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The Renaissance Battle for Rome
Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry
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The Skandapurāṇa Project
Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…
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Writing and Iconography of Western Oaxaca
Mexico, between 500 B.C. and A.D. 900
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Valuing Labour in Greco-Roman Antiquity
How did ancient Greeks and Romans regard work?
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Mrs. Naunakhte & Family
The Women of Ramesside Deir al-Medina
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Admission and Application
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Admission and Application
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Education
The Leiden Papyrological Institute offers several courses in papyrology, from beginners' to advanced level, BA as well as MA. The courses are taught by Dr. Koen Donker van Heel (Demotic and Abnormal Hieratic papyrology) and Dr. Cisca Hoogendijk (Greek papyrology).
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Shamanic Knowledge
Mazatec chants and ancient Mesoamerican pictography
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Egyptology at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Leiden University Medical Center
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is committed to improving healthcare and the health of individuals. The LUMC staff put this mission into practice on a daily basis with their leading research, cutting-edge teaching and optimal, innovative healthcare.
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Systems and security
Researchers at LIACS are working to devise the computers of tomorrow that will be the backbone of the Cloud and Edge computing paradigms as well as the Internet of Things. In this respect, we are involved in research and development of high performance computing systems, embedded & real-time computing…
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Research facilities
Access to high-quality research facilities is essential to research success. That is why Leiden University makes its research facilities available to researchers from the business community, knowledge institutions and universities.
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Is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Cyber Resilient?
James Shires, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, co-authored this report on the GCC's cyber resilience with Joyce Hakmeh, Senior Research Fellow of Chatham House's International Security Programme.
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Transboundary Crisis Management Capacities of the European Union
This project investigates the capacities of EU institutions to coordinate the responses of member states to critical events.
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Membership LIBC
All brain and/or cognition researchers from Leiden University or the LUMC or colleagues seeking collaboration in this field are most welcome to join the LIBC!
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Violence and the State: Perspectives from Ancient India
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
t.j.stokl@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2255
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Experimental project Huize Horsterwold
The project’s main aim was to build a reconstruction of a prehistoric house plan, without using any metal tools. How effective are tools made of stone, flint, bone, antler and wood? What are the constraints imposed by the various building materials? How much labour do we need and how much knowledge…
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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Papyrology
The Leiden Papyrological Institute is the only papyrological institute in the Netherlands, and one of the few institutes in the world where study of Greek and Demotic Egyptian is combined. This is reflected in both teaching and research. Members of the Institute are active in publishing texts from various…
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What’s in a plant?
Tracking early human behaviour through plant processing and -exploitation.
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Tweets from the desert
Uncovering ancient Arabian inscriptions feels like pioneering detective work, says Arabist Michael Macdonald in a video interview with Leiden Islam Centre LUCIS. 'First you have to learn the alphabets that they're written in, and then you have to try and work out what they say.'
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The dohada Motif in Ancient Biographies of the Buddha
Lecture, VVIK
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Endangered worldviews and heritage
Indigenous Peoples possess unique perspectives of the world that will be lost if their knowledge and heritage are not documented, studied and protected. If we lose this knowledge, we are losing part of our own heritage.
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About the programme
Classics and Ancient Civilizations covers one year and can be studied in four programmes, one of them is Egyptology. When you choose to study this programme, you will both be guided through the broadness of Egyptological sub-disciplines, as well as gradually led to develop your own specific research…
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EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative (EU Cyber Direct)
EU Cyber Direct – EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative supports the European Union’s cyber diplomacy and international digital engagements in order to strengthen rules-based order in cyberspace and build cyber resilient societies. To that aim, we conduct research, support capacity building in partner countries,…
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Facilities
Some of Leiden University’s facilities are also available to external parties.
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Digital nationalism in China: Sino-Japanese history in online networks
This project will explore how Chinese digital networks are grounded in real-world institutions, and how interest groups and individuals use digital infrastructures to shape public discourse on national history.
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Research
Research at the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry group is comprised of the following research themes:
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CIMPLO – Maintenance prediction for industries
Researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) have started a 4 year project on developing a system that sends out automatic alerts when components from engines are showing first signs of fatigue.
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Vision and Mission statement International Network Open Science & Scholarship Communities
Read more about the International Network Open Science & Scholarship Communities in our Vision and Mission statements.
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Research
Research at the MCBIM group is comprised of the following research themes:
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About our research
Our research covers a very broad terrain and has a strong disciplinary basis across a wide range of scientific disciplines and fields.