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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies 16 March 2016
While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...
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Introducing Didi van Trijp 11 March 2016
Didi van Trijp started her PhD project at LUCAS in October 2015. Her PhD project is part of A New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in...
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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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Digitally leafing through invisible books 14 December 2015
Researchers from Leiden and Delft have found a way to look inside early-modern bookbindings. An x-ray technique has allowed them to search for remains...
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Secrets of 17th-century letters finally laid bare 10 November 2015
The archive of a 17th-century postmaster has been discovered in the Museum for Communication in The Hague. Using new scanning techniques, the internat...