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Blog: 'Public leadership: fighting racism and fostering inclusiveness' 19 June 2020
In response to George Floyd’s violent death in Minneapolis and the worldwide mass protests against discrimination and institutional racism, the Leiden...
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Interview with Professor Ken Meier: 'Protests, a representative government and the role of leadership' 18 June 2020
Professor Ken Meier is one of the most prominent researchers of the world in the field of Public Administration. Meier holds appointments as a profess...
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Hester Bijl on racism, inclusion and diversity at Leiden University 12 June 2020
We talked to Hester Bijl about the worldwide protests sparked off by the death of George Floyd. A demonstration against racism will also be held in Le...
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Leiden University to participate in Cultural Talent to the Top monitor 12 June 2020
This year, Leiden University will participate for the first time in the Cultural Talent to the Top monitor. This will provide insight into the Univers...
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'This affects us all and concerns us all' 12 June 2020
In the United States and around the world, the death of George Floyd has sparked fierce daily demonstrations against police violence and racism. What ...
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Paul Wouters on what the Black Lives Matter-movement means for Social and Behavioural Sciences 11 June 2020
George Floyd's death still leads to fierce protests against police violence and racism on a daily basis in the United States and abroad. We asked Paul...
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In Support of Black Lives Matter 11 June 2020
The worldwide protests following the police violence in the United States show how deep-rooted and wide-spread racism is across the world. As an acade...
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Black lives matter: ‘Racism takes different forms but it’s a world issue’ 05 June 2020
It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest...
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Diversity officer Aya Ezawa on George Floyd and racism: ‘this is a time for reflection’ 05 June 2020
The death of George Floyd has led to fierce protests against police violence in the United States and beyond. What effects are we seeing in our Unive...
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Black lives matter: ‘Why the American protests have resonated in the Netherlands’ 04 June 2020
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police may have sparked the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and here in the Netherlands...
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Lucia Langerak: ‘I'm not one to sit on the sidelines’ 19 March 2020
Lucia Langerak was awarded a Master’s degree in Egyptology with cum laude honours in 2018. Her bachelor’s degree was also with cum laude honours. ‘I’m...
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‘A doctor! You?’ Three women on their PhD and career 03 March 2020
Rietje Knaap’s (83) PhD was a real feat of endurance, but she persisted. ‘You’re married so you don’t need a pension, do you?’ What are the experience...
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Gender and Ethnic Diversity Assessment tool wins Synergy Award 28 February 2020
Tessa van de Rozenberg and Daudi van Veen won the Synergy Award last month during a yearly conference of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The PhD - c...
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Hunting for women in Leiden’s history 24 February 2020
They existed and were important, but for too long they have remained invisible in historiography: women. Ariadne Schmidt, the Magdalena Moons endowed ...
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Interactive symposium OpenUp wins Van Bergen prize 23 January 2020
Not one, but two initiatives won this year's Van Bergen prize. The prize was awarded during the university's Diversity symposium on 22 January. One of...