1,192 search results for “medieval manuscripts” in the Public website
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Randstad helps students find relevant part-time jobs: ‘Bring on that smart student!’
You speak Japanese, know everything about medieval art or understand exactly what Hegel meant. And then you graduate. Many Humanities students find it hard to enter the labour market. A relevant part-time job can help. Therefore, the faculty has been working together with the employment agency Randstad…
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Douglas Berger new professor of Comparative Philosophy
Starting September 1st, philosopher Douglas Berger will be professor of Comparative Philosophy at the Leiden Institute for Philosophy. His appointment marks a new direction for research and education in philosophy at Leiden University.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Maribel Fierro, Research Professor at the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid), to Leiden. She is the third Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University…
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field
During the summer, staff of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read some of their stories here!
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Three ERC Advanced Grants for Leiden researchers
Archaeologist Frans Theuws, Buddhism specialist Jonathan Silk and mathematician Ronald Cramer have each been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros.
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‘Archaeology is rooting around between the artefact and the person’
‘Archeologists don’t dig up explanations, let alone certainties,’ says Joanita Vroom, Professor of Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia. ‘Their job is to bridge the gap between the sherds that they find and people’s everyday lives. What do ceramics from the past say about people’s eating…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Vacancies: four PhD positions in History
The Institute for History announces vacancies for three PhD positions on Rethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective and one PhD position to conduct research on the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road
An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Central Asia and their inhabitants.
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Portraits of 28 EU citizens in Leiden by seven anthropologists
Annick Dezitter from Belgium celebrates 3 October with heart and soul: she has become a fanatical Leidener. Her portrait is part of Leiden meets Europe: an exhibition of 28 portraits of EU citizens in Leiden. City photographer and third-year Cultural Anthropology student Wilke Geurds explains.
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Introducing: Lauren Lauret
In February 2015 Lauren Lauret started her PhD project titled 'Meeting practices of the Dutch States General and the continuity of the early modern world of the political (1780-1848)' at the Institute for History, supervised by prof. H. te Velde.
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The meaning of art decorations
Geometrical patterns serving as decorations do more than just that; they always have a meaning, according to art historian Arthur Crucq. Doctoral defence 17 May.
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Fourth issue JLGC published
On 1 February 2016 the fourth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference, titled 'Breaking the Rules: Textual Reflections on Transgression', was published.
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Master’s Open Day: Explore your options!
On 2 November, more than 800 students visited Leiden's Humanities Faculty to explore their options during the Master's Open Day. Read some of their stories here!
- Past events 2019
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ICT Group
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Text in Context
Recontextualising the Papyri from Roman Soknopaiou Nesos / Dimê (Fayyum, Egypt)
- Games and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Book Launch with Vanina Kopp (Toronto) & Elizabeth Lapina (Wisconsin-Madison)
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LAMS Lecture by Lieke Smits, Clay Play: Animated Images in the Biblical Apocrypha
Lecture
- Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture
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The nature of Qur’anic emotion, where it is felt, and how it is expressed
Lecture
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The Emotive Qur’an in its Late Antique Context, part 2: Qur'an
Lecture
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The Emotive Qur’an in its Late Antique Context, part 1: Context
Lecture
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Watañi lāntaṃ
PhD defence
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the indigenous peoples of America? In an international conference, historians from Leiden will seek to draw attention to the more negative effects of the…
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Between Raḥmānan and al-Raḥmān: Linguistic Transformations in Late Antique South Arabia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! series
- Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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The concept of public interest (gong) in the Chinese philosophy of law and politics
Lecture, seminar
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43rd Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL43)
Conference, Symposium
- Book Launch 'Indian and Intercultural Philosophy: Personhood, Consciousness, and Causality' by Douglas L. Berger
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41st Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL41)
Symposium
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Re-Scape: 'The Animal City'
Lecture
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Multilingualism in old songs from the Low Countries
Lecture, Sociolinguistics Series
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
- Material Culture (5 ECTS)
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Workshop UvA –Amsterdam School of Historical Studies in cooperation with NISIS
Conference
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‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’
A better understanding of Morocco and the Arab world is crucial for international relations and for Dutch society. This was the key message of Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, at the opening of the renewed Netherlands Institute in Morocco…
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Successful second annual conference of the Leiden Center for East African Law at the EAC headquarters in Arusha
On the 5th of May 2016, the second annual conference of the Leiden Center for East African Law (LEAC) took place at the East African Community headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The Conference was organized on the occasion of Europe Day with the generous support of the EAC, the EU delegation to EAC and…
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers
From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant from the NWO. A grant of up to 250,000 euros will give them the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas over…
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LUCIP FORUM
Lecture
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Masterclasses by Maribel Fierro
Course, Al-Babtain Masterclasses
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Open Science Coffee: A hands-on guide to preprints
Lecture
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Perzisch Workshop
Festival, Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series
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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.
- LUCIS Spring Fellow 2018: Karen Bauer
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Zingen van vergankelijkheid: A symposium about Heike monogatari
Conference, (in Dutch and partly in English)
- Fall lecture series in Shiʿi studies
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Violence and the State: Perspectives from Ancient India
Lecture, VVIK Lecture