In the media
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Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities 19 June 2023What does the retail crisis mean for the future of Europe's urban centres? Assistant professor Alistair Kefford answers this very question in the Fren...
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Andrew Gawthorpe in The Guardian about the Republicans’ more radical agenda 08 August 2022University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe argues in The Guardian that the Republican's new agenda for a second Trump term is more radical than the first. H...
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right 08 August 2022Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gaw...
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Henk te Velde on ABC Nightlife about Queen Wilhelmina 19 May 202282 years ago Queen Wilhelmina fled to England. Henk te Velde tells about her on the Australian radio show 'Nightlife'.
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul 06 September 2021Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and s...
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Vineet Thakur and Karen Smith on western dominance in International Relations 14 August 2020University lecturer Vineet Thakur hosts a series of webcasts for the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement. Karen Smith and Aud...
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André Gerrits: ‘Coronavirus is speeding up social developments' 05 June 2020All the world leaders have had to choose an approach during the global Covid-19 crisis. But which approach is the most effective? André Gerrits, Profe...
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As with Nixon: will the security services bring Trump down? 24 July 2018The American security services brought down American President Nixon, not the media as people generally believe. Andrew Gawthorpe, researcher on diplo...
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Eugenio Cusumano on Euronews about EU's migration dilemma 09 July 2018A tv crew from Euronews came to Leiden to interview Eugenio Cusumano about his work on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Eugenio is an ...
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Blog of conference proceedings Connecting in Times of Duress 30 November 2017Mirjam de Bruijn's VICI project Connecting in Times of Duress held its final conference in N'Djamena, Chad, from 23 to 29 October.
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Alanna O'Malley on the election of new United Nations secretary-general António Guterres 13 October 2016The election of a new secretary-general of the UN has reinvigorated the discussion on reform of the institution. Criticism on its functioning often fo...
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Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek are the winners of the Die Haghe prize of 2016 10 October 2016Wim Willems and Hanneke Verbeek were awarded with the Die Haghe Prize of 2016 for their book ‘Hier woonden wij. Hoe een stad zijn Joodse verleden hero...
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Book publication Wim Willems ‘Hagenezen die er mochten wezen’ 30 May 2016What, and especially who has formed the city The Hague? Wim Willems, professor Social History and director of the Modern Urban Studies (MUS) Institute...
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Introducing Historians Without Borders 26 May 2016In the summer of 2015 the former Finnish foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja, together with a group of Finnish historians, took an important initiative an...