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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam 27 October 2021Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Gro...
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Polish Holocaust researchers accused of defamation will give Cleveringa Lecture 12 October 2021On 26 November historian Jan Grabowski and sociologist Barbara Engelking will both give the Cleveringa Lecture. They wrote a book about the Holocaust ...
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International lecture series on moral courage begins on 22 September 13 September 2021A new series of webinars, the Cleveringa Dallaire Critical Conversation Series, begins on 22 September. In this series of online conversations, expert...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’ 11 May 2021How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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‘Cleveringa’s legacy reminds us of the need to stay vigilant’ 27 November 2020The world let Rwanda down at the time of the genocide, and that can never be allowed to happen again, Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire declared in ...
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Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire on Rwanda and PTSD 19 November 2020Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire led the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, but was unable to prevent a genocide from unfolding before his ...
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Njord writes book about its wartime history 16 November 2020The new book, ‘Njord in de Oorlog’ (Njord during the War), describes how the Leiden student rowing club was affected by the Second World War in a deta...
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Maartje van der Woude speaker at Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2020 20 October 2020All Leiden alumni, students and anyone else who might be interested is welcome to attend the online Cleveringa Meeting in Leiden on Wednesday 25 Novem...
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General and champion of human rights Roméo Dallaire appointed Cleveringa professor 13 October 2020Canadian Roméo Dallaire (1946) was UN Commander in Rwanda at the time of the genocide there, subsequently becoming a champion of human rights. He has ...
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A broader perspective on the war 07 May 2020Leiden researcher Ethan Mark has a mission, he explains in the alumni magazine Leidraad. He wants us to take off our Eurocentric glasses when we study...
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New film about the life of Ben Telders (1903-1945) 07 May 2020Shortly before Remembrance Day, a new film was launched about the life and legacy of Ben Telders. Telders was professor of Dutch Law at Leiden Univer...
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Looking back on an extraordinary Remembrance Day 05 May 2020This year’s Remembrance Day on 4 May was more intimate than ever. Although it was not possible to come together as usual, an online lecture by Ethan M...
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Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’ 25 November 2019Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November...
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‘Don’t assume that someone else will step in’ 11 November 2019Her book ‘Veel valse hoop’ (Much False Hope) about the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands was immediately hailed as a seminal work. German his...
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How Johan Huizinga sent the Nazis packing 05 November 2019In 1933, Leiden held a large international student conference. It was supposed to be a celebration of unity that would bring together the French, Brit...