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Peace Palace
The Peace Palace in The Hague not only houses the International Court of Justice
but also a library. The Peace Palace Library offers a large collection in the field of
international law since 1913. A large part of the collection is searchable through
their online catalogue. The library is closed during the weekends. Please note
that without a valid ID you cannot visit the library.
For more information, address, and opening hours, please consult: www.ppl.nl
Public Library
With the The Hague Student Card (www.thehaguestudentcard.nl/en) you have
free access to the public library of The Hague, with its main building situated at
Spui 68. The library has a large collections of books, CDs and DVDs. There are
silent areas with reading tables and wireless internet connection. On the ground
floor there is a small reading café offering snacks and beverages.
For more information, addresses, and opening hours, please consult:
www.dobdenhaag.nl/english/
The LUC Brill-Nijhoff Writing Institute
Good writing and verbal expression is not simply the process of encoding
thoughts that already exist fully-formed in your head. Rather, writing is part
of the process of thinking itself: learning to write in different styles and with
different audiences in mind will not only help you to express your ideas more
clearly and precisely, but will also help you to find new ways to think about
problems, arguments and cases, encouraging your writing to be fluid and your
thoughts to be creatively disciplined.
With this in mind, LUC The Hague runs an academic writing programme in
English for all first-year students, as a compulsory part of the curriculum. We
are also delighted and honoured to be able to have established a partnership
with the prestigious publishing house, Brill, which was established in Leiden
in 1683. In collaboration with its celebrated imprint, Martinus Nijhoff, which
specializes in publications in the fields of Public International Law, Human
Rights, Humanitarian Law and increasingly International Relations, Brill
has agreed to sponsor the LUC writing centre, which was launched as the
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‘Brill-Nijhoff Writing Institute’ in September 2010. The institute, which forms
part of the Dean’s Office, is located in the Coach House.
LUC ‘Asiascape’ Science & Media Centre
All global challenges inevitably concern complex dynamical systems, with political,
ecological, and socio-economic components. Mathematics, technology, and
the natural sciences are indispensable for getting a grip on such complexity. The
science and media centre is the cross-roads of all things scientific, quantitative,
and digital at the LUC. The support and development of knowledge and literacy
in these vital at the LUC is the mandate of the Science & Media Centre. In pursuit
of these goals, the centre organizes activities throughout the year, such as workshops,
reading groups, research consultation, seminars, film series, and (lab)
excursions. The centre also hosts a growing collection of digital media equipment
available to students and staff for their own projects, a small computing lab, a
3D printing project, and a growing library of reference materials to promote
mathematical, scientific, statistical, and digital research and literacy.
Students who seek to raise their skills and knowledge in mathematics, media
technology, and the natural sciences to a higher level are welcome to come to
the Science & Media Centre for guidance and assistance. This could be either
because they already have a sound basis in these subjects and want to extend
their knowledge even further, or because they discover a renewed interest in
these fields during their studies at LUC. The Science & Media Centre is located in
the Coach House, and will be run by Dr. Patsy Haccou (math and exact sciences)
and Dr. Brandon Zicha (statistics, social sciences, and electronic media).
The Science & Media Centre is sponsored in part by ‘Asiascape.net,’ a NWO
project under the directorship of the Dean, focused on developing literacy in
media technology as a means to better understand political ideas around the
world.
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