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Maize, Monsters, Modernity
Lecture
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Dinko Fabris appointed professor: 'Music must live'
Musicologist Dinko Fabris has been appointed professor at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA). He started on 1 September. 'I’m looking forward to making a connection with society.'
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Celebrating Naga Culture: Authenticity, Indigeneity and Modernity
Lecture
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A princess’s psalter recovered? Pieces of a 1,000-year-old manuscript in Alkmaar book bindings
A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: a number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century. The original manuscript may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the Norman Conquest.
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Pluractionality in classical and modern spoken Arabic
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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Quality of education
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Literature as Commons: Re-reading Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro
Lecture
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Archaeozoology is essential to modern environmental management
Lecture
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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Hoe te leven, klassiek of modern?
PhD defence
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
y.horsman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2777
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Modern Transimperial Histories: Forms, Questions, Prospects
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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LUCAS Medieval and Early Modern Cluster Meeting
Lecture
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Catching Kairos? Imagining Alternative Futures in Eastern German Literature
Lecture, Lunch Time Talk
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
s.g.van.romburgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
m.a.goncalves@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2946
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1693
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
c.a.ennis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5635
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Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan
Lecture
- Workshop: Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages
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Lecture on the book The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Lecture
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
- Daring questions in Islam
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
s.l.a.brandellero@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1447
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
n.van.helden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Once upon a War: Truth and Subversion in Iranian War Literature
Lecture
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What does the outline agreement mean for us?
The outline agreement proposed by the new cabinet will have serious consequences for higher education and research. If the plans go through, there will be significant cutbacks in our sector. We will keep you up to date with developments on this page.
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Executive Power and the Crisis of Modern American Democracy
Lecture
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2717
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Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films
What makes South Korean films successful? In the first part of the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', University Lecturer Peter Verstraten discusses the recent success of South Korean cinema.
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Master's student of Arts and Culture develops own exhibition: 'A very enriching experience'
Many students dread writing a thesis. Master’s student Laura Robustella's practice-based thesis shows that it is well worth the effort. She developed an art exhibition based on her master’s thesis.
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'Recurring time and its problems in Greek literature'
Lecture
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Modernity and the Darkness at the Heart of the Enlightenment: Racism
Lecture
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Double Lecture: Illustrated Books and Manuscripts in Early Modern Japan
Lecture
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NICA is moving to Leiden
Since 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amsterdam, has moved to the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
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2023: Who reads Martial’s epigrams? The gender gap in reading Roman literature
Lecture
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Book Launch | Precarious Modernities: Assembling State, Space and Society on the Urban Margins in Morocco
Book Launch
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Gioconda Belli: ‘La poesía es la palabra llevada al máximo de su capacidad expresiva’
Aprovechando la conferencia Spinoza, Nanne Timmer, Universitair Docent LUCAS, le hace unas preguntas a la escritora y Premio Reina Sofía Gioconda Belli sobre su poesía y su lugar en la Nicaragua de hoy.
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What does it actually say? Linguist launches video series on wall poems
The city centre of Leiden is covered in them: wall poems. When roaming around, you come across poetry written in the Latin alphabet, but also in scripts that might be more difficult to understand for the average person living in Leiden. In a new series of videos, Tijmen Pronk talks more about this.
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Translating humorous children's poetry? Content matters most
Translating poetry is notoriously difficult. Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult, even though it is precisely jokes that can encourage children to read more, notes PhD candidate Alice Morta.
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and rebirth: Acts of recovery in gender separatist feminist utopian literature
PhD defence
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Digital guest lectures for high school students: ‘It is an art to appeal to them properly’
How do you make lobbying and rhetoric both challenging and understandable for high school students? Professor Jaap de Jong found the answer in climate activist Greta Thunberg. Together with his colleague Arco Timmermans, he developed a digital guest lecture on how to present a convincing story.