1,921 search results for “history of the contemporary middle echt” in the Staff website
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The Classical Zaydi Imamate (1200-1600) and its Legacy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Call for papers: The Routledge International Handbook on Social Exclusion and Radicalisation
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
r.zwijnenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Quintijn MauerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
q.mauer@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6851
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2151
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
r.a.clemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2165
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These students studied Byzantine Rome... in Rome: ‘It was an immersive experience’
Professor Joanita Vroom, together with the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offered the course Byzantine Rome in September 2023. The course, co-taught by Vroom, Letty ten Harkel and various guest lecturers, investigated the transition of the city of Rome from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages,…
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
- Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL)
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Book Talk - Liminal Diasporas: Contemporary Movements of Humanity and the Environment
Book Talk
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Digital Humanities for Contemporary Policy Research - the Case of China
Lecture
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Students Sander, Linde and Melle create an online exhibition for the University Library
With a recently published major research project and an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, the struggle for independence in Indonesia has been thrusted back into the spotlight. Leiden University is devoting attention to this topic as well. History students Sander van der Horst and Melle van Maanen joined…
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Universal Jurisdiction Becoming more Universal? Taking Stock of Contemporary Practices
Conference
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Blessed Aristocracies: Charismatic authority, rural elites, and historiography in Medieval Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
- Script: creating a three column script
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Leiden University Press
Leiden University Press publishes academic books and journals, primarily in the field of humanities and social and behavioural sciences. The press focuses on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, History (Global, Military, Environmental) Archaeology, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Literary Studies,…
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Israel's Gaza war. What caused it? What are the consequences?
Lecture
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Andrea Cortellari wins the best MA thesis prize in Turkish Studies
Andrea Cortellari, a 2020 graduate of the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, wins the best MA thesis prize by the Society for Turkic, Ottoman, and Turkish Studies.
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
h.a.s.solheim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5342
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The Role of Political Elites in nation-Building in contemporary Ethiopia, 1960-2019
PhD defence
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Expanded inspiration: metric improvisation and tools for composition in contemporary modal music
PhD defence
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Vulnerable Yet Resilient: Representations of Migrant Workers in Contemporary Chinese Prose
PhD defence
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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in social communications isn’t new, says Associate Professor Marika Keblusek. She has been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition (Large)…
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Stone Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified'
After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
- Workshop: Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.b.d.van.der.wal@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6879
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Maarten JansenFaculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Frits van der MeerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
f.m.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5154
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2089
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Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda
In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…
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Finding Your Way (In and Out of the Art World): A Phenomenology of the Art Novel
Lecture
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Histories of Intellectual Property
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
- Palestine Poster Workshop: History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
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Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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46th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL46)
Conference
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Writing Global History
Conference, Research Colloquium
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Europe Hub MA thesis prize awarded to Federica Antoniani
Federica Antoniani is the recipient of the very first MA thesis prize awarded by Leiden University’s Europe Hub. She received the prize for her thesis entitled 'Accounting for Accountability: Europol between Protecting Personal Data and Fostering Innovative Artificial Intelligence for Law Enforcement…
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FYSICA 2025
Conference