245 search results for “archaeology of empires” in the Student website
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts lots of events each year. We are highlighting six of them for 2023.
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Alex Brandsen
Faculteit Archeologie
a.brandsen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Helen Pluut
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.pluut@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5386
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Gerrit Dusseldorp
Faculteit Archeologie
g.l.dusseldorp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2428
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Sic transit gloria mundi: a journey to the end of the Roman empire
Lecture, Ancient History study trip Trier 2022 information session
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Maartje van der Woude
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.a.h.vanderwoude@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7552
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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Tentoonstelling: Het onvertelde Caribische verhaal
Het zichtbaar maken van ongeschreven verhalen van inheemse culturen en volken van de Cariben. Dat doet de tentoonstelling ‘Caribbean Ties’ in de Oude UB.
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Birth of a Pelagic Empire: Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansions in the Pacific
Lecture
- Histories Connected
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law | Introductory Course for PPP-students
Research
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law / Introductory Course PhD-candidates
Research
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
m.h.g.kuijpers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2386
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
k.wentink.2@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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central reforms at the local level. Three case studies on the Austrian Empire, Bavaria, and Prussia around 1800
Lecture, Research seminar 1000-1800
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Workers of Istanbul Unite! A Socialist Workers' Organization in the Late Ottoman Capital, 1909-1922
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Cosmos Malabaricus Pilot Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
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Frederique Visser wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 2020
Frederique Visser, winner of the Foundation’s 2020 Mr. Hugo Weiland Thesis, has been awarded a NWO grant to support her PhD-project “Rhythms and Rupture: Everyday Life in Three Towns in Habsburg Central Europe, 1890-1930”. She will be a PhD-candidate at the University of Leiden, under supervision of…
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Executive Power and the Crisis of Modern American Democracy
Lecture
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch
Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center for International Relations (LUCIR) has conducted extensive fieldwork in Mozambique. Her resulting book, Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil…
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BOOK TALK: Offshore Attachments Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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History Research Master Symposium
Conference
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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Summer full of summer schools at Humanities
This summer, the Faculty of Humanities is once again offering a wide range of summer schools for staff and students. From acting to Indian linguistics: there is something for everyone.
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Concubines vs. Khatuns: Sexual Slavery and Marriage Policy in the Turco-Mongol Middle East
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LUCSoR student perspectives on the Jewish Experience, in podcast form
In her “Jews and Judaism” lecture class in Fall 2020, Dr. Sarah Cramsey’s students produced 7-minute long podcasts instead of final papers.
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From “The Sea Bastards” to “Solidarity Beyond Ocean”: Japanese Dockworkers and the Politics of Scale in the Bandung Moment
Lecture
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
- Forgotten heroes
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Opening LeidenGlobal Photo Exhibition: Crafting Cultures
Exhibition
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Keynote Lecture: Zaydis, Salafis and Houthis and Their Engagement with the Islamic Tradition in Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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Previous projects
You can find an overview of the projects and a list of all research trainees below.
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The Classical Zaydi Imamate (1200-1600) and its Legacy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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The First Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’
Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…
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Call for applications: In Situ Graduate School: Textile and Dyes as Transnational, Global Knowledge (deadline: 15 April)
Research
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Sigrid Kaag avant la lettre: Women played a significant role in eighteenth-century diplomacy
With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-century diplomatic circles of the Ottoman Empire. ‘We already know that one woman led the entire embassy.'
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Leiden University and University of Edinburgh to deepen collaboration
A delegation from the University of Edinburgh recently visited Leiden University to deepen their collaboration. What makes Edinburgh such an attractive partner?