706 search results for “royal history” in the Student website
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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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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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, help each other and don’t give up’
The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February 2024
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…
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Celebrating Naga Culture: Authenticity, Indigeneity and Modernity
Lecture
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Lecture by Michael Mazarr on 'Deterring China: Challenges and Opportunities'
Lecture
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Summer school - Critical approaches to typography
Lecture, Summer School
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Lecture ‘How to prepare for your (international) career' hosted by Jean-Pierre Kempeneers
Lecture
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Getting on Famously: The Netherlands and the Shah of Iran
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Christmas Carol Concert at Leiden University
Arts and culture
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Cleveringa lecture
Inaugural lecture
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The Other is the One left behind
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Hyojin PakFaculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
Lecture
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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Conflict Escalation: Explaining the Rise of Violence
Lecture
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Campus The Hague Career Event 2024
Course, Career Event
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A Christmas Carol Concert
Arts and culture
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Opening tentoonstelling 'Crafting Cultures' in de oude UB
Exhibition
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Casimir Colloquium- Children’s Unequal Selves: A Developmental-Psychological Perspective on Achievement Inequality
Lecture
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Defending Nature’s Rights: Paradoxes and Challenges
Masterclass
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Booklaunch 'Security Studies: An Applied Introduction'
Lecture, Paneldiscussion
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Alumna Gabriella Sancisi: ‘In Leiden I learned what I think is important in life’
For seven years she worked at Noordeinde Palace, as the Private Secretary of Queen Máxima. Since the summer of 2021, Gabriella Sancisi (1973) has been the Dutch Ambassador in Slovakia, where the Embassy in Bratislava’s historic city centre is now her base.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.
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Retirement is not an option for ‘an old warhorse’ like Osinga
He has had to accept early retirement due to his military profession, or ‘FLO’ (Functioneel Leeftijdsontslag) as it is more commonly referred to within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, but the words ‘retirement’ or ‘winding down’ do not appear to be part of Frans Osinga's vocabulary. His appointment at…
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Hip Hop Diplomacy as Subversive Complicity
Guest Lecture
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The Arctic Crossroads: Climate, Culture & Diplomacy in the High North
Lecture
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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OSINT: From Theory, Intelligence to Evidence
Conference
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War in Europe
Conference
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PREPARE Final Conference – Engaging with children from violent extremist families
Conference
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How to make green hydrogen
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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The Moroccan Register of “Slaves” in the Early 18th Century: Enslavement, Blackness and Racial Binary
Lecture
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CareerCollege Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
- The global cosmopolis. Past, present and future of the city of Alexandria
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ASCL Seminar: Girls’ Education, Neoliberal Subjectivity, and Sacrifice in Niger
Lecture
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
- FSW Career Days: 28-30 November 2023
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2686
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Lennie GeerlingsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.r.c.geerlings@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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…
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Children's Rights Under Fire: The Right to Education During and After War
Panel Discussion
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Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage: Tracing Experiences and Identifying Shared Decolonial Practices
INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
- FSW Career Days: 21-23 November 2022
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony