At the start of September, at the height of summer and outdoor living, the municipality of Amsterdam announced that they would start a campaign against private pots and plants on public pavement.* The argument for ‘Operation Plant Pot’ was that these pots block the access for mobility aid users and prams.
On Friday, 29 November at 16:00, Professor Sarah Wolff, will deliver her Inaugural Lecture in the historic Academy building in Leiden.
Students in the third year of the BA International Studies programme follow the Practicing International Studies (PRINS) consultancy course. They conduct a project put forward by real clients and then present them with their research results. PRINS is so successful that it has now been running for 10 years.
We are organising an alumni reunion taking place on Saturday, 10 August 2024 in The Hague for the graduation class of 2018* for the Bachelor in International Studies.
A couple of weeks ago, together with two colleagues, I acted as jury for a BASIS public speaking competition. There were four very engaged and brave public speakers. One of the speeches focused on the limits of language as a way of expression. There are so many human emotions that need to be expressed where words fall short. Humans have been struggling with these limitations for eons. One explanation for the emergence of music thousands of years ago is the idea of offering us alternative ways of expression.
Kenan Cruz Çilli (25) graduated from International Studies in 2019 and since then has continued to deepen his knowledge of the Middle East, and the wider world.
Leslie Albracht (25) graduated in 2020. The interest in the Arabic world that was nurtured in The Hague, brought her to her current job for an international NGO in Tunis.
On April 25th, International Studies's Latin America department hosted a multidisciplinary panel titled 'Beyond Narcos: Four Critical Perspectives'. Four lecturers who provide the Latin America courses within BAIS, joined forces to discuss the Narco phenomenon from the Historical, Cultural, Political and Economic perspective. This multidisciplinary allows for a deeper understanding of a complex phenomenon that expands the day-to-day studies of students in the area specialization.
The essence of our alumni network is staying in touch, keeping abreast of important developments, and cheering each other on. I recently came across the phenomenon of ‘kinkeeping’, which reminded me strongly of the relevance of alumni relations.
The annual Humanities Career Event and the Campus The Hague Career Event, organized by Humanities Career Service, once again captivated scores of enthusiastic and inquisitive students on April 10th.
