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Researchers crack the rules of unknown board game from the Roman period
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Artwork in the new Gorlaeus Building: ‘Academics and artists have more in common than we think’
Leiden artist Jos Agasi gets to create the artwork for the atrium of the new Gorlaeus Building. His work was chosen from several entries and will be a real eye-catcher in the building. The artist has a fascination for light and uses it to create works of art with all kinds of materials, objects and…
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Annual Overview 2024
2024 was an eventful year for the Faculty of Humanities. Despite becoming the centre of political discussion and budget cuts as faculty ourselves, exceptional research projects were carried out and new initiatives were launched.
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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Gerlov van Engelenhoven and Yanise Zijlstra make short film: 'Intangible heritage you can't put into words'
University lecturer Gerlov van Engelenhoven was to be a guest in one podcast by culture maker and anthropologist Yanise Zijlstra on intangible heritage. The collaboration went so well that they are now making a short film together for young people.
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From walking sticks to guide dogs: Krista Milne charts the lives of medieval people with disabilities
What was life like for people with disabilities in the Middle Ages? University lecturer Krista Milne delved into medieval manuscripts and found more than thirty images of assistance dogs of all shapes and sizes. Now, a Vidi grant is enabling her to expand her research to include the question of what…
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
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Frans de HaasFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho de GraafFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anna DlabacovaFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Karsten LambersFaculty of Archaeology
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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DAG Lecture: A Semantic ETL Pipeline for Large-Scale Provenance Research
Lecture
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RMO avond: Echoes of the Nile
Festival
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LUCAS Talks: Negotiating the Past
Lecture
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Book Launch: Explorations in Islamic Archaeology
Book Launch
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Lorentz Lecture: Working towards evidence-based care for aging transgender and non-binary people
Lecture
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Lorentz Lecture: Superconductivity
Lecture
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Leiden Essay Film Festival
Festival
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Alumni from Brussels: ‘Leiden University has a fantastic reputation here’
They dreamed of Brussels, worked hard and finally succeeded: working for Europe. The list of Leiden University alumni in Brussels is long. A few days before the European elections, Julia Gencheva and Vincent Miča talk about how they ended up in Brussels and what their jobs entail.
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always remained fascinated by her 17th-century series, for which she feels so much love. ‘I kept seeing different, new things.’
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Brave Young Minds
Festival
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Why good friends are essential for your health
Laughing, crying or even having a moan together: close friends are worth their weight in gold in good and bad times. Researcher Lisa Schreuders explains the effects on body and mind. Can we give that magical click a helping hand? And what advice does she have for first-years in their new city?
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How AI could give doctors more time at the patient’s bedside
The rise of AI will transform the role of doctors, claims Professor of Intensive Care Medicine Sesmu Arbous. Her academic chair focuses on integrating technology into patient care.
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language
Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.
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Using AI to track greenhouse gas emissions
PhD candidate Julia Wąsala searches for greenhouse gas emissions in satellite data. As a computer scientist, she bridges the gap between computer science and space research. ‘We really can't do this research without collaboration.’
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Book presentation: In Staat van Beleg - Aeneas Tacticus
Lecture, Book presentation
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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ReCNTR: My Want of You Partakes of Me
ReCNTR Film Screening
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Memory in Antiquity Workshop
Workshop
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Digital skills at History
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an innovation project in order to research which digital skills history alumni need on the labour market and how these skills can be implemented in the cu…
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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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Quentin Bourgeois appointed new Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Archaeology
Quentin Bourgeois, Associate Professor of European Prehistory, will assume the position of Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University as of 1 February 2026, for a term of four years. Quentin Bourgeois succeeds Alex Geurds, who became Dean of the Faculty on 1 January 2…
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Digitised Chinese mega-maps now available in Open Access
Three enormous maps of China, created during the reign of three different emperors of the Qing dynasty, have now been made available in open access and are downloadable via Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) Digital Collections. The rich maps are an early example of academic collaboration between the…
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A new environment boosts your memory (but not for everyone)
However tempting it may be to lock yourself in your room or in favourite library nook in the days running up to an important exam, it's not a very wise choice, stresses neuroscientist Judith Schomaker.
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Archaeology as a bridge between past and future
Luc Amkreutz, curator of prehistory at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden and professor of Public Archaeology at Leiden University, has a mission: to make the past accessible and relevant to a broad audience. He is the new Eugène Dubois Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering…