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Is Leiden a ‘Neoliberal University’?

Third Year student Federico Arcuri looks back at his time in the Hague and reflects upon the depoliticization of student life at the neoliberal university.

Federico Arcuri • 07-08-2023

International Studies

The Final Year: Reflections and Emotions (2022)

Ana Oleart Rabanal, recent graduate of the B.A. International, reminisces about her third year in the program.

Ana Oleart Rabanal • 09-10-2022

International Studies · Leiden University

What role should universities play in society? In politics?

University Social Responsibility is a recent concept. We know about Corporate Social Responsibility as an attempt to take the hard edges off free market capitalism, but USR?

Prof. dr. G.P. Scott-Smith • 04-07-2022

International Studies

Word from the Chair: Ten Years of the BA International Studies

2022 is a major anniversary year. In September 2012 the first students signed up for the BA International Studies in The Hague. The expectation was that the new programme should ideally attract around 250 students a year.

Prof. dr. G.P. Scott-Smith • 04-07-2022

International Studies

Winter holiday tips december 2021

Like previous years, the International Studies Blog has collected recommendations from lecturers to get you through the winter break ahead. Check out these books and films and settle back for inspiration, entertainment, education and imagination.

Dr. J.A. Naeff • 21-12-2021

Culture & Language · International Studies

Winter vacation film and music tips

Crashing on the couch after the semester, but what to watch? Check the film tips from your lecturers at International Studies. [scroll down for music]

Dr. J.A. Naeff • 12-03-2021

Culture & Language · International Studies

Winter vacation reading tips

What are you reading these Christmas holidays? Check the tips from your lecturers at International Studies and (ask Santa to) order at your local bookstore!

Dr. J.A. Naeff • 11-12-2020

International Studies

Perspectives in the Time of Corona

We are certainly living in very uncertain times, but one thing seems to be clear: we will face one of the harshest economic, social, and health crises of our times.

F.J. López • 29-04-2020

Technology & Society · International Studies

Digital Education: Fast and Furious?

A few years ago I made a MOOC - a Massive Open-Access Online Course – for Leiden University on the Coursera platform. Its called The Rooseveltian Century, re-interpreting US history in the 20th century through the lives of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.

Prof. dr. G.P. Scott-Smith • 08-04-2020

Blogs

Is Leiden a ‘Neoliberal University’?

The Final Year: Reflections and Emotions (2022)

What role should universities play in society? In politics?

Word from the Chair: Ten Years of the BA International Studies

Winter holiday tips december 2021

Winter vacation film and music tips

Winter vacation reading tips

Perspectives in the Time of Corona

Digital Education: Fast and Furious?