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Special anniversary celebration for Leiden University: 440 years
The celebration of Leiden's Dies Natalis on Monday 9 February in the Pieterskerk was extra special this year and was attended by many prominent guests. This was the kick-off of the special 88th Lustrum (five-year) celebrations in 2015.
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Rembrandt made a mess of his legal and financial life
‘Rembrandt was a stubborn, socially inept shopaholic.’ In his lifetime the Dutch master became embroiled in over 20 legal disputes. Emeritus Professor of Private Law Bob Wessels has written a book about Rembrandt’s legal and financial dealings.
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’
Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the four museums of the University of Oxford.
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Professor Willem Otterspeer on his retirement: ‘My career is like the Danube.’
University historian Willem Otterspeer is about to retire, and he will give his farewell lecture on 4 November. Although... it is really a farewell? He still plans to write another five books, using oceans of archive material. 'An archive should be like the surf breaking on the seashore: wonderful…
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Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
- Autumn Event 2022: Photography Exhibition and Rotterzwam talk
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Bas Edixhoven Memorial Symposium
Conference
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
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Introducing: Eurasian Empires projectgroep
The Horizon programme 'Eurasian Empires: integration processes and identity formations' started September 1st 2014. The six PhD students and two Postdocs introduce themselves.
- Program 2024
- Media Technology exhibition HYBRID in V2_ gallery space
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Workshop- Figuring Things Out Together
Arts and culture, Workshop
- Spring School Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Landscape History and Ecology
- More-than-planet exhibition finissage
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Monthly Reads | Project 0100
Each month we will be spotlighting material we have been reading, or that have been recommended to us that relate to AI and a particular theme.
- Media Technology exhibition PATTERN in V2_ gallery space
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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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Sponsored Research
Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)