398 search results for “literature and petra” in the Staff website
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272644
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Taiwanese Literature in Dutch: the Voice of the Translators
Lecture
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Mark LoderichsFaculty of Humanities
m.a.loderichs@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Catching Kairos? Imagining Alternative Futures in Eastern German Literature
Lecture, Lunch Time Talk
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Thesis assessment
Thesis assessment is carried out according to faculty standards with associated assessment forms and manuals.
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Antiquum Lecture: Plato’s winged chariot in Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy: Literature’s journey toward transcendence
Lecture
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The ties that bound early Islamicate society
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Highlighting Dutch-Jordanian archaeological cooperation in Udhruh
In 2011, the University of Hussein Bin Talal in Maan and Leiden University initiated the joint Udhruh Archaeological Project, led by Professors Fawzi Abudanah and Mark Driessen.
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ICT and research
Leiden University supports researchers with secure digital facilities and tools. Here you will find information on data management and online collaboration, as well as answers to practical questions such as: How do I store research data securely? How do I set up an online survey? And how do I register…
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year
Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
b.k.ieven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271308
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Emmanuel WalesonFaculty of Humanities
e.g.c.waleson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anna KrýsováFaculty of Humanities
a.krysova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tenzin TsepakFaculty of Humanities
t.tsepak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273923
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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The Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty
Are you in need of some rest, stressed about an exam, or feeling under the weather? Since a few months you can find Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty. Assessor Ava Bauer and student psychologists Petra Penning and Koen Linders explain what the Mindfulnest can mean for you.
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
a.d.m.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272179
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272202
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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GMS contact persons
If you have a guest or visitor who needs access to the network drives or a ULCN account, you can have him or her registered in the guest management system (GMS) via your GMS contact person.
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Gioconda Belli: ‘La poesía es la palabra llevada al máximo de su capacidad expresiva’
Aprovechando la conferencia Spinoza, Nanne Timmer, Universitair Docent LUCAS, le hace unas preguntas a la escritora y Premio Reina Sofía Gioconda Belli sobre su poesía y su lugar en la Nicaragua de hoy.
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NICA is moving to Leiden
Since 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amsterdam, has moved to the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
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Translating humorous children's poetry? Content matters most
Translating poetry is notoriously difficult. Translating poetry in such a way that the humorous nature of a poem remains intact is even more difficult, even though it is precisely jokes that can encourage children to read more, notes PhD candidate Alice Morta.
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Whose Language Is It, Anyway? Mapping Arabic in Modern Hebrew Literature
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Udhruh archaeological project on TV in Jordan
The Udhruh archaeological project in Jordan was recently visited by Diala Dabbas for her program ‘Helwa ya Donya’ (which translates to ‘Beautiful Universe’). Helwa ya Donya is one of the most viewed television programs in Jordan and deals with many Jordanian topics, one of which is the current research…
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and rebirth: Acts of recovery in gender separatist feminist utopian literature
PhD defence
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Skin and Beyond: Reading the Surfaces of the Body in Ancient Greek Literature
PhD defence
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Call for papers: Who is Asian? Definitions, Representations, and Marginalizations
Conference, Call for papers
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Fraude en plagiaat
Fraude en plagiaat
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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only centred on sport. Human rights are in the spotlights in Qatar. On Friday 30 September, Leiden University organised a debate in which experts from various…
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Using technology for the translation of literature: a user-centred approach
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Leonie HenkesFaculty of Humanities
l.c.f.henkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cas Botman
Faculty of Humanities
k.r.w.botman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nicolas TurnerFaculty of Humanities
n.d.turner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.greenland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
s.t.magano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Milan Ismangil
Faculty of Humanities
m.s.ismangil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gislene Da Silva Trindade
Faculty of Humanities
g.trindade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zheyu ShangFaculty of Humanities
z.shang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Daný van DamFaculty of Humanities
h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marjolein LansingICLON
m.m.lansing@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272128
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Milco WansleebenFaculty of Archaeology
m.wansleeben@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272930
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Archaeological Project Sheds Light on Ancient Water Management in Udhruh
In 2011, the Udhruh Archaeological Project was launched, bringing together teams of Jordanian and Dutch archaeologists to investigate the region and reconstruct ancient water harvesting techniques in the extremely arid landscape of Udhruh. Access to fresh water remains one of the most pressing global…
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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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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.