347 search results for “human of humanities” in the Staff website
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413
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Why Humanities? Cristiana Strava on Middle Eastern Studies
Lecture
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Jennifer SchenseFaculty of Law
j.m.schense.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278586
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Jens IversonFaculty of Law
j.m.iverson@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Why Humanities? Arthur Crucq on Art as a "Leftist Hobby"
Lecture
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Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks
Leiden archaeologist Professor Wil Roebroeks receives the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). "By granting Wil Roebroeks the 2021 Gutenberg Research Award, we are honoring his extraordinary contributions to paleoanthropology through his field research, his interdisciplinary…
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
g.j.kroonen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1768
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
a.kloekhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7977
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Serkan AslanFaculty of Science
s.aslan@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275919
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2644
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Christina Pasvanti GkiokaFaculty of Law
c.pasvanti.gkioka@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
e.veldkamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7233
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Axel PalmérFaculty of Humanities
a.i.palmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
e.j.m.grootveld@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2069
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Adam BenferFaculty of Archaeology
a.k.benfer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dita AuzinaFaculty of Archaeology
d.auzina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Henning LahmannFaculty of Law
h.c.lahmann@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278838
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Jacky NieuwboerFaculty of Law
j.w.nieuwboer@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Daniel Thomas
Social & Behavioural Sciences
d.c.thomas@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1263
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Why Humanities? Frans-Willem Korsten about Literature & Law
Lecture
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Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers
Small, remote islands were long thought to have been the last frontiers of pristine natural systems. Humans are not thought to have been able to reach or inhabit these environments prior to the dawn of agriculture, and the technological shift that accompanied this transition. A paper recently published…
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Leiden archaeologists uncover earliest evidence of plant food processing
A new study carried out by Leiden archaeologists Hadar Ahituv and Amanda Henry, together with international colleagues, reports the identification and analysis of 650 starch grains preserved on basalt percussive tools (anvils and hammerstones) found at an early Middle Pleistocene site in Israel. These…
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5328
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2783
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2202
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
g.macaj@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Alexander van OudenhovenFaculty of Science
a.p.e.van.oudenhoven@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7473
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Neanderthals ran ‘fat factories’ 125,000 years ago
Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities. But now a new study published in Science Advances demonstrates that our…
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276078
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Archaeologist Wei Chu explores Carpathian caves with Gerda Henkel grant
Recently, archaeologist Dr Wei Chu received a grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for an excavation in the Carpathian Mountains. Originally planning for an excavation in Ukraine, his plans were disrupted by the war. ‘We had to change plans really quickly.’
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Larissa van den HerikFaculty of Law
l.van.den.herik@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eamon AloyoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.t.aloyo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9195
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Rachel Schats joins Leiden Teachers Academy: ‘I am always trying to look for ways to make teaching stick better'
The Leiden Teachers Academy (LTA) was founded to help collaboration between excellent teachers. Osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats has been one of the latest additions to the Academy, nominated by the Faculty Board for the position as a Teaching Fellow. ‘In the LTA we talk about new innovations in…
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Wei Chu receives SNMAP funding for dating earliest dwelling structures in Ukraine
At some point in the deep past the first known dwelling structures were built out of mammoth bones in a country we now know as Ukraine. Archaeologist Wei Chu would have visited the site in summer 2022, were it not for the war. Now he has received funding from SNMAP with the aim to better establish the…
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Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities
t.c.pronk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4168
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
e.edelmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2415
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Jennifer SweridaFaculty of Archaeology
j.l.swerida@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048
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Archaeologist Andy Sorensen in National Geographic Magazine about ancient fire use
When and how commenced the use of fire by early humans? Armed with stones, peat moss, and fungi, archaeologist Andy Sorensen tries to answer that question. In the February edition of the Dutch language version of National Geographic Magazine his research features in the section The Discovery.
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Ancient fire expert Femke Reidsma on Tea-Break Time Travel Podcast
In her podcast Tea-Break Time Travel Matilda Siebrecht is joined by fire expert Femke Reidsma, to talk all about how this essential tool was made and used by our ancient human ancestors. How can you recognise an ancient hearth? Why is it so important to study the first use of fire? When was the first…
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Human rights and Global Diversity
Lecture, Opening of the Owada Chair
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Understanding human migrations requires a long-term perspective
Lecture
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2438
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Senior Teaching Qualification
On 12 January ten driven lecturers obtained their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy Building. We asked three of them how the SKO programme had benefitted them, what they think ‘good teaching’ is and what makes them so passionate about…
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Radhika GuptaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Laura SteenbergenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
l.steenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3875
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Marie Soressi produces documentary on Neandertal Legacy
The genetic material of currently living Europeans is partly of Neandertal origin. Were our ancestors successful because they were hybridising and interacting with the local populations they encountered when migrating into new places? This subject takes centre stage in a beautiful documentary produced…
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727