On 20 November, BA International Studies hosted an event connected to the 2018 Brazil Week, which, since it was first set up by Sara Brandellero and Marianne Wiesebron in 2013, has been organized for six years now by staff and students working in Brazilian Studies in the Latin American Programme at Leiden.
The Programme Chair of the BA International Studies and Historian Joost Augusteijn has been consulted by various Dutch and Belgian media lately to shed his expert light on the matter of the Irish border and the Brexit negotiations. Feel like a deep dive into this subject? Find the links to radio shows like VPRO’s “OVT”, BNR nieuwsradio’s “Internationaal” and VRT’s “De ochtend”.
In the 21st century skills articles we highlight tutors’ international and intercultural experiences. Leiden University strives to enable students to develop so called "21st century skills" which are defined as "the ability to work in teams, international and intercultural skills, entrepreneurship, leadership qualities and digital competences" Most of the tutors have acquired these skills during their studies, fieldwork for their masters or PhD and are happy to share their impressions and experiences. For this article we talked to Salman Tahir. He shares his intercultural experiences at the Hansen Summer Institute on Leadership and International Cooperation
On 2 November, more than 800 hundred students visited Leiden's Humanities Faculty to explore their options during the Master's Open Day. So why should you consider a MA at Leiden?
The OLC, or the Education Committee, consists of five student members democratically elected by the student body of International Studies and five members of the teaching staff. This year the students representing International Studies are: Alessandra Barrow, Maurice Kirschbaum, Emil Munte, Eveline Vos and Madhav Warawdekar.
Imogen Stevens and Matthias Obermeier have been the student representatives on the International Studies Programme Board this past academic year. On which successes can they look back? In this article they will introduce the new student Programme Board members and ask them what they would like to achieve in their term.
The Programme Board of International Studies is considering offering an extracurricular course in statistics (extracurricular meaning that students cannot follow it as part of the regular programme, but only as an additional course). To make an informed decision, we would like to take inventory of the number of students that would be interested in such a course. Below you can indicate whether you would be interested in taking a statistics course.
This year the Student Representatives on the International Studies Programme Board, Jitske Veenhoven and Mimi Hu, would like to offer you the opportunity to voice your wishes, complaints and questions in person. Come to a walk in hour!
Whoever has the illusion that engaging in an academic teaching position implies having the luxury of long vacations, should speak to the tutors of International Studies. As has been the case since the beginning of the Programme, the academic year starts quite early for us.
This month, not only 520 new students have arrived in The Hague to start their International Studies adventure, we also welcome four new tutors and five new tutor-lecturers. They are joining the team of now almost 40 tutors. In this article they will quickly introduce themselves and share their expectations of teaching at International Studies.
