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.

Word from the Chair: Everyone is a gamechanger

On 21 April the Four Freedoms Awards were presented in Middelburg. Four what? I hear you say. The ‘thinking person’s Oscars’, or the ‘poor person’s Nobel’, the FFs draw their inspiration from Franklin Roosevelt’s ‘Four Freedoms speech’ on 6 January 1941.

Academics sound the alarm: towards a normal academic standard

On 6 April 2021 academics across the Netherlands protested against on-going austerity in higher education. Leiden University lecturers explain why.

“Not the end of fascism but an extremely important moment for us”

Having Conversations in Occupied Palestine and Fortress Europe

Sovereignism

A new concept is spreading. An idea that is shaping the political landscape of the Global North, and it will continue to do so in the future. Let’s prepare to deal with it, let’s understand it.

How Identity Politics Disempowers Individuals

Identity Politics robs us from individuality and detracts us from ominous issues affecting all identities: global warming and nuclear armament.

US-DPRK Talks: A Victory for Peace, A Tie between Titans, or Just Half-time?

This article is a summary of my essay for the course ‘International Politics’. Writing essays has definitely been the highlight of the International Studies programme for me, as it allows me to a) develop independent research skills and b) go in-depth on topics I’m personally interested in.