Promotor: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft

Als alumnus van de Universiteit Leiden kunt u uw hele leven lang gebruik blijven maken van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (UBL).

Met het nieuwe kennisplatform Medieval/Modern verlenen alle UGent-onderzoekers die zich buigen over de middeleeuwse periode je toegang tot hun onderzoek.

Drie Leidse geesteswetenschappers hebben een Veni-subsidie van NWO in de wacht gesleept voor hun onderzoeksprojecten. De veelbelovende, pas gepromoveerde onderzoekers kunnen daarmee de komende drie jaar hun wetenschappelijke ideeën verder uitwerken. De Veni's zijn toegekend aan Lucien van Beek, Karwan…

Lang werd gedacht dat de vroege ontwikkeling van Japanse kinderboeken vooral diende als propagandamiddel van de staat: de literatuur zou zijn geschreven om kinderen te vormen tot de perfecte burger. Promovenda Aafke van Ewijk nuanceert dit beeld. ‘Kinderboekenschrijvers wilden hun eigen zegje doen.’…

Emeritus hoogleraar oude Chinese literatuur Wilt Idema is dit jaar een van de winnaars van de Special Book Award of China. De Chinese overheid reikt deze prijs uit aan vertalers, schrijvers en uitgevers met grote verdiensten voor China. Idema hoort daar onmiskenbaar bij.

Eerder schreef van Dijkhuizen boeken over duistere onderwerpen als pijn, demonische bezetenheid en exorcisme. Maar voor zijn nieuwste boek koos hij een schijnbaar luchtiger onderwerp: verzoening. Maar wat blijkt, verzoening is vaak juist helemaal geen ''happy affair''. Hij vertelde erover in een podcast…

The Central European University is a graduate-level, English-language university with a multi-disciplinary Medieval Department that offers MA and PhD programs in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies as well as in Cultural Heritage Studies. Deadline: 1 February 2023.

The Chair of Medieval Latin (University of Zurich) invites applications for two PhD positions in the field of Medieval Latin. The positions are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) as part of the project “Il mondo antico visto dalle glosse medievali”. Deadline: 31 December 2022.

In samenwerking met het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden.

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The Diploma in Medieval Studies entitled European Diploma for the study of Medieval Latin written sources, organised in the framework of the ERASMUS+ programme, was created at Louvain-la-Neuve in 1991. More than twenty European and extra-European universities are involved. The courses focus on methodology…

A temporary position of Senior Researcher in Medieval Studies is available at the Department of Conservation, Archaeology, and History, University of Oslo. The successful candidate will become a member of the project team and will be linked to MINiTEXTS’ Sub-project 3 (The Christian Norm & Liturgical…

A temporary position of Senior Researcher (SKO 1109) in Medieval Studies is available at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo. The position will be linked to the ERC Advanced Grant project 101018645 MINiTEXTS “Minuscule Texts: Marginalized Voices in Early Medieval…

Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Medieval Studies are available at the Department of Conservation, Archaeology, and History, University of Oslo. The positions are associated with the project “Minuscule Texts: Marginalized Voices in Early Medieval Latin Culture (c. 700–c.1000)”, funded by the…

The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS) is organizing a panel at the 2023 International Medieval Congress in Leeds entitled "Relics and Reliquaries in Iberia, c. 1000-1400: Stories, Places, and Identities". Papers on any topic regarding the cult of saints, their material…

‘The Grumpy Cat’, wie kent hem niet? Dit wereldberoemde fenomeen was tot voor kort nog onbekend bij Dr. Erik Kwakkel. Maar na een razend populaire foto van een middeleeuws manuscript met kattenpootjes op Twitter kreeg de mediëvist er ineens 1000 volgers én een Grumpy Cat-koppeling bij. “Ik heb op deze…

The IGTM workshop "Rules, Regulations, and Regimes in Medieval Religion" (21 June 2023) for graduate students and junior scholars, in which early career scholars have the opportunity to discuss their research with peers and senior referents in an informal setting, takes the 800th anniversary of the…

To our regret we have to postpone the annual Medieval Studies Day of the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies, the Reflection Symposium, which was planned for December 17, to the spring of 2022. (Exact date to be decided). The present Covid-19 situation does not allow for a safe and productive…

Vrouwen spelen in de Iraanse literatuur over de Iran-Irakoorlog (1980-1988) een belangrijke rol achter het front. Maar verhalen over vrouwen als martelaar zijn een zeldzaamheid. Saeedeh Shahnahpur houdt er 16 februari een lezing over.

Per 1 maart is Mariken Teeuwen gestart als bijzonder hoogleraar schriftcultuur in de middeleeuwen bij het Instituut voor Geschiedenis. ‘Ik kijk ernaar uit om samen met studenten onderzoek te doen.’

The Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature 2022 hosts students at graduate and post-graduate level (MA students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers) to study current directions in the study of Christian apocryphal Literature. It takes place in Strasbourg from 30 May until 2 June 2022.…

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

From 3-7 July 2023, we will organize a summer school for researchers who want to learn about communicating science to diverse audiences. The summer school is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and other early career researchers. This year we open our Summer School for all disciplines in science, including…

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De maatschappelijke aandacht voor slachtoffers van criminaliteit is de afgelopen decennia enorm gegroeid en zo ook de behoefte aan goed onderzoek op het gebied van de victimologie, de wetenschappelijke studie van slachtoffers en slachtofferschap. Binnen het CJ-onderzoeksprogramma wordt hard gewerkt…

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The University of Oslo offers three postdoctoral positions in early medieval studies. Deadline: 9 November 2022.

CEU is accepting applications for its master and doctoral programmes in medieval studies. Deadline: 1 February 2022.

On February 1, Utrecht University organizes an international workshop on good governance in the late medieval city (1200-1600).

On 18-20 November the Huizinga Institute organizes an online double Masterclass: ‘From Creation to Destruction: Shedding Light on the Lives of Medieval Manuscripts (c.1300 – 1550)’.

Op 25 maart organiseert het Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies een online lezing door Angus Stewart, getiteld “The Mongol Invasions of Syria and the Armenians: Changing Perspectives”.

A freely accessible online street map of late medieval and early modern northern Europe (1350-1650) has been published by the Viabundus project.

Kunst en cultuur, Concert/artistieke presentatie

On the 21st and 22nd of June, the students of the Research Master Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Groningen organise an online conference on the topic of otherness.

This year’s UCMS Seminar, on 14 October 2022, will be devoted to the connections between reading cultures and the transforming material features of the medieval book: from scroll to codex, from parchment to paper, from manuscript to print, and recently from printed to digital facsimiles.

In April, Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro will teach four masterclasses at Leiden University on "Culture and society in the medieval Islamic west: The process of Islamization". These masterclasses will take place online and are open to all students. Registration deadline: 28 March 2021.

Research Internships of 15 ECTS are available in Medieval History at Utrecht University, from 2021-22 block 4 until 2023-24 block 3, for Research MA students.

The Abbey Library of Saint Gall and the Chair for Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg organize their third Summer School Medieval Writing Culture (V to XV century), which will be held from 16 till 20 May 2022. Deadline for applications: 3 March 2022.

On 27 May 2021 (15.15-18.00), the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies will host its annual colloquium via Zoom. This colloquium will consist of a general lecture by Mauro Bonazzi and paper presentations by Bart van Hees, Nike Stam, and Irene O'Daly.

The University of Fribourg has a vacancy for both a "professeur" and a "maître d'enseignement et de recherche" in Medieval History. Deadline for application: 30 June 2021.

PhD Position in ERC-funded Project on Historical Future Expectations in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period (University of Antwerp) (deadline for submission: 26 April 2020).

The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD Position in the ERC Starting Grant project Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550. Deadline: 30 November 2022.

The catalogue includes some of the most famous early medieval manuscripts, decorated with luxury materials and exceptionally beautiful script, ornament and illustrations.

The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (Vienna) is pleased to announce its call for applications for MA and PhD positions for the 2021/2022 academic year. The deadline is February 1, 2021.

On 25 and 26 November 2021 the 18th International Meeting of the Middle Ages in Nájera will take place online. It is devoted to: "The Use of Social Space in the Late Medieval European Town". For more information, please consult: www.neim.unican.es.

The peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal Otherness: Essays and Studies is now accepting submissions for its special issue: Premodern Otherness: Encounters with and Expressions of the Other in Classical Antiquity, Medieval, and Early Modern Periods, Autumn 2022. Deadline: 1 February 2022.