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: Leiden University Activities; Leiden University regularly visits educational Fairs worldwide.; Read more

: Important Information Student Administration System; NOTE: from 4 March 2010 the secretariat of Political Science will be unable to enter the student administration system. This has consequences for you as a student.; Read more

: Leiden Seminar on Global Interactions - Friday March 19th; Friday March 19th Chris Goto-Jones and Peter Pels will deliver a presentation on their research project on futurities (forms of the future): "Tomorrows from Elsewhere: On Science Fiction, Developmentalism, and the Politics of Comparative Futurities". The seminar is open to MaRes students and higher. Registration is not required.; Read more

: Thorbecke medal for Prof. Herman van Gunsteren; On Thursday 18 February 2010, 4 pm, Prof. Herman van Gunsteren (Political Science) will be presented with the Thorbecke medal in recognition of his entire oeuvre.; Read more

: Visiting professorship for Madeleine Hosli; Madeleine O. Hosli, Professor of International Relations in the Institute of Political Science, is to be to be Netherlands Visiting Professor (NVP) at the University of Michigan from September through December 2010.; Read more

: Meet the new Master’s administrator; After almost 5 years Marianne Boere is leaving the Institute of Political Science. Her tasks will be taken over by Maureen Augusteijn-Carvill.; Read more

: April 10-17, 2010: Model European Union 2010; If you are a young European who wants to know more about the decision-making process of the EU: join MEU 2010!; Read more

: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to a Political Scientist; Elinor Ostrom, professor of Political sciences at Indiana University, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. She shares the award with Oliver E. Williamson.; Read more

: Scholarships awarded to Political Science students; Several Political Science graduate students have recently obtained prestigious scholarships.; Read more

: The new student members for the Educational Committees have been elected; After the elections the new student members of the Educational Committees are presented.; Read more

: Series of lectures on Comparative Politics for Alumni; On five Thursday evenings in October and November 2009, the alumni organisation "Leidse Alumnivereniging van Politicologen" organises a series of lectures on Comparative Politics.; Read more

: Prof. Dr. Henk Dekker and Jolanda van der Noll will present a paper at the ECPR; Dekker, chair of the section "Political Psychology: Understanding citizens, leaders, passions and conflicts' of the ECPR, will present a paper together with Jolanda van der Noll on 'Islamophobia and its origins; A study among Dutch youth".; Read more

: Amy Verdun, visiting professor at Leiden; Amy Verdun, Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Victoria, Canada, will be visiting professor at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Leiden. During this time she will be completing various research projects on European Economic and Monetary integration and collaborate with Professor Madeleine Hosli.; Read more

: Vuković accepted to Young Scientists Summer Programme; Siniša Vuković, alumnus of the MA International Relations & Diplomacy, has been accepted to the Young Scientists Summer Programme of the IIASA in Vienna with his research proposal entitled: Mediation strategies in multiparty mediation processes - what to do when there is a conflict of interests among the mediators?; Read more

: Prof. dr. Ingrid van Biezen Professor of Comparative Politics; From the 1st of May, Prof. dr. Ingrid van Biezen will be the new professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden.; Read more

: Imke Harbers wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize; Imke Harbers MA will be awarded with the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for a paper she submitted at the Rennes Joint Sessions in 2008.; Read more

: Two Awards for Political Science; Both the Casimir award for teaching and the Thesis award for the best thesis have been awarded to Political Science. Jan Erk received the award for his teaching and Janet Klink received the award for her thesis on embedded journalism.; Read more

: Dissertation Award for Rutger Claassen; Dr. Rutger Claassen, assistant professor Political Philosophy, was awarded the 2008 dissertation award of the Netherlands Research School for Practical Philosophy.; Read more

: Theodore Roosevelt American History Award for Mandy Tröger; On Friday March 14 the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award has been awarded.; Read more

: Possibilities for exchange students; In 2009-2010, a programme for exchange students is offered only during the first semester.; Read more

: Master Graduation; In order to be admitted to graduation, every student must have fulfilled all requirements of the Master programme.; Read more

: Media attention for alumna of Political Science; Janet van Klink wrote her thesis on embedded journalism. Several newspapers have given attention to her thesis on this very topical subject.; Read more

: October 7, 2008 - lecture Michael Parenti; Politics in the United States: pluralistic democracy at its best, where policy makers serve the interest of every American. Although, that is what it sounds like when uttered by those who rule Washington. But is this really true?; Read more

: Master Thesis Lab; The Master Thesis Lab is a facility that provides additional support for students writing their Master’s thesis.; Read more

: Kavita Ziemann has been awarded a Mosaic grant; Kavita Ziemann, currently a student in the Research Master programme in Political Science, has been awarded a Mosaic grant by the Dutch science foundation NWO.; Read more

: Rules & Regulations; The Board of Examiners has recently issued a compilation of the rules and procedures as an appendix to the Rules and Regulations.; Read more

: Dr. Tanja Aalberts wins ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize and Political Science Award; for her dissertation: "The Politics of Sovereignity".; Read more

: Honorary Doctorate for Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salih; The University of Copenhagen offers professor Salih an honorary doctorate.; Read more

: APSA award for best graduate student paper; In August dr. Daniela Stockmann will receive the APSA award for best graduate student paper.; Read more