1,824 search results for “contemporary arts and literatuur” in the Public website
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About the programme
The specialisations Art History and Museum Studies both engage in critical perspectives and in current practices and the development of a professional network. The specialisation Art History puts emphasis on the analysis of art works within a museal and curatorial context. Our courses, taught by art…
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Making a field of interpretation for biosolar cells
This project investigates the role of art in the public and academic debate on biosolar energy
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Master Honours Class 'Leiden Revisited': making an impact with art
To achieve societal impact, you need to do more than solely writing academic articles. That's the idea behind the Master Honours Class 'Leiden Revisited', in which students demonstrated with art how residents at the outskirts of Leiden experience the city. 'It's the perfect way to start the debate.'
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About the programme
Asian Studies at Leiden University is unparalleled in the Netherlands and combines the very best of Asia-related research in North-West Europe.
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New installation 'LAWKI-Passages' at Digital Art Festival Taiwan
Digital Art Festival Taiwan commissioned the collective ARK / Roosje Klap to develop a new installation for Taipei's National Digital Art Center. On show during the Digital Art Festival between 30 September-10 October in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
r.b.halbertsma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Francesco Walker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.walker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marijke Klokke
Faculty of Humanities
m.j.klokke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2417
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6480
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
i.b.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2545
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Students exhibit at interface between art and technology
Abstract sounds that draw visitors upstairs, an 'escape womb' and a Christmas game that gets you thinking about the limits of creating our own happiness. Master's students of Media Technology created a special exhibition on the theme of 'self', in the Old School art centre in the Pieterskerkhof in…
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Experimental Systems: Future Knowledge in Artistic Research
The experimental approach of science applied to artistic research
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Classical Ballet beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Pointes intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Show Jazz Advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Modern Dance - Improvisation, Composition, Performance
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Royal Academy of Art (KABK) appoints new director
Ranti Tjan has been appointed director of the Royal Academy of Art as of 1 June 2022. He succeeds Henk van der Meulen, who will stay on as director of the Royal Conservatoire and Chairman of the Executive Board.
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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Vacancies: PhD positions Art History/French Literature (Université de Lausanne)
The University of Lausanne is hiring 2 PhD's in the domain of art history and French literature. Projects have a specific focus on North West Europe. Candidates should apply before May 1st, 2024.
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New Platform for Research Collaboration in the Arts
The Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art have a long tradition of stimulating research in the arts. ACPA is currently developing with both institutions a new platform for research in and with the arts, with an emphasis on collaboration.
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Mathematics and art: two sides of the same coin
Come to IMAGINARY at Administration and Central Services (Rapenburg 70) and discover the beauty of mathematics. This exhibition is open to the public until 24 March.
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Photographs & Preservation. How to save Photographic Artwork for the Future?
How can we understand the material instability of photographic (mixed media) artworks (1960s - present) from an integrated approach of Art History, Conservation Science and Chemistry in order to preserve these works for the future?
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Imagined Voices- A Poetics of Music-Text-Film
Imagined Voices deals with a form of composition, music with on-screen text, in which the dynamic between sound, words and visuals is explored.
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Overwhelming Architecture in Amsterdam in the Seventeenth-Century
The hypothesis of this research is that the municipality used the impressive the Town Hall to enforce its rule and represent its political ideas and make use of sources such as biographies, poems, pamphlets, sermons and governmental documents.
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November: Conference - The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Art in Public Urban Environments
The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) is hosting an international conference on November 29 and 30 at Gravensteen on the role and position of sounds and sounding arts in public urban environments. This unique conference aims to increase the attention to the role of the sound, sound design,…
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Four reasons to visit the Night of Art & Sciences
On 16 September, the Rapenburg canal will be the setting for the Night of Art & Sciences. There will be plenty of things to do, including for international students and staff. We have selected four great acts in advance.
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Nienke Beets wins prize for connecting nature and art
Nienke Beets of the Leiden Hortus botanicus has won the brand new Joke 't Hart Prize for connecting nature and art. For the botanical garden in Leiden, she developed a series of colourful plant icons and an educational board game. On 20 May, the Dutch Association of Botanical Gardens (NVBT) unanimously…
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Walking as a Research Method in Art and Design
The Lectorate Design at the KABK explores the research method of walking from a design perspective, and features the working process used by public space and landscape designers Krijn Christiaansen and Cathelijne Montens (KCCM) who teach field research in BA Interior Architecture and Furniture Design…
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The Animated Image. Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power
The Animated Image addresses the entire range of contexts in which images were described by Roman authors as being animated, as well as the accounts that Roman writers produced to explain the animation of inanimate matter.
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Peter Verstraten
Faculty of Humanities
p.w.j.verstraten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2248
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Germany and Maillol
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
e.j.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3949
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Svetlana Kharchenkova
Faculty of Humanities
s.s.kharchenkova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1180
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About the programme
The one-year master's in History, Arts and Culture, a specialisation of Leiden University’s MA in Asian Studies, allows you to focus on one or more countries or regions of pre-modern, modern or contemporary Asia.
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The art of being a teacher
How to keep 80 students with different backgrounds motivated for 3 hours? Stefano Cucurachi knows how! By incorporating current developments, lively discussions and even some improvisation theatre, this assistant professor managed to become Teacher of the Year 2018. ‘You have to find ways of gaining…
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Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road
Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition depicts life and different cultures along this important trade route.
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CMP Somatic Dance (mixed level)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory (MA)
The master in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University studies contemporary literature and culture (art, cinema, pop music) from a theoretical, critical perspective, with special emphases on approaches developed in cultural and literary studies, feminist theory, phenomenology and…
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‘Visual art has been a form of communication since its inception’
Visual art played an important role in the development of cooperative human behaviour. This is the finding of Larissa Mendoza Straffon, a PhD candidate in archaeology, whose dissertation explores the biological and psychological foundations of visual art.
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Two more upcoming events from PhDArts
Activities of Thalia Hoffman and Basma Hamdy
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Re-staging of ACPA Professor Louis Andriessen’s De Materie
This year’s edition of the prestigious art festival Ruhrtriennale, carried in diverse locations around the cities of Essen, Bochum and Duisburg (Germany), has re-staged De Materie, ACPA professor Louis Andriessen’s exceptional opera which overcomes traditional patterns of the genre in terms of dramaturgy,…
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The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art is now available as paperback
In addition to the hardback edition, a paperback edition is now also available of The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art, edited by Marcel Cobussen, Vincent Meelberg and Barry Truax.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Maribel Fierro, Research Professor at the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid), to Leiden. She is the third Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University…
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.a.nurmohamed.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5200
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Se Young Jang
Faculty of Humanities
s.y.jang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727