2,646 search results for “takes en cultural van de world” in the Staff website
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Laura HanrathFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.i.a.hanrath@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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XR ERA Meetup: 'Museums in the Metaverse: XR Experiences for Cultural Heritage'
Online webinar
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UnToLD: Unraveling cultural historical dimensions of contemporary experiences of tiredness of life among older adults
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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[s]TATTOO studio at Van Steenis
Pop-up art studio
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India - Pakistan: Een grensconflict met diepe wortels
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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General Jacques Pâris de Bollardière and the French Nonviolence Movement, ca. 1960s-1980s
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom
In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the underlying reasons to introduce students to this technology was to teach them to reproduce objects. ‘More and more archaeological information is stored in…
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Open-world Continual Learning via Knowledge Transfer
PhD defence
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Parallel Worlds: Information Warfare in the Sahel (Dutch-spoken)
Debate, Haags Actualiteitencollege
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’
For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’
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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…
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Sympathy, Professionalism, and the Law: Medical Ethics in Britain and Germany during the Long Nineteenth Century
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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In Search of a Homo Economicus Javanicus. From J. H. Boeke to Clifford Geertz.
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Graduation ceremony master and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Graduation ceremony bachelor and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Meet Rector Magnificus Sarah de Rijcke over coffee at Leiden Law School
Coffee moment
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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First joint meeting 'Collecting Global Heritage' in Leiden
On Thursday 26 June 2025, the Pavilion of the Wereldmuseum Leiden featured the first joint meeting of Leiden University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam around the shared research theme Collecting Global Heritage. Some 50 researchers, students and collection managers came together to share knowledge,…
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A Visual World study of culmination in Hindi perfective verbs
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities
Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Building took place on 8 October, and it has many remarkable features: for example, recycled ‘mushroom columns’, a pedestrian bridge to the University Library…
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the challenges of Plurinational State/ Bolivia: Reflexiones en su Bicentenario de independencia, descolonizacion y los desafios del Estado Plurinacional
Lecture
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
yiya.chen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271688
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: Dissecting Latino power, language and culture
Lecture
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Nico Schrijver member of EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement Arbitration Panel
Nico Schrijver professor emeritus in Public Law and State councillor at the Council of State has been appointed by the European Union and the United Kingdom as a member of the Arbitration Panel which is authorised to settle disputes on the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement.
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2022-2023
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Alumni interview with Marleen Hogendoorn
Marleen Hogendoorn (36) studied Dutch Language and Culture at Leiden University and is now editor-in-chief of the feminist monthly OPZIJ.
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Dodo Through the Looking-Glass: A Mirror for Modern and Contemporary Culture
Inaugural lecture
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Traitors, profiteers or collaborators: ‘The Jewish Council has long been judged too harshly’
For too long the Dutch collective memory has judged the Jewish Council too harshly. This perspective needs to be adjusted, Bart van der Boom argues in his new book ‘De politiek van het kleinste kwaad’ (lit. ‘The Politics of the Lesser Evil’).
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A Special Territory: Visions of Hong Kong and its People
PhD defence
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Setting the Standard
PhD defence
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Li Manshan: Portrait of a Folk Daoist
Film screening
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Sympathy, Professionalism, and the Law: Medical Ethics in Britain and Germany during the Long Nineteenth Century
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Tuesday Talk - Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272693
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272769
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Symposium: Resilience and Delinquency in a Digital World
Conference, Symposium
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Discussing the role of AI in education: ‘We need a shared vision’
How do you ensure that students still learn anything when they can have AI write an entire thesis in a matter of minutes? Staff members from the Faculty of Humanities discussed this and other questions during a special AI symposium. ‘Writing and independent thinking are crucial, especially in our fi…
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Meet postdoc Ana Zora Maspoli: ‘I came to Leiden to find a new way to look at the dilemma of Romanisation’
Looking for a different approach in the ongoing discussions on the ethereal matter of Romanisation, Ana Zora Maspoli joined Miguel John Versluys’ research group as a postdoc guest researcher. While she has been active in our Faculty since February 2022, you may not have met her yet due to the Covid-19…
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LUCL to start working with Macroscope: ‘One place filled with datasets and tools’
Over the coming years, LUCL will be collaborating on the development of Macroscope, a new scientific infrastructure that maps social change at the population level. Professors Gijsbert Rutten, Stephan Raaijmakers and Carole Tiberius tell us more about the project.
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Andrew Gawthorpe in several media about Venezuela
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe provided commentary in several media outlets on the situation in Venezuela.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on France24 about Trump’s ambassadors: ‘Controversial’
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe comments on France24 on controversial USA ambassadors in Europe, all appointed by Trump.
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Salvador Santino Regilme on NPR: ‘Fulbright Program is a form of soft power’
Associate professor Salvador Santino Regilme was interviewed by NPR about Trump’s soft power.