1,228 search results for “twentieth centre political comparative history” in the Student website
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system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award
This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the award recognises remarkable teaching at the Institute. Akbik was chosen from five finalists after receiving several…
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by various political scientists at Leiden University. Indeed, in terms of books, these scholars have certainly not been idle. A unique collection of stories,…
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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Ischa BremerScience
i.l.bremer@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arie BaakScience
a.baak@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Farideh HosseinkhaniScience
f.hosseinkhani@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anahita Bahrami Farsani
Science
a.bahrami.farsani@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zhengzheng ZhangScience
z.zhang@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wei YangScience
w.yang@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 000 0000
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Congrou ZhangScience
c.zhang@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gijs Brinks
Science
g.brinks@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lieke LamontScience
l.lamont@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dominant style stifled innovation in 19th century seascapes
Long into the 19th century, seascapes were considered an expression of patriotism. Artists who painted in a 17th century style were valued more. This tradition stifled innovation in the genre, Cécile Bosman has concluded. She will defend her PhD thesis on 13 October.
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Opening Academic Year centred around strategic plan: 'Our compass to make decisions'
Het strategisch plan van de faculteit wiskunde en natuurwetenschappen (FWN) werd gepresenteerd tijdens de opening van het academisch jaar 2023-2024.
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle
The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1693
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Fossil Empire: An Environmental History of Oil and Coal in Southern Sumatra, 1921-1942
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Studying the History of Technocratic Reasoning in Digitized Parliamentary Debates
Lecture
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Costanza Lucchini
Faculty of Humanities
c.lucchini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eugene Agapiou
Faculty of Humanities
e.agapiou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sofia Axioti
Faculty of Humanities
s.axioti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lianne Westenberg
Faculty of Humanities
l.westenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marcel Didden
ICT Shared Service Centre
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Carin Stommels
Faculty of Humanities
f.l.stommels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272332
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Isaac Eaton
Faculty of Humanities
i.n.r.eaton@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Erik WeenkAdministratief Shared Service Centre
e.j.a.weenk@assc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275555
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Katrina Li
Faculty of Humanities
k.li@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Max MontfrooijLeiden Learning and Innovation Centre
m.j.montfrooij@llinc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Mandipa NdlovuAfrika-Studiecentrum
m.b.ndlovu@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hans MullerAfrika-Studiecentrum
j.m.muller@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hang Cheng
Faculty of Humanities
h.cheng.1@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tijmen Koppelaar
Faculty of Humanities
t.t.koppelaar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Majella Smyth
Faculty of Humanities
m.m.m.smyth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Luuk Speckens
Faculty of Humanities
l.j.speckens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Matthijs Bassant
Faculty of Humanities
m.bassant@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elise Rijpsma
Faculty of Humanities
e.rijpsma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nicolas Lotman
Faculty of Humanities
n.lotman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos
This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1743
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History Master Symposium
Conference, Symposium