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Podcast: how Rembrandt found his voice08 July 2019Rembrandt lived long before audio and video recordings were invented. But a group of researchers has managed to reconstruct his voice. How? Lecturer i...
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'Invisible agents' by Nadine Akkerman most discussed book at Hay Festival21 June 2019University 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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The early Middle Ages a ‘golden age for the elderly’? Not quite!14 February 2019According to a number of British historians, the elderly had a particularly high status in the early Middle Ages. A new book by Leiden cultural histor...
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Elizabeth den Hartog: ‘I always knew I wanted to go into academia’24 January 2019Art historian Elizabeth den Hartog has been studying medieval sculpture at Leiden University for 32 years. Like a detective, she searches buildings, b...
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#MeToo: current theme, Medieval phenomenon23 October 2018Anyone who thinks that #MeToo is a new phenomenon, can think again. Subjects such as sexual intimidation, female self-defence and subjection to male d...
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The 2018 Teaching Prize for the Humanities30 August 2018Who will win this year’s Teaching Prize in the Faculty of Humanities? Who will the students honour with this coveted token of their appreciation? Read...
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Invisible but ever-present: female spies in the 17th century06 July 2018For a long time it was thought that there were few or no female spies in history. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In her book Invisi...
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The Tableau Vivant – Across Media, History, and Culture30 November 2017Stijn Bussels will attend the two-day conference on The Tableau Vivant – Across Media, History, and Culture at the Colombia University of New York. He...
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Nadine Akkerman elected member of the Young Academy13 November 2017Nadine Akkerman has deciphered the correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, and studied 17th-century spies. Her fascinating historiograph...
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From ent to orc: how Tolkien recycled medieval sources06 June 2016Besides being the author of such a classic work of literature as The Hobbit, Tolkien was also Professor of English Language and Literature in Oxford. ...
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From ent to orc: how Tolkien recycled medieval sources02 June 2016
Besides being the author of such a classic work of literature as The Hobbit, Tolkien was also Professor of English Language and Literature in Oxford. ...
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Introducing Robbert Striekwold19 April 2016Robbert Striekwold started his PhD project at LUCAS and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in March 2016. His PhD project is part of ‘A New History of Fis...
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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies16 March 2016While 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 Trijp11 March 2016Didi 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 Kwakkel04 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...