Proud of the LEAP-editorial team, lay-outers and the printing house (on the photo maestro Henk Siera)
This first issue of the Leiden Elective Academic Periodical (LEAP) focuses on the topic of crisis. At its core, crisis signifies a condition, a situation, or a period of pending change. The denotations of “crisis” are, however, multifold. In different but complementary ways, the contributions to this first issue of LEAP shed light on the various manifestations and cultural representations of crisis. Through a variety of case studies, we situate specific crises within larger political, ideological and cultural constellations