Workshop

Legitimacy Under Attack: Coping with Challenges to State Sovereignty and

Institutional Governance in Latin America and the Cariean!
October 25-26, 2012, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
"ractical In#ormation
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Worksho !n"or#ation
Location
The Worksho $ill be hosted in t$o di""erent locations.
-October 25
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session %Th&rsday 1'(15 ) 1*(+0, $ill be held in the Gravensteen %roo#
1.11,. -ddress( .ieterskerkho" 6, 2+11 /0 Leiden.
1e2istration $ill take lace in this location at 1'(00.
-October 26
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session %3riday 04(00 ) 1*(00, $ill be held in the Snouck %urgron&ehuis
%#ain roo#,. -ddress( 1aenb&r2 61, 2+11 /0 Leiden.
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This is #eant to be a 2eneral in"or#ation doc&#ent "or all articiants at the Worksho. -ll in"or#ation
$ill not be relevant "or all articiants. 3or #ore seci"ic 5&estions, lease e-#ail &s( 6a#ila 0ara(
c.7ara.ibarra8h&#.leiden&niv.nl
"resentation 'ormat
.articiants are e9ected to resent a aer or research doc&#ent %6000 ) *000 $ords,
and a 15-#in&te resentation. :ach articiant is re5&ired to also act as the disc&ssant "or
another aer %15 #in&tes, and articiate in the 2ro& disc&ssion on the rest o" the
aers.
The deadline "or "inal aers is October 11
th
.
Internet access( printing( and photocopying #acilities
!t $ill be ossible "or articiants to connect their lato co#&ters to the internet via
$ireless. User na#es and ass$ords $ill be rovided d&rin2 the $orksho.
3or rintin2 and hotocoyin2, lease send a re5&est to 6a#ila 0ara
Costs
There is no articiation "ee. 3or articiants coming from abroad a #a9i#&# o" 100
e&ros allo$ance "or travel e9endit&res and;or acco##odation $ill be available.
!n order to obtain this bene"it, yo& are re5&ested to save all the original ills and tickets
"ro# lane, train and;or hotel &rchases. This is very i#ortant other$ise it $ill not be
ossible to re"&nd the e9endit&res.
L&nch -rran2e#ents and <ocial :vents
)eals
The $orksho=s or2ani>ation co##ittee $ill sonsor the co""ee breaks, l&nch, recetion
and a con"erence dinner "or seakers.
Con#erence dinner
The $orksho dinner $ill be held on Th&rsday October 25 at 1*(+0 at resta&rant
?erboden Toe2an2. This is an invitation restricted to seakers, e9tra 2&ests are re5&ired to
ay "or their o$n #eal.
-cco##odation
.lease book yo&r hotel as soon as ossible to ens&re that yo& are stayin2 near the
$orksho ven&e. The @ariAnoel Botel Leiden, /olden T&li, and /olden T&li !nn can
be "o&nd very close to Leiden central station and aro&nd 15-1* #in&tes $alkin2 distance
"ro# $orksho locations.
!" yo& $ant to stay in a hotel in the city centre in one o" Leiden=s canals, Botel Nie&$
@inerva or Botel Ce Coelen #ay be an otion. There are a n&#ber o" other hotels
located in the city centre and in s#aller to$ns nearby. Do& $ill "ind #ost hotels in and
aro&nd Leiden on this #a.
.lease note that the $orksho=s or2ani>ation co##ittee $ill not #ake the reservation "or
yo&E participants are themselves responsile #or accommodation and reservation
%and i" needed, cancellation,.
3or those travellin2 on a ti2ht b&d2et, Leiden &n"ort&nately does not have any b&d2et
yo&th hostels. Bo$ever, the <tayokay hostel in The Ba2&e is a 2ood otion. !t is located
near The Ba2&e Bolland <oor %B<, station %5 #in&tes by "oot,. The Ba2&e B< station is
abo&t 10 #in&tes a$ay "ro# Leiden by train. Trains deart to Leiden 6entral station
every ten to "i"teen #in&tes %one-$ay 2nd class ticket costs F+.10,.
3or those $ho need an even cheaer otion, lease contact &s and #aybe it $o&ld be
ossible to arran2e a lace to stay %altho&2h less rivate and #aybe less co#"ortable than
a hotel;hostel,
/eneral Transort !n"or#ation
Arriving Leiden y plane
We reco##end that articiants "ly to -#sterda# -irort <chihol, $hich has direct
"li2hts to #ost :&roean destinations. <chihol -irort is abo&t t$enty #in&tes a$ay
"ro# Leiden by N< train. Trains deart "ro# <chihol -irort to Leiden 6entral station
every ten to "i"teen #in&tes. Tickets can be bo&2ht at the N< sel"-service ticket #achines,
N< service desks or online. - one-$ay 2nd class ticket cost F5.+0E 1st class costs F4.00.
Other ossibilities incl&de 1otterda# The Ba2&e -irort and :indhoven -irort.
1otterda# The Ba2&e airort is abo&t one ho&r and "i"teen #in&tes a$ay "ro# Leiden by
&blic transortation %b&s and trainE costs abo&t F*.00 one-$ay,. We do not reco##end
:indhoven -irort as it t$o and a hal" ho&r a$ay "ro# Leiden by &blic transortation
%b&s and trainE costs abo&t F20.00 one-$ay,.
*y train
!nternational trains connection to -#sterda# central station, -#sterda# -irort
<chihol, Utrecht central station, and 1otterda# central station, $hich all have 2ood local
N< train connections $ith Leiden central station. 6o#in2 "ro# the <o&th, chan2e to a
local train at The Ba2&e B< stationE co#in2 "ro# the :ast, chan2e at Utrecht 6entral
<tation.
*y car
Leiden can easily be reached by car via the #otor$ays -' and -''. .lease note that the
&niversity arkin2 re5&ires a chipknip. .articiants travellin2 by care are reco##ended
to leave their car at the hotel.
+nce in Leiden
The con"erence $ill be hosted in the Gravensteen and Snouck %urgron&ehuis
uildings located 15-1* #in&tes %$alkin2 distance, "ro# Leiden central station.
To 2et to the $orksho location articiants can also take the b&s "ro# Leiden central
station to Greestraat sto and $alk "ro# there %'00 #,. G&s tickets can be &rchased
directly in the b&s.
G&s n&#bers(
Leiden central station city centre %"ront,( 1', '5, 206.
/eneral !n"or#ation abo&t Leiden
Once in Leiden, the Leiden ?isitor 6entre %?6L, has all the in"or#ation abo&t the city.
The 6enter #i2ht rovide yo& $ith ideas "or tris, a city lan, advice on acco##odation,
all the in"or#ation abo&t Leiden University addresses and #ore. !t is located al#ost ne9t
door to Leiden 6entral <tation and 7&st oosite the b&s station. <tartin2 there is hence
#aybe a 2ood idea to "ind yo&r $ay in the city.