Kim Beerden
University Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. K. Beerden
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2761
- k.beerden@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Kim Beerden is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.
More information about Kim Beerden
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Research Trainee Project on Religious Narratives as Plausibility Structures launched -
Five History projects selected for Research Traineeship Programme 2016-2017 -
Kim Beerden wins 2016 LUS Teaching Prize -
Teaching Prize nominations are now in -
Who is the best teacher? -
‘Peer review makes students more critical’ -
Ancient Greek decision making with help from the gods
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Kim Beerden nieuwe UD Oude Geschiedenis
Office hours
Monday: 12:30-14:00h
Tuesday: 15:30-17:00h
Biography
Kim Beerden read Classical Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) after which she completed her MPhil History at the University of Leiden, specializing in Ancient History (cum laude). Her thesis explored the possibilities for application of comparative method to divination and was awarded the Fruijn prijs 2007 for best history thesis at the University of Leiden. Kim has written her PhD thesis Worlds full of signs: ancient Greek divination in context (Brill, 2013), in which she systematically compares Greek divination to divinatory practices in Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia and in Republican Rome. She is employed as a lecturer at Leiden University – and won the LUS Teaching Prize for best lecturer in 2016. For more information on her research and her publications, please refer to Kim Beerden's website.
Research interests
Her research interests remain focussed on the history of mentality in the ancient world, with a special focus on religion, uncertainty/crisis and food studies.
University Lecturer
- Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
- Institute for History
- Oude Geschiedenis
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