435 search results for “material culture” in the Student website
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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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New excavation robot shapes future of archaeology
Archaeology has always been at the forefront of innovation. Now, an inventive collaboration between archaeologists Tuna Kalayci and Alex Brandsen brings together the winning combination of robotic technology with an archaeological AI. While an impressive new step in the archaeological technology, this…
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Archaeologist Maikel Kuijpers signs international book contract with Penguin Press
Back in 2020, Dr Maikel Kuijpers started to write for The Correspondent. His articles offered readers a unique long-term insight into the materials that shape our world, from concrete to glass and plastics. His innovative approach piqued the interest of a literary agent, and he was invited to write…
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New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna Stöger
In summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the use of space in the Roman city of Ostia. To make sure that her groundbreaking work would not go unpublished, long-time colleagues Hans Kamermans and Bouke…
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Asia Academy #04: The Korean Wave
Lecture
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Modes of Human Becoming: Towards a Process Archaeology of Mind
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Gerbrands Lecture – Keywords: Conspiracy, Race, Love
Lecture, Gerbrands Lecture
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Faculty of Archaeology launches dinosaur-focused research
Many an archaeologist, at some point in their career, is asked what type of dinosaur they discovered. Instead of once again patiently explaining that we do not do dinosaurs, the Faculty Board has now decided to listen to society’s call. ‘It is clear that the general public feels that dinosaurs are relevant…
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Book Launch: Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam
Lecture
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Late Ottoman Istanbul Meets Cinema: Social Impacts of the First Encounter
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- CADS Research Seminars
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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‘We moeten diversiteit minder vieren, het moet vanzelfsprekend zijn’
Op welke manieren kan inclusieve communicatie ervoor zorgen dat mensen zich welkom voelen? Hierover ging het D&I-symposium van Universiteit Leiden.
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What Constitutes Being Muslim in Indonesia: Islamic Expressions, Politics of Contestation and Accommodation in Bima
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Exhibition: Silk Road Cities
Arts and culture, LUCIS exhibition opening | Islam in Central Asia
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Longing to the Gray: Nostalgia, Nationalism and Social Media
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Seminar: Fleeting Commitments or Can the Museum be Decolonised?
Lecture
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Sufis in Afghanistan: Contemporary Navigations of Religious Authority across Political Changes
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Festival showcases anthropology students’ work: scope of visual ethnography is widening
Visual ethnography has become an integral part of anthropology in Leiden. The students from the master’s specialisation will present their work at the LUVE festival on 8, 9 and 10 October. ‘For a film you have to negotiate with your research participants.’
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Medieval MasterChefs: From Byzantine Christmas Banquets to the Leiden Food Labs
Lecture, End of Year Event
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
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Our Hirāk: The Tishreen Revolution
Lecture, LUCIS Meets
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Developing a Proof of Concept on the digital documentation of Theban Tomb 45 (Luxor, Egypt): some recent results
Lecture
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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…
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Jews at Home. From Creation to Corona
Conference, First Annual Symposium of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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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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Rethinking Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement: Insights from Turin
Maria Vasile's ethnographic fieldwork in Turin reveals that volunteering and citizen engagement may not empower residents or allow them to shape their cities. Her analysis of urban gardens, food markets, and food aid initiatives calls for a broader perspective on urban peripheral areas and a shift away…
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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SAILS event: Showcasing AI Research @ Humanities
Conference, Mini symposium
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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In conversation with the head of the rodent facility
Before patients can take a pill, scientists often spend years in the lab developing and testing a candidate drug. That often includes experiments with laboratory animals. As head of the rodent facility, Ilze Bot and her colleagues ensure that these experiments are conducted in an ethically responsible…
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The Ethics Committee at Archaeology: ‘Think ahead before starting your research, that’s the point’
In the past decade many academic journals have started to require that researchers provide evidence of ethical review when submitting papers, for example when working with human participants or human remains.. In order to support researchers to ensure their projects are able to meet these expectations,…
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Shaping the university of the future. Leiden University joins Una Europa alliance
Leiden University is a member of the Una Europa European alliance. This partnership of 11 research-intensive universities is working to shape the university of the future.
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Citizen Labor: correcting data and creating value in an Indian land records database
Lecture, Research Seminar
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Seven Leiden professors elected new members of KNAW
Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be inaugurated on Monday 13 September.
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Apply now: Volunteer at the World Justice Forum 2022
Social
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Elsa Charlety | On Zora Neale Hurston
Lecture, Research Seminar
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LUCIS Summer School 2022 | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Course, LUCIS Summer School
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Europaeum Summer School: The Politics of Heritage (Leuven)
Education