472 search results for “life medieval” in the Staff website
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…
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Robert SteinFaculty of Humanities
r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272712
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Egbert BosFaculty of Humanities
e.p.bos@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
n.c.g.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271636
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Simon van der StratenFaculty of Archaeology
s.van.der.straten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
l.a.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anna Dlabacova receives ERC Starting Grant for research on late medieval prayer books
Assistant Professor Anna Dlabacova has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. She will use this grant of around 1.5 million euros to conduct research on the Dutch vernacular ‘book of hours’.
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Online access to medieval manuscripts improved
Do you frequently search the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) for western medieval manuscripts? Then you must have noticed important changes lately. Some 1800 summary catalogue records in Dutch were replaced by more elaborate descriptions in English. Furthermore, the catalogue interface…
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Jeroen OosterbaanFaculty of Archaeology
j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Social life and settling in
When you decide to move to the Netherlands and bring along your family there is a great deal that needs to be taken care of. We will provide some information on schools, childcare and learning Dutch to help you settle in in the Netherlands.
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Helias Udo de HaesFaculty of Science
udodehaes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Looking over the shoulders of medieval readers
What did medieval scholars think of the books they read? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Mariken Teeuwen will talk about the texts they wrote in the margin.
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Navigating Married Life in the Late Medieval Low Countries
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
m.i.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272733
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Dusan MaczekFaculty of Archaeology
d.maczek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mariken Teeuwen: ‘There are so many new possibilities in research on medieval manuscripts’
Mariken Teeuwen started at the Institute for History as a professor by special appointment of Script Culture of the Middle Ages on 1 March. ‘I’m looking forward to doing research together with students.’
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
f.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Roos van OostenFaculty of Archaeology
r.m.r.van.oosten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272448
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Song Tan
Faculty of Humanities
s.tan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
c.v.weeda@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272718
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From walking sticks to guide dogs: Krista Milne charts the lives of medieval people with disabilities
What was life like for people with disabilities in the Middle Ages? University lecturer Krista Milne delved into medieval manuscripts and found more than thirty images of assistance dogs of all shapes and sizes. Now, a Vidi grant is enabling her to expand her research to include the question of what…
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Keyhole surgery on old books leads to discovery of medieval fragments
An endoscopic camera was used to record images of reused medieval fragments on the inside of book bindings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The unique images were made as part of the project ‘FragmEndoscopy: An Innovative Way to Discover Hidden Heritage inside Early Modern Book Bindings’, funded by…
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Mingming HuFaculty of Science
hu@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271497
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272686
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Call for Papers for LUCAS Conference 'Practices in Comparative Medievalism' on 23 September 2022
Medievalism is the area of academic study that investigates the reception and reconstruction of the medieval past since the Middle Ages came to an end.
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
a.asghari@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nina van DulmenFaculty of Science
n.van.dulmen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bernhard SteubingFaculty of Science
b.r.p.steubing@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sander van NielenFaculty of Science
s.s.van.nielen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alice MondelloFaculty of Science
a.mondello@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access
The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini, is now available in open access via the Digital Collections. The 324 Latin manuscripts copied in medieval Europe, along with 48 post-medieval manuscripts,…
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Arjan de KoningFaculty of Science
koning@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275653
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‘Medieval women had their first child much later than previously thought’
Costume dramas would have us believe that women in the Middle Ages became mothers at a much younger age than they do today. University lecturer Krista Milne wants to refute this image with the help of an NWO XS grant. ‘In the past, not all data was taken into account.’
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Letty ten HarkelFaculty of Archaeology
a.t.ten.harkel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272631
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Weishuo LiFaculty of Archaeology
w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jeroen GuineeFaculty of Science
guinee@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277432
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Mathilde VerdamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.g.e.verdam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273789
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Life-course and intergenerational mobility among enslaved people in plantation hierarchies in 18th and 19th-century Suriname
Lecture, Economic and Social History Brown Bag Seminar
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nina JaspersFaculty of Archaeology
n.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lieke WirkenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
l.wirken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273711
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Emilio Solis SanchezFaculty of Science
e.solis.sanchez@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculty of Medicine
j.c.kiefte@lumc.nl | 071 5269111