1,253 search results for “history of the middle east” in the Student website
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Book Launch: Capitalism in Contemporary Iran
Lecture
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DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
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Tsolin Nalbantian receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society'
In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, the encyclopedia is an opportunity to broaden the skills of her students and to increase public knowledge. She received a Teaching Comenius Fellowship…
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579
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Freya Baetens
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
f.baetens@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Call for Papers: Oriental Numismatic Society Youth Conference
Education, Research
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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Ending of the Europaeum Programme: European History and Civilisation
Education
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene
The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields of Humanities, Social sciences and Law. During a festive ceremony in Utrecht Lennart Kruijer received the award from the hands of professor Bas ter Haar…
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Archaeologist and numismatist Jonathan Ouellet interviewed on a podcast
PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet is a guest on the latest episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. As a researcher specializing in the numismatics of the Middle East, Central Asia, and China, Jonathan discusses currency and trade networks during the Early Islamic Period of said area. Hence, listen…
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Sophie van Romburgh
Faculty of Humanities
s.g.van.romburgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jan Wim Buisman
Faculty of Humanities
j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Brian McGarry
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.k.mcgarry@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Thea Coventry
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.a.c.coventry@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Carmen van den Bergh
Faculty of Humanities
c.van.den.bergh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2067
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Hilde Woker
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.j.woker@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dutch symposium for the Near East (DUSANE)
Conference
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Marina Calculli
Faculty of Humanities
m.calculli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eduard Pop
Faculteit Archeologie
e.a.l.pop@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mette Langbroek
Faculteit Archeologie
m.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dusan Maczek
Faculteit Archeologie
d.maczek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Film screening & panel: The Great Book Robbery
Debate
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Alex Tutwiler
Faculteit Archeologie
a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anne Heyer
Faculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121
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Jos Raadschelders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
s.suryadi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2414
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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After graduation
You’ve graduated. What’s your next step? Leiden University offers many options for students who have just finished their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Felicia Rosu
Faculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Paul Kessler
Science
p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235
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Ebbe Rogge
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.rogge@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jonathan London
Faculty of Humanities
j.d.london@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2732
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Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Pieter de la Court
Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden
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Van Steenis
Einsteinweg 2, Leiden
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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4995
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705