667 search results for “indigenous artifacts in museum collecties” in the Staff website
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown…
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Introducing: Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette
Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the NWO Vidi-funded project "American foreign policy and liberalism", led by Andrew Gawthorpe. Below they introduce themselves.
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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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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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In memoriam: dr. Karin Willemse (1962-2023)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023)
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Leiden University.
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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Leiden-Paris-Cambridge Seminar on the Interior as a Space of Display
Lecture
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Leiden Archaeology Network and Career Event (LANCE)
Career Event
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Public lecture 'Climate Confessional: how can we talk differently about the climate crisis?'
Lecture
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Leiden AI Week
Leidse AI-Week
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Rock art and wellbeing
Lecture, Workshop
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Image - Infrastructure. A visual ethnography of the Port of Suape (Brazil)
Lecture
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Why Poetry? A Sufi Response
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Unveiling Media Accessibility: From Research to Practice and Back
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Concert and book launch "The Oud: An Illustrated History"
Arts and culture
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Leiden Archaeology Network and Career Event (LANCE)
Career Event
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Indistinguishable Likeness
PhD defence
- Responsible Extended Reality (XR) Workshop
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Is ‘Great Ming’ a Dynasty?
Lecture
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Taiwanese Literature in Dutch: the Voice of the Translators
Lecture
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Manuscript and Early Book Destruction
Conference
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Liveable Planet congres: Lokaal beleid voor een leefbare planeet
Conference
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Double Lecture on Ecocritical Perspectives in Japanese Art
Lecture
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Understanding human migrations requires a long-term perspective
Lecture
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Reparative Encounters: Colonial Histories, Other-Archives, and Collaborative Artistic Research
Lecture, CADS/CWTS DataCultures seminar
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Well-being moment for staff: Summer lunch walk
Walk
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First images from the James Webb telescope
Lecture
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Warrior Women, Gender-bending Plots, Perfect Masculinity: Paradigms of gender in Javanese Amir Hamza narratives
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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The China Pavilion (chīnīkhāna) of Ulugh Beg in Samarqand
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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2024 Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores
Congress
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Exhibition of sound installation 'Bird language' by Helena Nikonole
Exhibition, Exhibition
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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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Filling an Accountability Gap? How a Standing UN Investigative Mechanism Would Further International Criminal Justice
Conference
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Enhancing Human creativity and innovation with the Integration of Digital and AI Partners into the Contemporary Art Sector: Exploring China as
Lecture, China Seminar
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Augmented Realities: Japanese Literati Painting, Circa 1700–1800
Lecture
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Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Humanities as the heart of Leiden in 2022: get to know the team
In 2022, Leiden will be the European City of Science. During this year, Leiden will be the European stage for knowledge, with a programme filled with science, art and culture. Of course, the humanities also take part. Get to know the core team of our faculty.
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This was 2023! An overview of Humanities in the news
So much has happened this year! 2023 was an eventful year in which several wars raged about which our experts could offer interpretation. It was also the year in which the government made apologies for the slavery past. Leiden humanities scholars were at the forefront of this with their research on…
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International students speaking: 'Dutch directness, helpful people and roze koeken'
The new academic year is on its way and for most students it takes some getting used to being present at the KOG every day. What about international students? We spoke with three internationals who have been studying at Leiden Law School since this academic year.
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
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Crafting Resilience Kick-Off Conference
Conference
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Film Screening: Foragers
Lecture, Teach-In Series on Palestine and Israel
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Towards a Muslim Futurist Movement: On the Power of Imagining, Space Building, and Community
Lecture, LUCIS Meets | Masterclass