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Nadine Akkerman uncovers hidden British voices 28 September 2020
For the next five years, thanks to a highly competitive European grant, Nadine Akkerman will be able to focus on voices from the past that might other...
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Congratulations to the first Arts, Media and Society cohort! 23 September 2020
The Groot-Auditorium of the Academy building was recently stage to the graduation of the first cohort of the BA-track Arts, Media and Society. This im...
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Yvonne Bleyerveld appointed as Professor Art on Paper and Parchment 17 September 2020
On 1 October, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Senior Curator Drawings and Prints at the RKD, becomes the Professor by Special Appointment 'Art on Paper and Parchme...
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Pilgrim conference: high time for an indigenous and more diverse perspective 24 August 2020
Historians and experts in American studies from Leiden University are holding an online international conference about the arrival of the Pilgrims in ...
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Aris Politopoulos: ‘I use games as a teaching method' 19 August 2020
In his lectures Aris Politopoulos combines archaeology with video games. He is one of the three nominees for the 2020 LUS Teaching Prize. 'A good teac...
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Concrete Islands in Alphaville 17 August 2020
Concrete Islands in Alphaville A Photo Gallery of Responses to two Seminal Artistic Explorations of Urban Technocracy and its Monstrous Highways
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks' 28 July 2020
The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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Robert Zwijnenberg: ‘Don’t just talk but dare to get your hands dirty’ 21 July 2020
Rob Zwijnenberg, Professor of Art and Science Interactions, uses daring experiments to get his students to think about social issues. "People who I in...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor 30 June 2020
Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Leiden University places sixth in QS Ranking Classics and Ancient History 26 June 2020
The faculty of Humanities scores well in the anual QS World Universities Ranking By Subject list. This year we have placed sixth in the category Class...
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Anna Loh: ‘Art is the one constant factor in my life’ 22 June 2020
Anna Loh is a third-year student of the BA in Arts, Media and Society. We spoke with Anna about what it’s like to write a thesis during COVID-19, Inst...
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Film, video and Instagram: students create an online film programme 16 June 2020
Film and Photographic Studies master’s students Vanessa and Deirdre created a film programme about the Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon for the Jewish ...
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Black lives matter: ‘Racism takes different forms but it’s a world issue’ 05 June 2020
It all started with demonstrations protesting about the death of George Floyd from police brutality in Minneapolis, but the Black Lives Matter protest...
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Classicist Ineke Sluiter KNAW president 01 June 2020
Leiden professor Ineke Sluiter was appointed president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) on 1 June. She was presented with ...
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Sara Polak warns about social media: ‘What do you do with those tweets by Trump?’ 25 May 2020
Sara Polak, American Studies expert and University Lecturer investigates how American presidents deal with the media and how new, social media influen...