Diversity

LGBTQ Pride, Black Lives Matter, and Leiden University

Pride looks different this year, at Leiden University and worldwide. While the coronavirus has forced most events to be cancelled or moved online, the Black Lives Matter demonstrations have renewed conversations about the intersections between movements for LGBTQ liberation and racial justice.

LGBT+ network • 02-07-2020

COVID-19: What Chinese Students Have Gone Through in the COVID-19 Pandemic

In many Asian countries, wearing masks is meant to protect the wearer. However, different understandings of the meanings of masks trigger questions on what exactly they are protecting. How does this perception of something that we all are living through affect the way masked subjects are viewed?

ACSSNL • 30-06-2020

What Does Inclusion Mean to You?

The Leiden Inclusion Blog as a forum to share experiences and discuss current issues related to diversity and inclusion within the university community. Follow us on facebook or instragram, and get in touch to share your story!

Dr. Aya Ezawa, Diversity Officer • 02-06-2020

COVID-19 Has Put Inequalities in Academia Under a Magnifying Glass

The COVID-19 crisis illuminates gendered and racialised aspects of precarity that were steeping in academia. The increased burden of unpaid care work has skewed research output. Casualised staff, many of them international, are expected to withstand the worst of the crisis. What action can we take?

LUDEN • 02-06-2020

Coronavirus: Will Students and Staff with Disabilities Disappear in the (Social) Distance?

It is becoming increasingly clear that the corona virus has never been ‘the great equalizer’. Instead, the pandemic reinforces existing differences and increases the inequitable situation of a number of communities. Amongst them are students and staff with disabilities within our academic community.

Lucia Langerak + 1 other • 26-05-2020

Coronavirus: Why It Is Not A Great Equalizer

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the pandemic is not a social equaliser. Looking at the current situation with an intersectional lens will make clear that minorities and especially black communities face layered difficulties and issues that are not immediately visible.

Afro Student Association • 26-05-2020

Coronavirus: The Effect on Community & Spirituality

Coronavirus drastically changed the spiritual and cultural practices of communities. For the first time, we are left separated from the integral elements that encompass our communal spirituality — family, friends and loved ones. It presents an additional difficulty as we navigate the new ‘normal’.

MENA Student Association • 26-05-2020

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