2,750 search results for “oral traditions” in the Public website
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Vanessa Newby
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Time and Identity in Indigenous Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies
This research hopes to contribute to social awareness of the consequences of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples, to the deconstruction of still existing colonial and discriminatory notions and to a better appreciation of Indigenous art and thought.
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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The acquisition of verbal morphology in cochlear-implanted and specific language impaired children
This dissertation aims at enhancing our knowledge of whether a CI provides sufficient access to auditory speech input to acquire verbal morphology by comparing outcomes of CI children to those of their normal hearing peers and to those of children with specific language impaired (SLI).
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Stories about Tell Balata
The Oral History project, as part of the Tell Balata Archaeological Park project, published an arabic-english booklet of local stories about the site of Tell Balata. An archaeological site near Nablus (West Bank).
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Exhibition: Silk Road Cities
Arts and Culture, LUCIS exhibition opening | Islam in Central Asia
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Judges and IBOR
The oral arguments at the Telders Moot Court are judged by a panel of three judges.
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Innovation and Tradition: The Odd Couple
Debate
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Lecture: Rediscovering an Indian musical tradition- a journey from melody of the present to notation of the past
On April 19th, well-known Indian singer and scholar Sumithra Vasudev will give a unique lecture and singing performance at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Antiquities Museum) in Leiden.
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Memory: concepts and theory
The terms ‘social’ , ‘collective’ or ‘public’ memory, are often contrasted with ‘private’, ‘individual’ or ‘personal’ memory. All these terms derive from a fairly new and interdisciplinary scholarly field that is often referred to as ‘memory studies’, and that according to some critics has developed…
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Janine Ubink
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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LUCIS Summer School 2022 | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Course, LUCIS Summer School
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Programme structure
The specialisation enables you to understand the fundamentals of management and entrepreneurship alongside high quality astronomical research at a world class institute.
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Scientific Output
The ultimate goal of the PhD program is the preparation and successful defense of a PhD dissertation.
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Proceedings
Wiley-Blackwell and the editors of Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata have agreed to publish the proceedings of SIP2021 as a special issue of the journal, as has been the case for previous SIP meetings.
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Proyecto "Kichwawa"
El proyecto consta de la creación de un libro infantil con contenido de leyendas y cuentos andinos kichwas andinos, con realidad virtual aumentada, que fomente el aprendizaje y activación hacia la lengua kichwa de manera oral y escrita a los niños y niñas, mediante la interacción con padres y/o tutores. El…
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A Grammar of the Thangmi Language with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and their Culture
This 862-page monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal.
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Programme structure
Connect theory and practice of teaching through the application of your academic knowledge about computer science to issues of classroom practice.
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Programme structure
During the programme you will develop strong analytical and computational skills.
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Programme structure
The Astronomy and Education specialisation enables you to connect your scientific experience in astronomy with the theory and practice of teaching in the classroom.
- Visual Culture (5 ECTS)
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Teaching in Practice (UTQ module)
Didactics
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Indigenous cultural heritage and intellectual property
Challenges for the protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources, traditional cultural expressions, and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples in the international scenario.
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Asian Connections: Heritage Politics in Asia
Debate, Seminar
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Field seminar 'Time Intercultural' in Mexico
The Mesoamerican research group 'Time in Intercultural Context: the indigenous calendars of Mexico and Guatemala' funded by the ERC and directed by prof. dr. Maarten Jansen, met up in Mexico from the 13th until the 23rd of February for a field seminar in the states of Tlaxcala and Hidalgo.
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From rebellious puppet show to art collection
For all the artworks that Riccardo Giacconi creates, he begins by conducting extensive research. He discovered three stories about rebellious characters that were transmitted through unofficial channels: as characters in puppet shows or in folk tales. He translated the three stories into three cycles…
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Speaking (and Writing) of Secrets: The Esoteric in Classical Sanskrit Traditions
Lecture, 25th Gonda Lecture
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Poetry, rhythm, and meter
Knowledge and culture subproject 4:
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Swift-footed Achilles in the Second Millennium BCE
Lecture
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New perspectives in teaching oral interaction of Italian as a Second Language
Lecture
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New perspectives in the teaching of oral interaction of Italian as Second Language
Lecture, Study day
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Ubar Kampung
The Sundanese people, the largest ethnic group in West Java, have been using traditional medicine for a long time. Known as ubar kampung, Sundanese indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional medicine are based on local people’s knowledge and use of Medicinal, Aromatic, and Cosmetic (MAC)…
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New perspectives in teaching oral interaction of Italian as a Second Language
Lecture
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Getting to the Core of Crimmigration. Assessing the Role of Discretion in Managing Intra-Schengen Cross-Border Mobility
To what extent are there differences between countries in and outside the European Union and the Schengen area in the level of crimmigration, the merger between migration control and crime control, and to what extent can these differences be explained by the way in which state and non-state actors in…
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Gabrielle van den Berg receives prestigious VICI grant
Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg received a prestigious VICI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her project
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Finding a new balance: from Vitamin K Antagonists to Direct Oral Anticoagulants
PhD Defence
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The Sinews Transformation Classic: A Chinese text on Medicine and Self-Cultivation in Its Cultural Contexts
How such did the traditional text of the Sinews Transformation Classic remain interesting to a changing readership?
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Admission and application
Find out how to apply for Philosophy in World Traditions at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Redemption in the Old Babylonian period: texts, archives, practice
Stephen Moore defended his thesis on 26 May 2020.
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Research
LUCSoR has chairs in Comparative Religion, Islam in the West, Christianity, and Judaism. Main areas of expertise include ancient Mesopotamian religions, the Enlightenment, Islam in the West, and new spiritual movements.
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Le tifinagh au Niger contemporain: Étude sur l’écriture indigène des Touaregs
In this dissertation a large corpus of letter signs and texts gathered during fieldwork in Niger, and to a lesser extent Mali and Burkina Faso is used to show the graphemic diversity of the traditional script of the Tuaregs, tifinagh, and to analyze the orthographic system.
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Required documents
Along with your application, you will have to submit a variety of documents. This information only applies to students who need to submit an application for admission. If you have a diploma that grants you automatic admission to a bachelor’s programme, you won’t need to submit additional documents.
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Programme structure
The specialisation teaches you analytical frameworks and skills for managerial decision making. Internships help you decide whether you want to choose a career in industry or Physics research.
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About the programme
The Applied Mathematics Programme consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points. The programme consists of advanced courses (min 60 EC), a research project (40 EC) and electives (max 20 EC).
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Programme structure
Key elements of the programme are the particular set of courses and gaining research experience in more than one department.
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Required documents
Along with your application, you will have to submit a variety of documents. This information only applies to students who need to submit an application for admission. If you have a diploma that grants you automatic admission to a bachelor’s programme, you won’t need to submit additional documents.
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Required documents
Along with your application, you will have to submit a variety of documents. This information only applies to students who need to submit an application for admission. If you have a diploma that grants you automatic admission to a bachelor’s programme, you won’t need to submit additional documents.
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Career prospects
With a Master of Statistics & Data Science you have good job perspectives: statisticians are highly sought after in various industries such as food and pharmaceutic industry, in governmental organizations, and in healthcare. Qualification to become a PhD candidate is a definite possibility.
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Programme structure
The programme offers you the ability to combine experimental research with theoretical courses. The programme helps you grow into an independent and skilled physicist.