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on Late Medieval Spirituality, Religious Practice and Visual Culture in the Low Countries
This project investigates how the first generation of Dutch printed books (the incunabula, 1473-1501) affected late medieval spirituality, religious practice and visual culture in the Low Countries.
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Why biologist Rafael Martig became an artist: ‘Art opens people’s eyes’
In his art, Rafael Martig shows how drastically human activity changes nature. Fieldwork during his studies reinforced this view. ‘On Ameland I found masses of meadow birds, but the greenery on the mainland was often a grass desert.
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and exclusion: Creating space to talk about difficult topics through art
Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude is searching for innovative ways to facilitate dialogue about topics that are usually experienced as ‘difficult to talk about’ – such as racism, ethnic profiling, exclusion, crimmigration – with a wide audience.
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Counting and Accountability. The Politics of Numbers in the democracy of Classical Athens
We live in a data-drenched society awash with numbers. An inhabitant of the democratic polis of Athens (5th and 4th centuries B.C.E.) increasingly found himself surrounded by numerical data. This project aims to analyze the communicative functions and the political meaning(s) ascribed to these public…
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Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and Journal of Sonic Studies join the Research Catalogue
The Research Catalogue (RC) is a searchable database for archiving artistic research. It comprises an open source, online, collaborative workspace application for the archiving, designing and publishing of artistic research.
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new discoveries Borneo: "This killed Eurocentric views on early rock art"
In a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Borneo, a series of rock art paintings have been discovered. The oldest painting might be the oldest-known example of figurative cave art. Wil Roebroeks, not himself involved in this project, reflects on the findings in several media.
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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in social communications isn’t new, says Associate Professor Marika Keblusek. She has been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition (Large)…
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2025 rare books in Lovaniensia
In 2025, it will be 600 years since a university was founded in Leuven, the forerunner of today's KU Leuven. In anticipation to these festivities, KU Leuven Libraries, in collaboration with UCLouvain, is putting its academic collection in the spotlight. Thanks to the efforts of the past months and years,…
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Video lecture: What is cancer?
Cancer is still one of the most common diseases in the world. What exactly is cancer and will we one day be able to cure everyone? In a video from the Universiteit van Nederland Noel de Miranda (Tumour Immunology, LUMC) tells you about his research on new treatments.
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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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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The art of control without repression
How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will be examining this question over the coming five years, focusing on the correspondence of ordinary people. The research is being funded by an ERC Consolidator…
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Bo WangFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Ton HarmsenFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie Morgan-OwensFaculty of Humanities
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Minke Jonk-ThuongFaculty of Humanities
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Jörn SoerinkFaculty of Humanities
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Tingyu LiFaculty of Humanities
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Hans HulshofFaculty of Humanities
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Anna KrýsováFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel InzaurraldeFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van UitertFaculty of Humanities
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Boyao ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Luz RodriguezFaculty of Humanities
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Renske JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Keerthi Sridharan VaidehiFaculty of Humanities
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Jose Hopkins BrocqFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah BadwyFaculty of Humanities
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Yra van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Paul HoftijzerFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Kees GelukFaculty of Humanities
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Mathijs PetersFaculty of Humanities
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Louise MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Dastan AbdaliFaculty of Humanities
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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Pim van der HelmFaculty of Humanities
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Wim TiggesStudent and Educational Support
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Cas BotmanFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas Bragdon
Faculty of Humanities
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
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Yu Chen
Faculty of Humanities
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Julia Kemendi
Faculty of Humanities
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Yasasmala WidyalankaraFaculty of Humanities
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Emma van MeyerenFaculty of Humanities
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Sjoerd van Oevelen
Faculty of Humanities