1,573 search results for “material cultural” in the Public website
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Re-staging of ACPA Professor Louis Andriessen’s De Materie
This year’s edition of the prestigious art festival Ruhrtriennale, carried in diverse locations around the cities of Essen, Bochum and Duisburg (Germany), has re-staged De Materie, ACPA professor Louis Andriessen’s exceptional opera which overcomes traditional patterns of the genre in terms of dramaturgy,…
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The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization
This unique collection applies globalization concepts to the discipline of archaeology, using a wide range of global case studies from a group of international specialists.
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Materials from the past contain lessons for today
Studying ancient materials and the way they were made can give us groundbreaking insights into the past. Not only that, the interplay between people and materials is highly relevant for society today, says Ann Brysbaert, Professor of Ancient Technologies, Crafts and Materials, at the Faculty of Archaeology.…
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Cultural heritage and video games join together in Amsterdam exhibition
The newly opened Culture Arcade exhibition is a place where cultural heritage and video games come together. It is co-organized and curated by the VALUE Foundation of which Faculty staff members Aris Politopoulos and Csilla Ariese-Vandemeulebroucke are part of, together with the Prince Claus Fund.
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Alternative story forms: a fresh approach to historical case material
Students taking the new bachelor’s course ‘Social Movements and Political Violence’ are about to do something new. In addition to studying textbooks and academic articles, they will actively work with multimedia materials and engage in online storytelling. Course instructor Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden…
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Ultra-thin material absorbs all the light
It appears to be a paradox: ultra-thin material that absorbs all the incident light. Nonetheless, it does exist. Two Leiden researchers report on their research in ‘Applied Physics Letters’. The article is among the Top 20 of the most downloaded articles of this reputable journal in May.
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New material challenges 250 year old building principles
Researchers at FOM-institute AMOLF and the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) have developed a rubber rod with strange bending behaviours. Beyond a certain point, it bends more under decreasing pressure. This behaviour doesn’t fit our expectations and does not conform to secular laws that predict the…
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Roman Political Culture. Seven Studies of the Senate and City Councils of Italy from the First to the Sixth Century AD
This volume offers an innovative analysis of Roman political culture in Italy from the first to the sixth century AD on the basis of seven case studies.
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Dennis Bos
Faculty of Humanities
d.bos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2722
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
p.j.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kai Hebel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
k.r.hebel@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9948
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Sander Hölsgens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.r.j.j.holsgens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.szirmai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lieks Hettinga
Faculty of Humanities
l.hettinga@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2071
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Elsa Charlety
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.c.charlety@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3852
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Anna Notsu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.notsu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1683
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
p.g.hoftijzer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Angelo Romano
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.romano@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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James McGrail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.m.mcgrail@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Inge Ligtvoet
Faculty of Humanities
i.j.g.c.ligtvoet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1956
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Simon Willmetts
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Ali Shobeiri
Faculty of Humanities
s.a.shobeiri@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2752
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Jasper van der Steen
Faculty of Humanities
j.a.van.der.steen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1492
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2023
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Vincent Niochet
Faculteit Archeologie
v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.h.starrenburg@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willem van Wijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
w.l.van.wijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Angus Mol
Faculty of Humanities
a.a.a.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8828
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A Crusader, Ottoman, and Early Modern Aegean Archaeology
Built Environment and Domestic Material Culture in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Cyclades, Greece (13th – 20th Centuries AD)
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Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550 [PRAYER]
This project investigates the full ecosystem of Middle Dutch prayerbooks in order to answer questions about their role in – and impact on – religion, culture, and society in the late medieval Low Countries.
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Mingming Hu
Science
hu@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1497
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Newton-telescope finds missing intergalactic material
Astronomers from, among others, SRON and Leiden Observatory have discovered long-sought intergalactic gas with ESA’s space telescope XMM-Newton. This gas is one of the pieces of the puzzle to map the total amount of ‘normal’ matter in the universe. The research will be published in Nature on 21 June…
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award
On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden University’s extensive collection of Indonesian and Javanese manuscripts.
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Values and valuables
The role of material culture in early colonial encounters in the Caribbean
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Sophie Starrenburg organises workshop on climate change and cultural heritage
On 11 April 2024, Sophie Starrenburg, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, organised a workshop on ‘Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Moving from Heritage Loss to Reparation’ at Tilburg Law School.
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Sanjar Gulomov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in December 2018
Sanjar Golomov is a senior scholar at the Al-Biruni Institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In Leiden he will deliver two lectures and one masterclass for MA and PhD students as part of the Erasmus Mobility Plus project between Leiden University and the Al-Biruni Institute. The project is coordinated and…
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culture week fgga
culture week fgga. from 25 to 29 May we will pay extra attention to culture. A different theme is central every day.
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The "characterization" of Japan: From Merchandising to Identity
Ruobin Han defended her thesis on 21 March 2017
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Self-folding materials: Martin van Hecke in the media
Martin van Hecke published an article in Nature, together with physicists from AMOLF and UvA. They have developed a metamaterial that folds itself up, even in multiple steps. Van Hecke appeared in the following media.
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Conversion of renewable raw materials on platinum shows unexpected behaviour
The electrochemical reduction of a group of organic compounds on platinum is strongly dependent on the arrangement of the atoms in the platinum surface. Christoph Bondue, postdoc in Marc Koper's group, published this in Nature Catalysis on 4 March. The reduction of such compounds is an important process…
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Angels for sale: retrieving looted cultural property
The illicit trade in stolen cultural property is booming. Countless works of art and antiquities will be lost if we don’t do more to stop this. This is what experts warned at a Leiden Global congress at the National Museum of Antiquities.
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Where cultures meet
On Saturday 13 May, the 11th edition of the International Cultural Festival took place. This festival brings together international students, Dutch students and inhabitants of Leiden for a trip around the world in one day.
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Is extraction of raw materials in space allowed?
Asteroids, pieces of matter orbiting round the sun, have turned out to be extremely valuable. Asteroid Psyche contains a quantity of metals that together are worth more than the entire global economy. NASA is heading for it.
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Publication from the Barz Lab in Advanced Materials
Complex Structures Made Simple - Continuous Flow Production of Core Cross-Linked Polymeric Micelles for Paclitaxel Pro-Drug-Delivery
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Peter Berrill
Science
p.berrill@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bernhard Steubing
Science
b.r.p.steubing@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1495
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Maarten Koese
Science
j.m.koese@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stefano Merciai
Science
s.merciai@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pablo Ilgemann
Science
p.m.ilgemann@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Arturo García De León
Faculteit Archeologie
a.j.garcia.de.leon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727