1,183 search results for “archive studies” in the Staff website
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ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Waves of Memory in the Red Sea: Unpacking Mixedness through Italo-Eritrean Livescapes
Lecture
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Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968
The INVISIHIST research project invites all faculty and students to a special event hosted on 22nd February with Alessando Iandolo, lecturer at University College London. The event will be held in collaboration with the Cold War Research Network (Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University).…
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Keynote Address: The Kindness of Others: Jews, Christians and Early Childhood Care in Medieval Europe
Lecture
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany
Debate, Book Launch
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A Spiritual Lacuna? Austria-Hungary's Religious Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Singerton (History Institute, VU University Amsterdam), organised by the Austria Centre Leiden. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to Sarah Cramsey: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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Seventeenth-century Dutch were masters in fake news
LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema unmasks forgeries from the early modern Dutch Republic in the research project "Mapping the Fake Republic".
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The Myriad Avatars of Izumi Shikibu in Medieval Japan
The “facts” that would allow us to construct a coherent biographical account of Izumi Shikibu’s life are flimsy at best and tell us little about the actual events and conditions that shaped it. It is through her poetic compositions, a diary Izumi Shikibu nikki attributed (not without contention) to…
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Lessons of Democracy: Mothers’ Education and Learning Activities in late-1950s Japan,
This presentation intends to understand democracy in late-1950s Japan through studying post-war new education, notably the evolution of educational and learning activities directed at mothers. Post-war Japanese mothers were expected to take on the role of bearers of a democratic society and assumed…
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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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The energy transition under the nanoscope: Gravitation funding for ANION project
Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of the new Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute of the Netherlands, or ANION for short. The consortium receives a Gravitation funding of 23.6 million euros…
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Tensions between China and Taiwan: what's behind it?
For a while, it was uncertain whether prominent American politician Nancy Pelosi would travel to Taiwan. But last Tuesday, she did visit – much to the displeasure of China. Asia expert Casper Wits explains why China reacted so strongly and what the consequences of the visit may be.
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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University
Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 November 2023. This once again puts the university in third place among broad universities ranked according to top programmes.
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Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
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Healthcare interpreting today and tomorrow
As societies diversify due to various migration patterns, healthcare providers are increasingly challenged by linguistic and cultural barriers. Finding ways to bridge such boundaries is essential in healthcare, since success or failure of the communication may become a matter of life or death (Ng &…
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Asia is the world’s fastest-aging region, and Japan along with South Korea and Singapore lead this trend. Today, twenty-nine percent of Japan’s population is sixty-five or older, the highest proportion in the world. By 2040, that figure is projected to reach thirty-one percent. Acknowledging the country’s…
- Doing Fieldwork with the Police: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
- Evening Lecture Series: Practitioners in War
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Jewish families in late antiquity parables
'Wie is de baas in huis? Joodse families in laatantieke parabels' Dr. Albertina Oegema, Research Associate New Testament, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. For an abstract, please see the Dutch event page for this lecture. The livestream for this event will also be available on the Dutch event…
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Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey Introduces the Film “Obchod na Korze”
Lecture
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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Intelligence & the Direction of War
Dr. S.J.G. (Sebastian) Reyn, the deputy director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), will give a lecture on the ‘grey zone’. Dr. Reyn will talk about the twilight zone between war and positive peace, also known as negative peace, and the role of the…
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The Inauguration of the Fonds Oostenrijkse Studiën at the Leiden University Fund (LUF)
Please RSVP to to Fleur van der Kaay at kaay@luf.leidenuniv.nl by June 14th .
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When religion did not(?) matter in the Balkans: confessionalization in early modern Southeastern Europe
Please RSVP to Professor Sarah Cramsey via e-mail: s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…
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Spatial Narratives of Historical Experiences: 3D Visualizations of Prisoner Art as Tools for Knowledge Production and Transfer at Holocaust Memorials
Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk
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Introducing 'Everyday Postsocialism in Eastern Europe: History Doesn't Travel in One Direction' (Purdue Univ. Press, 2024)
Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk
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Jews at Home. From Creation to Corona
16.00-18.00 Opening (Academy building, Faculty Club, Rapenburg 70) Reception and Keynote Panel: 'Home as Haven? Narratives of Crises and the Jewish Past' The panel will feature Professor Elisheva Baumgarten, Department of Jewish History and Contemporaneous Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof.…
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet have a known provenance. PhD candidate Marie Kolbenstetter and Assistant Professor Dennis Braekmans were awarded a Corrie Bakels Grant to explore thus…
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Civil Society and International Students in Japan: Methodology and Fieldwork
This lecture will be held via Zoom: click here for the link.
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An Evening of Druze Voices
Lecture, Event
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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Ōtsuka Kusuoko (1875-1910) in the Meiji Literary Field: Models of Authorship between keishū sakka and the "New Woman"
Lecture
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On behalf of the Austria Centre Leiden, The Embassy of the Czech Republic in The Hague and The Czech Centre in Rotterdam, you are warmly invited
On behalf of the Austria Centre Leiden, The Embassy of the Czech Republic in The Hague and The Czech Centre in Rotterdam, you are warmly invited to an event celebrating the publication of Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey's book, Uprooting the Diaspora.
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Who Became a Politician: A Portrait of Modern Japan
This lecture will be held via Zoom: click here for the link
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The Military Perspective: Sea Power in International Security
During this lecture, Henk Warnar will talk about and the importance of maritime strategy in a period of increasing great power competition, about naval operations and planning, in the national context and within NATO. Captain-at Sea Henk Warnar is a Dutch Naval officer and Associate Professor at the…
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Asia Academy #06: Taiwan's Future
Taiwan consistently captures attention in the news. The democratic island, home to approximately 24 million people, is approaching a crucial juncture—the 2024 elections. As Taiwan prepares for the elections, China stays close to the most recent developments. What insights can we gain about Taiwan's…
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Debtors in Possession: A Legal Comparative Study of the Role of Debtors in US, EU and Dutch Restructuring and Insolvency Law
PhD defence
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Shakespeare, Renan and Weber: an interdisciplinary study of the violence paradigm and what it means to law and the nation-state
PhD defence
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Archaeologists bring experts on human evolution together with Kiem grant
Leiden University's Kiem grants aim to help develop new interdisciplinary and interfaculty collaborations and encounters. In the first round, a Kiem grant was awarded to a group of researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the LUMC for the organisation of a symposium…
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How can we make better use of natural resources?
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustainable energy system. Professor of Sustainable Resource Use Ester van der Voet researches how we can reduce the environmental impact of natural resources…
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From Slavery to Freedom
On Thursday 12 October 2023 Damian Pargas is co-organizing (together with the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies and The Netherland-America Foundation in New York) a short webinar titled “From Slavery to Freedom in the American South and Dutch Caribbean,” with renowned historians Manisha Sinha…
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The Military Perspective: Space Power
Major Shar Timman is an engineer at the Defence Space Security Center of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. After graduating from the Aerospace Engineering faculty in Delft, she worked at the European Space Agency where she obtained her PhD in human-machine interaction for manned lunar missions. At the…
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Military Purposes
During this lecture, Roy Lindelauf will talk about data science and AI in the defense and security domain. Lindelauf will first discuss examples of DS&AI in this domain based on a few cases. He will then proceed to zoom out and explain a number of aspects that play a role in the use of these types…
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The Military Perspective: Commanding Air Power
In this lecture, Commodore Johan van Deventer and Colonel Bart Hoeben will talk about Commanding Air Power, how to lead air based operations in contemporary armed conflict. They will do so by giving examples from their own careers and show simulations of air operations. Commodore Johan van Deventer…
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Meet Dr. Kathyrn Brackney, LJSA Member
Dr. Brackney is a modern European intellectual and cultural historian with a Ph.D. from Yale University. Before coming to Leiden, she held postdoctoral teaching posts in the History & Literature program at Harvard University and the Pozen Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago.
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
This presentation will re-examine popular imagery of the Dutch during the Edo period, when Japanese commoners often referred to foreigners by the general term of tōjin (Tang or Chinese people) and to imports by tōbutsu (Tang or Chinese goods). Focusing on this fact, Keiko Suzuki previously argued that…