FALL 2019
Webster Gala
IR Club and GreenWeb collaborated to bring Webster Gala to WU Leiden in Fall 2019. Funds collected were donated to Bridge2Hope, an NGO that works with sex-trafficking victims.
Class Trips/ Lectures
Several professors took their students to events and lectures related to their courses, while some invited guest speakers to come to WU Leiden.
Dr. Balt’s Politics of Development graduate class visits the Netherlands African Business Council (NABC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Perczynski’s Intro to Comparative Politics class invited Ms. Lousewies van der Laan for a guest lecture on politics in the Netherlands.
Dr. Adler’s International Law students attend lecture by Dr. Cathie Carmichael as part of the annual NIOD Lecture in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
WU Leiden celebrated 30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall with the ambassadors of Croatia, Austria, Poland, and Great Britain.
Dr. Rumenjak’s Central Eastern European Studies class heads to Filmhuis (Den Haag) to watch “God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya” at the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival.
IR Club attends lecture by Dr. Foppiani on Japan’s shift to a more autonomous security policy. Here is a link to Dr. Foppiani’s book for more information.
ProDemos Nacht van de Dictatuur
Students and faculty from the IR Department attended the Night of the Dictatorship (Dutch: Nacht van de Dictatuur) in the Hague. The yearly event, hosted by ProDemos, has a long tradition of highlighting different aspects of dictatorship and the struggles individuals and groups face as states move towards democracy.
