After an un-Dutch warm and dry summer, the start of the academic year seems to have been announced by the customary and in this case keenly anticipated rain. The end of summer always brings a moment of celebration and an opportunity for new beginnings. We ended another successful year for the programme with a very fine ceremony at which we celebrated the graduation of 357 students with many parents and friends present. It was also a new beginning for our more than 500 strong 2018 cohort of students. They will start a new phase in their lives, for about half of them in a new country, for most of them in a new city and for all of them with new challenges and opportunities provided by our programme.
The International Studies programme would like to invite you to the Opening Lecture of the Academic Year 2018-2019 by Prof. Sven Beckert: Empire of Cotton: The Global Origins of Modern Capitalism on Friday September 14. You can register here!
On Tuesday 11 & Wednesday 19 September, the universities in The Hague organize special guest lectures on the beach of Scheveningen, both followed by a BBQ. Impressive guest lecturers will take the stage, including Journalist Joris Luyendijk, Amy Verdun, Professor European Politics and Political Economy at Leiden University, comedian and political satirist Arjen Lubach and Juul Manders,CEO and founder of the lifestyle brand BALR. Tickets are still available, going at 5 Euro.
It is with great sadness that we share the news that our student Linda Heijker has unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, 30 August in Chennai, India. Linda was a third year student of International Studies, specializing in Russia and Eurasia. Her family tells us that the study was particularly important to her.
The students received their diplomas in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden, in front of a large audience of family and friends. With more than 1,000 people present, including more than 300 graduates, this was the largest graduation ceremony of the programme since its founding in 2012. In a nearly four hour ceremony the various regions in which the students specialised were highlighted and each student was personally congratulated with obtaining their bachelor.
The Peace Run is part of the Festival Just Peace. This 8,5 km run will take place on the 21st of September. See the city as you have never seen it before. A number of organisations and buildings have opened up their doors for this special run. Start and finish will be at Lange Voorhout.
Are you a graduate of a high school in The Hague, Rijswijk, Voorburg, Wassenaar or Zoetermeer?? (Dutch/International School) and are you now studying at Leiden University? On the 27th of September, Leiden University is hosting a day for deans and "rectors" from schools in these cities.
The new student centre in The Hague, the Beehive, will be opening its doors in stages starting from 1 October. The name Beehive was chosen because it stands for connection, an individual identity, activity and belonging. This meeting place for students is dedicated to improving the living environment for students in The Hague.
The opening of the 2018-2019 Academic Year will take place on 3 September in the Pieterskerk in Leiden. Students and staff from The Hague can choose from three different ways to follow the ceremony.
The Academic Language Centre invites you to participate in the free online course ‘Dutch & More’. This small private online course (SPOC) is especially aimed at international students who are going to study or are studying at Leiden University. In five online lessons, you will learn the basics of the Dutch language and you will get to know student life in the city of Leiden and The Hague better.
