4,801 search results for “de world van tales en culture” in the Public website
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Strengthening European research networks: Archaeologist Miguel John Versluys honored with prestigious Humboldt Research Award
Professor Miguel John Versluys of Leiden University has been recognised with the esteemed Humboldt Research Award, a testament to his groundbreaking work in global archaeology, reception-studies and the deep history of globalisation. The award, granted by the Alexander von Humbold-Stiftung, celebrates…
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‘Heritage decisions limit our ability to imagine alternative forms of society’
It is difficult to imagine a society other than a hierarchical nation-state. This is in part because we neglect alternative forms from the past, argues archaeologist Lewis Borck in the Journal of Contemporary Archaeology.
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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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1200 North Korean posters in one database
Korea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for researchers who want to make a more in-depth study of this closed country. The database will be launched on 15 June in Leiden.
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Student exhibition: unearthing the story of the VOC ship Amsterdam
A new student-curated exhibition in the F1-corridor of the Van Steenis building brings history to life through remarkable finds from the Amsterdam, a merchant vessel of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) that met an untimely end in 1749. 'The story of the Amsterdam is truly unique, especially considering…
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Palliative Care Around the World
Conference, Seminar
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Where does the hegemony lie in the 21st century?
The book: Hegemony and World Order: Reimagining Power in Global Politics will be published this week. Jan Aart Scholte: 'We hope that students, lecturers and policy makers will start to think differently because of this book'
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Blog Papyrus Questions
What can papyri teach us about antiquity? Students of papyrology in Leiden try to answer questions about life in antiquity aided by papyri from our collection.
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Hanna Swaab
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Archaeologist Ady Roxburgh receives two-year research grant from the Estonian Research Council
Ady Roxburgh has been awarded a two-year grant to continue his research into the choices behind the composition of Roman, copper-alloy artefacts. The Estonian Research Council has awarded him a fully funded Mobilitas Pluss postdoctoral grant. The Evaluation Committee decided to fund the first 5 applications…
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Van Marum Colloquium: Ryuhei Nakamura & Hideshi Ooka
Lecture
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A broader perspective on the war
Leiden researcher Ethan Mark has a mission, he explains in the alumni magazine Leidraad. He wants us to take off our Eurocentric glasses when we study the Second World War. We have focused on ourselves for far too long; after 75 years, it’s about time we listened to stories from the rest of the worl…
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Unpacking the rich tapestry of Chinese culture: the interplay between parental socialization and children's social functioning
PhD defence
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Alor-Pantar languages: origins and theoretical impact
This research project focuses on the extended documentation and investigation of these non-Austronesian (‘Papuan’) languages.
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Een wetenschap van verbondenheid
Inaugural lecture
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Doorbreking van rechtsmiddelenverboden
PhD defence
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Ministers van Staat
PhD defence
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mallorca with colleagues Dr Antoni Puig Palerm and Ritchie Kolvers, MA. The project was recently awarded a LUF Chastelain-Nobach fund to explore the extend…
- Workshop: Making scholarship look like the world looks
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Een onzekere wereld - van complottheorieën naar alarmsignalen in ons brein
Lecture
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’
For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’
Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.
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Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
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How crazy is the amount of English in children’s Dutch really? A multi-methods analysis of a youth language phenomenon
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Vos
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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CPP/LUCIP Colloquium 'Meritocratic democracy: A cross-cultural political theory'
Conference
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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Infinite love in a finite life: why, according to philosopher Errol Boon, we promise each other ‘eternal’ love
In love, we like to use great words. We promise to love each other ‘forever’ and praise the beloved as nothing less than ‘the one’ . Meanwhile, we know very well that we don’t live eternally and that we may find our ‘true love’ one day on the opposite side of the divorce table. So why do we continue…
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Diah AngendariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Zulfadhli NasutionSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Abbas Siavash AbkenarFaculty of Humanities
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Jooyoung Hwang
Faculty of Humanities
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
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Miriam WaltzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael HerzfeldSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Keerthi Sridharan VaidehiFaculty of Humanities
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Gislene Da Silva Trindade
Faculty of Humanities