Leiden University and the war
Leiden University commemorates its victims of the war and pays tribute to all members of the university community who resisted injustice. Such as Rudolph Cleveringa, the dean of the Law Faculty, who protested in 1940 after the resignation of Jewish colleagues. We honour their memory through memorial meetings, the annual Cleveringa lecture and historical research.
News
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‘Cleveringa’s legacy reminds us of the need to stay vigilant’The world let Rwanda down at the time of the genocide, and that can never be allowed to happen again, Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire declared in ...
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Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire on Rwanda and PTSDCleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire led the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, but was unable to prevent a genocide from unfolding before his ...
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Njord writes book about its wartime historyThe new book, ‘Njord in de Oorlog’ (Njord during the War), describes how the Leiden student rowing club was affected by the Second World War in a deta...
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Maartje van der Woude speaker at Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2020All Leiden alumni, students and anyone else who might be interested is welcome to attend the online Cleveringa Meeting in Leiden on Wednesday 25 Novem...
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General and champion of human rights Roméo Dallaire appointed Cleveringa professorCanadian Roméo Dallaire (1946) was UN Commander in Rwanda at the time of the genocide there, subsequently becoming a champion of human rights. He has ...
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A broader perspective on the warLeiden researcher Ethan Mark has a mission, he explains in the alumni magazine Leidraad. He wants us to take off our Eurocentric glasses when we study...
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New film about the life of Ben Telders (1903-1945)Shortly before Remembrance Day, a new film was launched about the life and legacy of Ben Telders. Telders was professor of Dutch Law at Leiden Univer...
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Looking back on an extraordinary Remembrance DayThis year’s Remembrance Day on 4 May was more intimate than ever. Although it was not possible to come together as usual, an online lecture by Ethan M...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their storiesRemembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November...