1,320 search results for “history of ancient relations” in the Staff website
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language
Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.
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Children learn how medicines work: ‘Some pills go in your bottom!’
A pill can make you better, but how exactly does it work? Primary school children from The Hague found out during a visit to the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) as part of a new teaching module ‘The journey of a pill’.
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Word from the LUCSoR Chair: September 2024
Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year! I hope this finds you feeling refreshed following an enjoyable and restful summer holiday season. As we start the autumn semester, I want to look back briefly by highlighting 10 significant milestones at LUCSoR from this past year (some of which I referenced in…
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For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system
International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the James Webb Space Telescope, they have observed the creation of the first…
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’
An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not differ much from the people at the other end of the world."
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Four VIS grants for Humanities projects
The new VIS grant has been awarded to four projects from the Faculty of Humanities. In a Virtual International Cooperation Project (VIS), Dutch and foreign students work together remotely on a project that links local issues to an international perspective.
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century'
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own vernacular was thought to reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Germans, Danes, Italians and many other nationalities…
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Burying Hester Bijl’s valedictory lecture: how a joke became a tradition
The valedictory lecture of former rector magnificus Hester Bijl was buried on Tuesday 12 May in the garden of the Kamerlingh Onnes Building (KOG). Where did this young, and slightly eccentric, university tradition come from?
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Break the familiar routine of papers and write a blog post! ‘This way you can be more involved with the subject’
Exam, paper, exam, paper. A familiar, though sometimes little unexciting, routine for students. That is why Film and Literary students Sietske de Haan and Wouter Dijkman decided to write a blog post for the course Interculturality. Their impressive achievement was rewarded with a publication on science…
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When Dionysus Lands on Erin: Greek Tragedy on Irish Grounds
PhD defence
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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DUSANE: To Go Down in Flames
Symposium
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Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Constant HijzenFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
c.w.hijzen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272978
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413
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Remko Offringar.offringa@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275097
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography 2026
Course
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LUCL Brainstorm on Gender and Nominal Classification
Conference, Brainstorm
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Marga Sikkema-de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
jongtm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273881
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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From Microbes to the Cosmos: A Journey Through Science
Lecture, Pint of Science
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Oriental dance beginners/intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Modality without moods? Preliminary considerations for a systematic study of modal strategies in Hittite
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium | Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Computational Analysis of Lead Isotope Ratios in Artefacts and Ores from China
PhD defence
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Mathematics lecture: Manjul Bhargava - Magic squares, cubes and hypercubes
Lecture
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-discussed topics. We compiled an overview of the most-read news items and other events of the past year.
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclusion, with specific emphasis on creating an inclusive learning environment.
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
- Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars
- Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars
- Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars
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Skill issues: conceptual metaphors and the etymology of Vedic r̥tá
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
- Middle East Studies Lectures
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Mind tools, language and the origins of AI
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Materiality and Historical Research
Conference, Workshop
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Does Lao Tzu Confuse Sein and Sollen? A Preliminary Reconstruction and Reinterpretation of the Concept of Tao in the Tao Te Ching
Lecture
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
- Diplomacy and Global Affairs Research Seminar Series
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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Wet felting workshop: design your own case or bag
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Herta Mohr lecture 2025: TT 217, the tomb of the sculptor Ipuy
Lecture, Herta Mohr Lecture
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Informal workshop Global rhetoric
Lecture, Workshop
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Archaeology in the Dealer’s Archive
Lecture, Faculty Lecture