805 search results for “medieval literature” in the Public website
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Launch website on medieval tournaments
On 30 November the website Pas d'Armes was launched. The website, aimed at students and a more general audience, offers a gateway into the world of the pas d’armes (English: passage of arms). This was a highly ritualised form of tournament, that was very popular in Anjou, the Burgundian lands, France,…
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Distributing the dead
Settlement burials in the pagus Texandrië and the transformation of Merovingian society c. 700 AD (Southern Netherlands)
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5000 jaar Kralen
Kralen spreken tot de verbeelding. Ze zijn aantrekkelijk en persoonlijk vanwege hun kleuren, materialen, patronen en associaties. Je draagt ze op je lichaam, waar je ze voelt en anderen ze zien. Kralen zijn waardevol en verplaatsbaar, tegelijkertijd reizigers en souvenirs.
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Enargeia, Living Presence and Persuasion in Roman Rhetoric, Literature, Visual Art and Theatre
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A different perspective on the Carolingian economy
Material culture and the role of rural communities in exchange systems of the eighth and ninth centuries
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The Urban Graveyard
The urban graveyard presents several studies in which the results of older archaeological and osteoarchaeological research are compared to more recent excavation data from several Dutch, Belgian and Danish cities and towns.
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The town, its waste and the cesspit
The rise and fall of the cesspit in an urban context
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Protecting Places of Worship in Europe: a Review of Literature and Future Research Trends
In this publication, May Tamimova and Tahir Abbas researched the existing literature about violence and hatred against places of worship.
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The Van Manen Collection: Locating Literature, Lived Religion, and Lives in the Himalayas
ERC Starting Grant: The Van Manen Project. This five year project (2023-2028) is made possible with an ERC Starting Grant. It aims to (digitally) reunite all parts of the Van Manen Collection. This enables us to study it as a whole, helping us to understand the process of collection formation. More…
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in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature
Form and Function in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature is a new book, written by Albert Rijksbaron. Rijksbaron is internationally known as one of the leading scholars of the Ancient Greek language, whose work has exerted a strong and lasting influence on the scholarly…
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audience segmentation in instructional risk communication: A systematic literature review
This article provides a list of the concepts and key elements that should be considered when creating effective communication messages.
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Risk perception and interpersonal discussion on risk: A systematic literature review
This article aims to provide a coherent foundation for empirical studies of interpersonal discussion on risk.
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Identifying trends in crisis communication through a bibliometric literature review
This article explores crisis communication research clusters in the literature, examining overlaps and intersections among diverse fields.
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Hodegetics: Language of Vice in Student Advice Literature, 1700-1900
This project analyzes to what extent hodegetical textbooks relied on each other in warning their readers against vicious habits, how much continuity their catalogs of vice displayed, and to what extent vices that persisted throughout the 18th and 19th centuries were associated with easy-to-remember…
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Call for papers: Medieval Studies Day 2023
The Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies invites PhD's and other ECRs to present their research on the Medieval Studies Day 2023. Deadline for abstracts: September 30.
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Workshop 'Medieval Government Finance' - Call for Papers
The University of Reading will host an online workshop on 27 April 2021. It is aimed at early career and postgraduate research historians focusing on the area of medieval finance. The deadline for submissions is: 19 February 2021.
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2160
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The incongruity of misfit: A systematic literature review and research agenda
This research tries to create a coherent comprehension of misfit, enhance conceptual knowledge, highlight prevalent knowledge.
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Vacancy Assistant Professor Medieval History (Groningen)
The University of Groningen is looking for an Assistant Professor in Medieval History. The deadline for applications is: 14 February 2021.
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Cultural Translation and Reception
A core interest of our cluster members concerns processes of reception, transformation and (interlingual and intermedial) translation in medieval and early modern art, literature and media from diachronic and synchronic perspectives (in time, space, and between media).
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Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures - Call
Jessica Barr and Barbara Zimbalist invite essays that examine any aspect of race and religion in medieval culture and society for a special issue on race and religion in the Middle Ages. Deadline for submission: 1 February 2021.
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Vacancy - University Lecturer Medieval History (Leiden)
The Institute for History of Leiden University seeks to expand its academic staff by appointment of a university lecturer with teaching and research expertise in the field of Medieval History. Deadline: 20 January.
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Vacancy: Assistant Professor Medieval History (VU Amsterdam)
The Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Medieval History. Deadline for applications: July 5.
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Lecture Series Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies
Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies organises a lecture series for this year as well. The programme for the first semester can be found below. The first lecture will take place on September 25.
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Improved accessibility medieval manuscripts Leiden University Library
Recently, some changes have been made to the catalog of Leiden University Library, making more than 1000 digitized codices more accessible than before. The 'Inventory of Western Medieval Manuscripts Held by Leiden University Libraries,' created by manuscript curator André Bouwman, is also now available:…
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Turning over a new leaf: Manuscript innovation in the twelfth-century renaissance
How did the medieval manuscript develop as a physical object during the Twelfth Century Renaissance and what do these changes tell us about the intellectual culture of the period?
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer wins Libris Literature Prize
Classics alumnus Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has won the Libris Literature Prize this year with his book La Superba. The Libris Literature Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in Dutch literature.
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The Oegstgeest bowl and the bones of a giant king mentioned in Beowulf
Recently, archeologists of Leiden University made an excavation in Oegstgeest, where they found a unique silver bowl from the first half of the seventh century as well as imported pottery and winebarrels. Thijs Porck, lecturer in Old English language and culture at Leiden University, places the Oegstgeest…
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The Saint-Servatius complex in Maastricht
The Vrijthof excavations (1969-1970)
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Antoinette Huijbers
Faculteit Archeologie
a.m.j.h.huijbers@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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'Non-Istanbulites' of Istanbul : the right to the city novels in Turkish literature from the 1960s to the present
Nuran Buket Cengiz defended her thesis on 13 June 2017
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.schulte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2170
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Hans Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2682
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Antheun Janse
Faculty of Humanities
a.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2564
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Rachel Schats
Faculteit Archeologie
r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1925
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Jeroen Oosterbaan
Faculteit Archeologie
j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jacobine Melis
Faculteit Archeologie
j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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CFP Monotheisms in Medieval Islamic Thought
The Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUCITH) is hosting a two-day in-person conference on the topic of monotheism in medieval Islamic thought.
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Representations of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Visual Culture and Literature: Cultural Memory in Late Edo and Meiji Japan
This project examines changes in late eighteenth and nineteenth-century representations of the legendary twelfth-century general Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) and how they reflect not only developments in themes of representation, but also changes in the focus of early modern and modern Japan’s…
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The ANASTASIS project: Reviving Merovingian archaeology in the Netherlands
The goal of the ANASTASIS project is the analysis and publication of early medieval (Merovingian) cemeteries in the Netherlands (c. 500 – 750 AD).
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Basic Program 2024-2025
The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).
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Research per university
What follows is a survey of existing programs and current projects for each of the participating universities.
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Van Constantijntje tot Tonio. Het dode kind in de Nederlandse literatuur
The representation of death children in Dutch literature through time
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Vacancy: PhD Candidate in Medieval / Early Modern Intellectual History (RU)
Radboud University is looking for a PhD researcher who will investigate the afterlife of medieval thought in early modern Europe through the study of concrete instances of intellectual transfer, for instance the appropriation of specific medieval authors or early modern revaluations of specific themes…
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Frans Theuws
Faculteit Archeologie
f.c.w.j.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Roos van Oosten
Faculteit Archeologie
r.m.r.van.oosten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2448
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Conference on Medieval Multilingual Manuscripts (28 May 2021)
The School of Celtic Studies (DIAS) is organizing a conference on medieval multilingual manuscripts. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on medieval bilingual or multilingual sources from a variety of linguistic backgrounds, geographical areas, and literary genres. It will…
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La Cetra Cornuta : the Horned Lyre of the Christian World
What was the stringed instrument known in medieval and early Renaissance Italy as “cetra”?