligation
Dutch citizens are not opposed to additional earnings and financial gifts for people on welfare, but believe it is important that there should also be an obligation to look for a job. This was the outcome of a research project on the opinions of Dutch people regarding the implementation of welfare p…
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Apply for the Dutch subsidy for Virtual International Collaboration Projects (VIS)
Education
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New Education Dashboard: easy access to essential teaching data (in Dutch)
Education
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Wanted: Dutch-speaking thinkers and doers for the National Think Tank 2024
Research
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'Level-headed Dutch are just as susceptible to fear as the British'
Fishermen in the United Kingdom recently protested about the adverse effects of Brexit on their trade. It would be naive to think that covert feelings of being under threat do not exist among the Dutch population. Citizens who feel threatened become defensive, a situation that could lead to a Nexit.