1,363 search results for “chinese art” in the Public website
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Exhibition ‘Art-chaeology’ presents artworks inspired by archaeology
From painted pottery to tattooed mummies, art has always been essential in human culture. Exploring the human past, archaeologists study art in the widest sense; from the technical aspects, to decrypting meaning. The new exhibition ‘Art-chaeology’, however, turns the tables and gives the pencil and…
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New installation 'LAWKI-Passages' at Digital Art Festival Taiwan
Digital Art Festival Taiwan commissioned the collective ARK / Roosje Klap to develop a new installation for Taipei's National Digital Art Center. On show during the Digital Art Festival between 30 September-10 October in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Leiden scientists during Night of Arts and Science
Many Leiden scientists will be taking part in the Night of Arts and Science on 17 September. Find out what's on for English speakers.
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'Art therapy effective in treating anxiety in women'
On 22 January, Annemarie Madani-Abbing will defend her dissertation 'Art therapy and anxiety' regarding her research into the effectiveness of anthroposophic art therapy in treating anxiety in women. We asked her about her research and what it was like to combine a job outside academia with studying…
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Students exhibit at interface between art and technology
Abstract sounds that draw visitors upstairs, an 'escape womb' and a Christmas game that gets you thinking about the limits of creating our own happiness. Master's students of Media Technology created a special exhibition on the theme of 'self', in the Old School art centre in the Pieterskerkhof in…
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Two new publications on Art and Living Presence
The studies of two researchers previously working within the VICI-project ‘Art, Agency and Living Presence’ are now published by Leiden University Press in conjunction with Akademie Verlag.
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Special art route pays tribute to the Humanities
How do you depict the importance of the Humanities? In honour of the faculty's 444th anniversary, 25 Humanities students, alumni and employees sent in a variety of works of art inspired by the theme 'Humanities matter'. You can come to look at the works from 25 May to 28 August via an art route through…
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Our students at the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
On a thursdaymorning our students were guided around a new exhibition in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. This exhibition displayed photographs and documents from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Western Arabian Peninsula.
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Royal Academy of Art (KABK) appoints new director
Ranti Tjan has been appointed director of the Royal Academy of Art as of 1 June 2022. He succeeds Henk van der Meulen, who will stay on as director of the Royal Conservatoire and Chairman of the Executive Board.
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International Buddhism conference in honour of Leiden Sinologist Erik Zürcher
Erik Zürcher (1928–2008) is still considered an authoritative source in research on Chinese Buddhism. A new collection of his publications serves as an occasion for an international conference on Buddhism in Leiden. Princess Beatrix, who knew him well, will be in attendance at the opening.
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jiyan Qiao
Faculty of Humanities
j.qiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2977
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Douglas Berger
Faculty of Humanities
d.l.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fei Bai
Faculty of Humanities
r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Vacancies: PhD positions Art History/French Literature (Université de Lausanne)
The University of Lausanne is hiring 2 PhD's in the domain of art history and French literature. Projects have a specific focus on North West Europe. Candidates should apply before May 1st, 2024.
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Photographs & Preservation. How to save Photographic Artwork for the Future?
How can we understand the material instability of photographic (mixed media) artworks (1960s - present) from an integrated approach of Art History, Conservation Science and Chemistry in order to preserve these works for the future?
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New Platform for Research Collaboration in the Arts
The Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art have a long tradition of stimulating research in the arts. ACPA is currently developing with both institutions a new platform for research in and with the arts, with an emphasis on collaboration.
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Mathematics and art: two sides of the same coin
Come to IMAGINARY at Administration and Central Services (Rapenburg 70) and discover the beauty of mathematics. This exhibition is open to the public until 24 March.
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Join us at the European Media Arts Festival (EMAF)
Students, staff and alumni of the Media Technology program will make a collective visit to the European Media Art Festival 2021, one of the most influential international forums of contemporary Media Arts.
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Yusen Yu wins MEM Graduate Student Prize
Yusen Yu wins the prestigious Graduate Student Prize of the Middle East Medievalists (MEM) with his article
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art?
Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the debate on art and collectors’ items from a loaded past. Inaugural speech on 2 December.
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Imagined Voices- A Poetics of Music-Text-Film
Imagined Voices deals with a form of composition, music with on-screen text, in which the dynamic between sound, words and visuals is explored.
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Overwhelming Architecture in Amsterdam in the Seventeenth-Century
The hypothesis of this research is that the municipality used the impressive the Town Hall to enforce its rule and represent its political ideas and make use of sources such as biographies, poems, pamphlets, sermons and governmental documents.
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Global China’s Human Touch?
On 17 January 2024 Ying Wang successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Barbarism Revisited: New Perspectives on an Old Concept
The figure of the barbarian has captivated the Western imagination from Greek antiquity to the present. Since the 1990s, the rhetoric of civilization versus barbarism has taken center stage in Western political rhetoric and the media. But how can the longevity and popularity of this opposition be accounted…
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E-Resources and Bibliographies
An overview of Academic E-Resources and Bibliographies
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6480
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Marijke Klokke
Faculty of Humanities
m.j.klokke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2417
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
r.b.halbertsma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
i.b.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2545
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Francesco Walker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.walker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Expression and Recognition of Emotion in Native and Foreign Speech: The Case of Mandarin and Dutch
This study investigates the perception and production of emotional prosody by native and non-native listeners and speakers, i.e. Chinese and Dutch listeners and speakers, including Dutch L2 learners of Chinese.
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The Animated Image. Roman Theory on Naturalism, Vividness and Divine Power
The Animated Image addresses the entire range of contexts in which images were described by Roman authors as being animated, as well as the accounts that Roman writers produced to explain the animation of inanimate matter.
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UN celebrity diplomacy in China: activism, symbolism and national ambition online
In this article in International Affairs, Saskia Postema and Jan Melissen examine Chinese celebrities' UN-affiliated Weibo activism in the context of China's increasing engagement in the United Nations, which coincides with a shrinking domestic public sphere under Xi Jinping's leadership.
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Gender, Sexuality and Identity in Contemporary Sinophone Cinema
This doctoral project, entitled Sinophone as Method: Reimaging Chinese Cinema in the Global Era, aims to explore the intricacies of knowledges and practices with regard to notions of China, Chinese, and Chineseness.
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Germany and Maillol
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The poet as pop star. Literary celebrity in the Netherlands 1780-1900
In which way was literary celebrity constructed in the nineteenth century and what forms of fandom were there?
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Four reasons to visit the Night of Art & Sciences
On 16 September, the Rapenburg canal will be the setting for the Night of Art & Sciences. There will be plenty of things to do, including for international students and staff. We have selected four great acts in advance.
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Combining art and science in the recovery of Ukraine
How wonderful would it be to use art, technology and science in Ukraine's recovery? Young Ukrainians currently residing in Poland get guidance to develop creative programmes and activities that can later be implemented. Leiden astronomers Pedro Russo and Kateryna Frantseva cooperate in the project.
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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nienke Beets wins prize for connecting nature and art
Nienke Beets of the Leiden Hortus botanicus has won the brand new Joke 't Hart Prize for connecting nature and art. For the botanical garden in Leiden, she developed a series of colourful plant icons and an educational board game. On 20 May, the Dutch Association of Botanical Gardens (NVBT) unanimously…
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Walking as a Research Method in Art and Design
The Lectorate Design at the KABK explores the research method of walking from a design perspective, and features the working process used by public space and landscape designers Krijn Christiaansen and Cathelijne Montens (KCCM) who teach field research in BA Interior Architecture and Furniture Design…
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Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities
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Study in China
Leiden University has student exchange and scholarships agreements with various Chinese Universities, varying from long-term exchange programmes to two-week Summer Courses.
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang'
Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to violation of human rights. PhD candidate Elke Spiessens was right in the middle of it with her research. 'The fabric of the community is being completely…
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Toward curriculum reform: an empirical research about the implementation of national mathematics curriculum reform in China
This is a research project on the implementation of national mathematics curriculum reform in Chinese junior high school. The research is expected to provide insight into the ways and reasons of mathematics teachers in Chinese junior high school for implementing national curriculum reform.
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The art of being a teacher
How to keep 80 students with different backgrounds motivated for 3 hours? Stefano Cucurachi knows how! By incorporating current developments, lively discussions and even some improvisation theatre, this assistant professor managed to become Teacher of the Year 2018. ‘You have to find ways of gaining…
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The art of control without repression
How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will be examining this question over the coming five years, focusing on the correspondence of ordinary people. The research is being funded by an ERC Consolidator…