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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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More than just blue domes and camels: new Louvre film on Uzbek artefacts
Terracotta pottery, precious ikat fabrics and the bazaars where these goods are sold: all these can be seen in a new Louvre film premiering on Friday 9 December. University lecturer Elena Paskaleva collaborated on the film Uzbekistan a timeless journey in Central Asia about Uzbek artefacts.
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Report LUCAS Conference Bodies Matter 15-16 April 2021
Over two days in the middle of April the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society hosted the virtual Bodies Matter conference. Almost two years in the making, the conference was an exciting and timely opportunity to discuss and debate histories, theories and practices of bodies.
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire
The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire. Existing archaeological studies will need to be revised. Reidsma’s study was published in Nature Scientific Reports on 2 November.
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Director of Operations Saskia Goedhard: 'Nice that the faculty is such a complex organisation'
Saskia Goedhard was previously director of operations at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the UvA. Since April, she has brought her expertise to the Faculty of Humanities as director of business operations. 'Good business management is like water from a tap. You only notice it when it’s no longer th…
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Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize
Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a new drug for type 2 diabetes. He collected his prize in Wageningen on 24 November.
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Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique
An international team of researchers led by astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) has produced the first sharp radio maps of the universe at low frequencies. Thanks to a new calibration technique, they bypassed the disturbances of the Earth's ionosphere. They used the new method to study…
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae
Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for centuries after Antiquity. Another, even later instance of the amphora's afterlife can be found in the Iberian Peninsula, from where the latest specimens…
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century'
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own vernacular was thought to reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Germans, Danes, Italians and many other nationalities…
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Lessen uit de Toeslagenaffaire voor duurzame rechtspraak
Lecture
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Sic transit gloria mundi: a journey to the end of the Roman empire
Lecture, Ancient History study trip Trier 2022 information session
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Research Seminar
Conference, Research Seminar
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SRS seminar series: The use of neuropsychological information and virtual reality within forensic psychiatry
Seminar series
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Statistical learning for complex data to enable precision medicine strategies
PhD defence
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Dag van de doden
Lecture, Leiden2022
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Colonial and Global History Seminar
Lecture, COGLOSS
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DUSANE 2024
Symposium
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What’s up, Dyonisia & Chaeremon? Prof. Jakub Urbanik on Law-Application in the Roman Egypt and P. Oxy. II 237
Lecture
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Intercultural and inclusive communication in an academic context
Communication, Personal development, Diversity
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Taiwanese Literature in Dutch: the Voice of the Translators
Lecture
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The hunt for frozen organic molecules in space
PhD defence
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Republiek op drift?
PhD defence
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Digging in Documents - Using Text Mining to Access the Hidden Knowledge in Dutch Archaeological Excavation Reports
PhD defence
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Meijerslezing Meijersprijzen Van Wersch Springplankprijs
Lecture
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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13th International Congress of Egyptologists, 2023
Conference
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Tradition and Performance of Zoroastrian High Rituals
Lecture
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Forum Antiquum Lectures Spring 2023: The Revisionist Muse: Recent retellings of Greco-Roman myths from a female perspective
Lecture
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The BuddhistRoad Project: Research Agenda and Recent Results
Lecture
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Woodworkers and farmers 3000 years ago: transitions from the Rigveda to the Atharvaveda
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Effecten van korte gevangenisstraffen en de prijs die we ervoor betalen
Lecture
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Dutch Excavations in the Eastern Nile Delta
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Pop-up Exhibition Roman Clohting
Exhibition
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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Methoden van contractsuitleg
PhD defence
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Mealtime interactions
PhD defence
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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Receiving visits in Dutch prisons
PhD defence
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Defaming the Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Historical and Conceptual Analysis of the United Nations
PhD defence
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The Assembled Palace of Samosata
PhD defence
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SRS seminar series
Seminar series
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Voluntary return and the limits of individual responsibility in the EU Returns Directive
PhD defence
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QAnon and Alien Gods: Plausibility Construction in the Cultic Milieu (11th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
- ‘Theatres of Law: Policing, Prosecution, and Performance from Plato to YouTube’ – Workshop with Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University) and
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Towards A Poetics of Dwelling: The Formation of Nearness Within the Chinese Literati Garden and its Enlightenments for Contemporary Spatial Practices
Lecture, China Seminar
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Towards an Archaeology of Malaria
International Symposium on Malaria Studies
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Lecture by geneticist David Reich about the spread of the Indo-European languages
Lecture
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Telling Stories: Narrative Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
Roundtable
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Looking over the shoulders of medieval readers
What did medieval scholars think of the books they read? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Mariken Teeuwen will talk about the texts they wrote in the margin.