2,111 search results for “medieval history” in the Public website
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The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
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LUCIP FORUM
Lecture
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Authors and their books: bio-historical writings in Early Modern Central Asia
Lecture
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How to study nationalism from a transnational perspective? Networks, transfer and media
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 2018
Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018. Svetlana Gorshenina will deliver a guest lecture on Tuesday, 20 February and a masterclass on Friday, 23 February within the Central Asia Initiative…
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The Significance of Ajami Sources in the Study of Muslim Africa
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awarded a total of 158 Venis in this round; Leiden University's share of the awards is 12 percent.
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Partnership with Roosevelt Institute gives impetus to American Studies
It's easier to understand Trump's America if you have a sound knowledge of the country's history. Research on the US has been given an impetus with the renewed Roosevelt Institute for American Studies. The institute in Middelburg reopened on 20 April with Leiden University as a key partner.
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James & Arlette Mellaart: The journey to Çatalhöyük
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Celebrating Mandela 100
Lecture
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Intra EU labour migrants and their working conditions in the Netherlands: Perceptions of labour exploitation among East European truck drivers
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
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Double LIMS Seminar on EU "Migration Crisis": the case of the Hungarian-Serb and the Greek-Turkish border
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
- Fall lecture series in Shiʿi studies
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Symposium in honor of Adamantia Panagopoulou's PhD defence
Conference
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Archaeology Today
Festival
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series
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Change manager Frans de Haas is working on the future of the MI
Frans de Haas started his work at the MI with a clear mandate. Listening and talking are what he will mainly be doing ‘My role is to make sure that everyone feels comfortable in the new situation.’
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Changing Paradigms of Research: the Arabian Peninsula
Keynote Lecture | Seminar for Arabian Studies
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Book launch 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas
Book launch
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Partisan Aesthetics: A Book Roundtable with Sanjukta Sunderason
Lecture, MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics Roundtable
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Noncitizen Migrant Enfranchisement in Democracy and Dictatorship in Chile, 1925 and 1980
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
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How to Study a Polymath
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Journey to the West: Gunpowder’s Odyssey from China to Europe and Back
Lecture
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Hugo Grotius: from Leiden student to founding father of international law
Hugo de Groot, one of history’s most famous legal scholars, was already studying arts and law in Leiden at the age of 11. How did his career take off from that point and who inspired him?
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Twilight of the Persianate: The Vernacularization of Central Asia (18th - early 20th Centuries)
Lecture
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Travelling Islam: The Circulation of Ideas in Africa
Conference, Travelling Islam Workshop
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Exploring the violent end of European empires
Conference, Workshop and book presentation
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Mediterranean Port Cities and the Emergence of the Muslim Middle Class (1870-1923) - ONLINE
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LIMS talk
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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The Classical Zaydi Imamate (1200-1600) and its Legacy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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International Conference: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus
Conference
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LIMS ‘Maritime rescue. International norm contestation and seaborne migrations’
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
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ASCL Seminar: South African Elections Approach: Has the Liberation Dream been Realised?
Lecture
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‘Studying English gave me a fertile humus layer of world literature’
Author Gustaaf Peek, who has been nominated for the Libris Literature Award, studied English Language and Literature in Leiden. ‘I completely submersed myself in literature during my studies, and the effects are still with me today.'
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To Russia with Love: 100 years of Russian Studies in Leiden
Russia is a world power and an upcoming economy in which the Netherlands is a serious investor. Leiden University has been studying the Slavic world for 100 years. Professor Jos Schaeken: ‘If a decision has to be made at international level, Russia is always involved.’
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‘Lecturers have to have time and room to experiment with new teaching methods’
Motivated, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our teaching. Thijs Porck is a lecturer in Medieval English at the Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society. He passed the Senior Teaching Qualification at the end of last year. ‘As a lecturer, it’s good to keep thinking about what motivates…
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Upcoming exhibitions, residencies, concerts, record launches and lectures by PhDArts and docARTES researchers
Activities of Nizar Rohana, Catalina Vicens, Andrea Stultiens, Shaya Feldman, Jack Segbars, Karen Lohrmann, Patrizia Bovi, Susan Williams, Giuliano Bracci, and Eleni Kamma
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Archaeology students find 7th-century graves
Two graves dating from the 7th century have been discovered during an archaeological excavation in Leiden. One of the graves was found by a student of Archaeology during the first-year fieldwork project that took place at the same time as the excavation. The well-preserved graves are interesting because…
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‘Let students see you’re passionate about your subject’
In line with tradition, at the opening of the academic year the LUS Teaching Prize will be presented to the University’s best teacher. Get to know the nominees. This week: Thijs Porck.
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Thijs Porck receives Bolland Fonds research subsidy
Thijs Porck has successfully applied for a subsidy for a research project that will study the early correspondence of G. J. P. J. Bolland, an autodidact student of Germanic languages who would later become one of the country’s leading philosophers. The project is sponsored by Leiden University Fund…
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’
Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies without prior knowledge or special entry requirements. Archaeology student Annely Arends talks about her expe…
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'EU Member States look the other way when a country disrespects the EU values’
The Member States of the European Union do not intervene when a Member State disrespects the values of the European Union, Judith Sargentini, member of the GroenLinks party at the European Parliament, said at the annual Europa Lecture on 9 May in the Lorentzzaal of the KOG Building.
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Asghar Seyed Gohrab: ‘Teaching keeps me young and sharp’
Associate Professor Asghar Seyed Gohrab considers it his role to tell students about Iran, the country where he was born and raised. His research focuses on the connections between the present and the past on the basis of the ‘magical triangle’: Persian literature, politics and religion.
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‘Do not only focus on impact on the outside, but also on the inside’
For Sybille Lammes, professor of New Media and Digital Culture, corona offers a whole new perspective on her research into play. Digital media may have never been more important now that we're working remotely, but we have also started to game more because we are spending more time indoors. Lammes can…
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Academics and lecturers develop teaching material on Islam
A number of different course curricula were presented at a training conference on ‘Islam in the Class’ op 17 November. The course materials were developed by Leiden academics in collaboration with teachers involved in pre-university education.