In the media
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Liselore Tissen in Leiden Global on ‘bridging the gap between technology and the humanities’ 23 November 2023
External PhD Candidate Liselore Tissen was interviewed by Leiden Global about her work, in which she uses 3D printing. Recently she made a copy of a d...
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Adriaan van der Weel in multiple media on the Ljubljana Manifesto 19 October 2023
Professor Emeritus by special appointment Adriaan van der Weel has co-authored a manifesto on the importance of higher-reading.
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Evelien Campfens at LeidenGlobal on cultural heritage protection 12 April 2023
How can we best protect cultural heritage in times of war? In an interview with LeidenGlobal, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens talks ...
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums 15 February 2023
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted ...
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Pepita Hesselberth in Hermitix podcast about her book 06 February 2023
University lecturers Pepita Hesselberth and Joost de Bloois (UvA) were interviewed in a Hermetix podcast about their co-edited book Politics of Withdr...
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters 16 February 2021
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction...
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'The results could take days' 04 November 2020
Election Day is over, but it's by no means clear who the new President of the United States will be. On the morning after Election Day, US expert Sara...
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'Invisible agents' by Nadine Akkerman most discussed book at Hay Festival 21 June 2019
University Lecturer Nadine Akkerman concluded her book tour for her book 'Invisible Agents' in England at the Hay Festival. At the festival, attended ...
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Adriaan van der Weel about E-READ in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 18 October 2018
Researchers from more than 30 countries have been discussing the changes in reading through digitization in the European research network E-READ. Adri...
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New book Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman in the media 16 July 2018
Nadine Akkerman released her new book Invisible Agents in July 2018. View the reviews on BBC History and Telegraph UK. Keith Simpson added it to his s...
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The Guardian on revealing old texts using X-rays 06 June 2016
Scientists from Leiden and Delft recently discovered old texts using X-ray radiation. The subject was reported in the English newspaper The Guardian.
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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Photo Collection Research Tutorial 15 January 2015
Maartje van den Heuvel, researcher and curator of photography at Leiden University, will be giving a tutorial next semester to master students of Film...
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Medieval Pen Trials In the News 07 October 2014
Interview for National Public Radio sparks media frenzy.