News
-
Ancient Roman cuisine was varied, international and accessible to all social classes 05 December 2023
Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet. PhD candid...
-
'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important' 27 November 2023
The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will ta...
-
As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times' 21 August 2023
Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve i...
-
Book presentation 'Coping with Versnel' 26 July 2023
At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities Leiden professor emeritus Henk Versnel received a copy ...
-
NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023
Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
-
Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group 24 October 2022
Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Gr...
-
Learn from the latest research on Roman amulets by Patricia Kret 26 July 2022
Research on the Greek and Roman times often focuses on important leaders, writers or politicians. However, Patricia Kret is more interested in the nor...
-
Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science 07 March 2022
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch...
-
How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today 24 January 2022
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not g...
-
Digital skills at History 18 June 2021
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an i...
-
Tips from lecturers for lecturers 16 March 2021
In large numbers, lecturers from the History study programme responded to the call to share tips for online and hybrid education. Everyone can now tak...
-
Faculty Teaching Prize nominees in the spotlight 02 September 2019
Who will win this year's Teaching Prize of the Faculty of Humanities? On Thursday September 12th, we will find out during the faculty party in the Sta...
-
Why did wealthy Romans dine with whole cities? 04 September 2018
In some parts of the Roman Empire public meals were the norm: the wealthy treated the whole city to a meal. This phenomenon that suddenly arose and di...
-
National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University 30 April 2018
From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...
-
Three Leiden professors appointed members of KNAW 10 May 2017
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has appointed 26 new members. Three of them are Leiden professors: Luuk de Ligt, Lisa Cheng ...