428 Results found for "international studies"
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Update from the Programme Chair: Joost Augusteijn
With the new year and new semester upon us and with spring approaching despite the recent cold weather there is always an inclination to start new initiatives. An important example of this is the launch of our new website: ‘This is International Studies ’. This will be the platform at which all those interested in our programme, in particular staff and students, can find all the information relating to our programme in a wider sense.
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Nomination Student Member Programme Board '20-'21
Nominate a fellow student to be a Student Member in the International Studies Programme Board!
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Nomination Student member Programme Board '22-'23
Nominate a fellow student to be a Student Member in the International Studies Programme Board!
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Nomination Student Member Programme Board '21-'22
Nominate a fellow student to be a Student Member in the International Studies Programme Board!
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'It is important to have discussions about topics that not everybody agrees on'
On May 29, Mikhail Khordorkovsky visited the Leiden University Campus of The Hague to debate with students about the future of Russia. It is the first time this critic of Putin and former captain of industry visits the Netherlands. This event has been organised by the organisation Raam op Rusland and the study association of International Studies, BASIS.
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Programme
International Studies provides students with the tools to investigate globalization, and its regional effects, from a humanities perspective. They study these effects through the prism of four disciplinary perspectives: culture, history, politics and economics, coupled with in-depth knowledge of one of eight world regions. The humanities perspective is ensured by placing an understanding of the historic and cultural context central in the programme, and linking this directly to the political and economic conditions. Students learn to apply the acquired knowledge of the four disciplinary approaches in the analysis of a geographical area of their choice with the aid of a language native to that area.
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New: Mapping your Future - prepare for your future today
International Studies offers its students ample opportunity to prepare for their future. You can now find all the information about that on "Mapping your Future" on this website.
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Alumni Interview: Bhumika Gupta’s path towards the job of her dreams
Bhumika Gupta (21), International Studies alumna, secured an internship in the OPCW, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. She has set a path for herself, leading towards the job of her dreams, and this internship is a big step towards that future job.
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Leiden gave me the space to explore different academic worlds
Before deciding on coming to Leiden for International Studies, Maurice Kirschbaum had already studied two years of law at King’s College in London. During his time as a jurist for SOS Jurists, a local legal aid NGO that helps asylum seekers in the Lake Geneva region, he realised he did not speak any of the languages of the refugees or could understand the politics of their cases he had to take to court. “I wanted to connect with people in those situations, so I applied.”