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 • June 30, 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 • June 02, 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 • June 02, 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 and Erwin Dijkstra • May 26, 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 • May 26, 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 • May 26, 2020
