1,052 search results for “united nations convention on the rights of the child” in the Public website
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1325 twenty years on: The evolution of the WPS agenda after 9/11
Debate
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Heritage Under Threat
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Pride Talks Leiden University by judge Michael Kirby & prof Martine de Vries
Lecture
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Well-Being Days FGGA: Feeling good on the outside
Well-being
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The Management of the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe: Perceptions on the Involvement and Use of Traditional Conservation Practices.
PhD Defence
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II Food Sovereignty Forum in Warsaw, Poland
Between the 30th of January and the 2nd of February 2020 around 250 people took part in the II Polish Food Sovereignty Forum.
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Dutch-Arabic poetry event on the occasion of the opening of the Al-Babtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture
Opening ceremony
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'Use of Force Against Terrorism: Legality, Legitimacy and Politics of the Turkish Operation in Syria'
Lecture
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UNESCO Serial nomination of the Silk Roads: International initiatives and development perspectives
Lecture
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Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order
Lecture
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Only in America: chemist becomes America correspondent
Chemistry, which is what Hans Klis studied in Leiden, is not what one might expect of a general journalist. ‘I’m a late bloomer,’ he says, despite having spent four years as America correspondent and written a book on notorious school shootings by the tender age of 34.
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk independent and free thanks in part to Veni
‘Without that Veni grant, I would never have been able to delve into my subject so deeply. During the first two months, I only read articles and other professional literature. A dream, I would skip home afterwards.’
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Centering on the Periphery - The Archaeology of Jordan’s North-Eastern Badlands
Lecture, What did you do last summer?
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CANCELLED | New Remarks on the Problematic Nature of the Qurʾanic Text: Muhammad and Ali Between Apocalypse and Empire
Lecture
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’
It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a team of 25 at Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Location: Schiphol Airport.
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Word as Image: Waka Inscription on the Folding Screen at the Turn of the 17th Century in Japan
Lecture
- Volume 9 (2014)
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Nature conservation initiatives – who foots the bill?
In January 2020, Marja Spierenburg joined the FSW as the new Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihoods. Let’s get to know her. ‘All my research is basically about nature conservation. I look at areas like national parks, but also at measures aimed at increasing the sustainability of…
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Bart Barendregt professor by special appointment
Bart Barendregt has been appointed professor by special appointment per January 2020. “Anthropology of Digital Diversity has the potential to show that there are always multiple directions and different solutions to the challenges the digital transition to us all is.”
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A long-term perspective on human niche construction and alteration of ecosystems
Dr. Katharine MacDonald (Faculty of Archaeology) sketches the background to a recent paper in Science Advances, co-authored by her and other members of the Liveable Planet team.
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CPP Colloquium with Arash Abizadeh: “The Democratic Legitimacy of Border Coercion”
Lecture
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CPP Colloquium, Academic Freedom: How to Conceptualize and Justify it?
Lecture
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Dissident Women's Voices against Oppression
Lecture
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A Bull in a China Shop: the Impact of the ICC Decisions on Jurisdiction on the Disputes over State Sovereignty and Borders
Debate, Grotius Dialogue
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The Life of the Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Lecture is cancelled)
Lecture
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Key Publications
Here’s a selection of key publications by members of the CPP:
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Why we need to co-create knowledge for sustainability – and why this is easier said than done
Recent debates on energy transitions and poverty illustrate the social ecological complexities of sustainability problems. These cannot be tackled by single academic disciplines – nor by academics alone. In this blog, Marja Spierenburg reflects on the need for, and challenges of ‘transdisciplinarity…
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LUCAS 2015 Graduate Conference - Breaking the Rules!
Conference
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Sponsored Research
Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.
- The Imam of the Christians: Round-table on newly published book by Prof. Philip Wood
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New Scientist Scientific Talent 2015: Interview with Marieke Liem
The magazine New Scientist selected 25 nominees from candidates proposed by all Dutch and Belgian universities for the New Scientist Science talent 2015 election. One of these nominees is dr. Marieke Liem, who works at the Centre for Terrorism & Counterterrorism.
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Pieter's Corner: Can diversity be engineered?
In discussions about today’s society and multiculturalism the word is constantly bandied back and forth: diversity. At Leiden University we aspire to ‘diversity and inclusiveness’, and claim that our diversity policies put these core values into practice. We have a Diversity and Inclusiveness Working…
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Alumna Amber Brantsen: ‘Allow yourself to make mistakes’
A glowing first-time mother-to-be with an impressive CV for someone of her age, newsreader Amber Brantsen would seem to lead a charmed life. ‘But I began to resent that image,’ says the Leiden Public Administration alumna. This led her to write the impressive and personal Uit Beeld (Out of the Picture).…
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When a Finnish socialist woman MP was stopped on the Dutch border: The (de)politicisation of the Finnish women’s suffrage (1906) in Dutch parliamentary
Lecture, PCNI Seminar
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The operation of the European Arrest Warrant in the Shadow of Europe’s Rule of Law Crisis
Conference
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Gulf Migration: Governing Gulf Labour in a Global Labour Market
Roundtable
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Lunch Time Seminars
In this section you can find information about and recordings of past SAILS Lunch Time Seminars.
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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James & Arlette Mellaart: The journey to Çatalhöyük
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Agenda
Overview of all Asia events at Leiden University
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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Silent Disco
Festival, Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
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YAL members
Read all about YAL membership and the members of the Young Academy Leiden.
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March
All coronavirus updates released in March 2021
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REGISTRATION CLOSED | Your PhD, what next?
Conference, PhD Career Event 2021
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Interpreting Rituals: Historiographical Perspectives and Pluralistic Contexts
Conference
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Small Grant Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. As in previous years the LUCDH received a large number of excellent grant applications for Research and Personal Development funds. Congratulations to the recipients of this year's research award…
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ARC Session- REFUSE/NIKS: Classical Music Performance Norms—Resist or Obey? Daniel Leech-Wilkinson in Conversation with Anna Scott.
Arts and Culture, ARC Session
- Program 2022