Modern and Contemporary Studies (1800−Present)
This research cluster centres on regional, national, and global intersections between a variety of artistic and cultural expressions and their role in society from 1800 onwards.
Engaging with artefacts (artistic, literary, cinematic, multi-media) and practices (aesthetic, political, cultural, social), it is committed to their interdisciplinary study both through the histories they carry and their functions and affordances in the present.
News
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A sample of perspectives: Rick Honings sought and found new perspectives on Indonesia -
Carmen Van den Bergh on her nomination for the LUS Teaching Prize: ‘It’s an encouragement to further develop passion for literature and education’ -
From horror to silence that speaks volumes: Leiden researches emotions at Lowlands
Events
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: The Politics of Emotion in the Pamphlets of the De Hondt Affair During the Small Brabant Revolution (1787)
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Dodo Through the Looking-Glass: A Mirror for Modern and Contemporary Culture
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The Early Modern Discovery of the Roman limes along the Danube and its impact on 16th-Cen. Austrian Architecture
