1,825 search results for “medieval history” in the Public website
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Distributing the dead
Settlement burials in the pagus Texandrië and the transformation of Merovingian society c. 700 AD (Southern Netherlands)
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5000 jaar Kralen
Kralen spreken tot de verbeelding. Ze zijn aantrekkelijk en persoonlijk vanwege hun kleuren, materialen, patronen en associaties. Je draagt ze op je lichaam, waar je ze voelt en anderen ze zien. Kralen zijn waardevol en verplaatsbaar, tegelijkertijd reizigers en souvenirs.
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.van.ertvelde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1399
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World History For International Studies
Studying change in the course of human history, in different places, through the lens of a diverse set of core themes; World History for International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different debates historians have been conducting.
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Launch website on medieval tournaments
On 30 November the website Pas d'Armes was launched. The website, aimed at students and a more general audience, offers a gateway into the world of the pas d’armes (English: passage of arms). This was a highly ritualised form of tournament, that was very popular in Anjou, the Burgundian lands, France,…
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History: Europe 1000-1800
Are you thinking about studying History: Europe 1000-1800? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
r.c.sheppard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2656
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Research per university
What follows is a survey of existing programs and current projects for each of the participating universities.
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Valorization of Scientific Knowledge: Philosophy, History and Policy
This project aims to situate the current policy concept of ‘valorization of scientific knowledge’ in historical and epistemological perspectives. Conceptual understanding of the utility of scientific practices is developed in dialogue with historical analyses of the politics of knowledge in European…
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A different perspective on the Carolingian economy
Material culture and the role of rural communities in exchange systems of the eighth and ninth centuries
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The Urban Graveyard
The urban graveyard presents several studies in which the results of older archaeological and osteoarchaeological research are compared to more recent excavation data from several Dutch, Belgian and Danish cities and towns.
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Tiffany Bousard
Faculty of Humanities
t.v.c.bousard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Henk Kern
Faculty of Humanities
j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764
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Willem Otterspeer
Faculty of Humanities
w.otterspeer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7242
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Nina Jaspers
Faculteit Archeologie
n.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Islam and history
Understanding the history of Islam and Muslim societies sheds a clear light on the complex and changing social structures of the Middle East, including the current trouble spots whose effect spreads all the way to Western Europe.
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Anatomical Collections as Public History
The third project, worked on by dr. Rina Knoeff, is a synthesising project directed at studying the Leiden anatomical collections as important parts of ‘public history’. It will use the results of the other projects in order to analyse anatomical collections (their focus, significant silences, audiences,…
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Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog
Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.
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Femme Gaastra
Faculty of Humanities
f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Wim Boot
Faculty of Humanities
w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2724
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Scholarly Dogmatism: A Rhetorical History, 1800-2000
This project traces how, why, and under what circumstances scholars invoked the trope of “dogmatism,” especially in controversies. Relevant controversies from various fields, periods, and countries will be subjected to in-depth rhetorical analysis.
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Research Assessment 2018
To safeguard the quality of research within Leiden University, a committee of external experts evaluates the University’s institutes once every six years according to the Standard Evaluation Protocol which is drawn up by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Royal Netherlands…
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Call for papers: Medieval Studies Day 2023
The Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies invites PhD's and other ECRs to present their research on the Medieval Studies Day 2023. Deadline for abstracts: September 30.
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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Colonial and Global History (research) (MA)
The Colonial and Global History (research) programme at Leiden University offers the most in-depth and comprehensive programme of European expansion and globalisation currently available in Europe.
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Conference - Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Flanders
On 21-23 September 2022 Utrecht University will host an international conference titled 'Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe'.
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Workshop 'Medieval Government Finance' - Call for Papers
The University of Reading will host an online workshop on 27 April 2021. It is aimed at early career and postgraduate research historians focusing on the area of medieval finance. The deadline for submissions is: 19 February 2021.
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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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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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History and International Studies 1900-Present
The research programme History and International Studies 1900-Present addresses the interconnections and interdependence of contemporary global political, economic and cultural affairs from a multidisciplinary perspective rooted in the humanities.
- In Memoriam
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Centre for Islamic Thought and History
Welcome to the Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History. The initiatives and projects undertaken here are under the auspices of the Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy. As a centre, we aim to promote the study of Arabic and Islamic thought and history, in all its different…
- Europaeum Programme European History and Civilisation (MA)
- Teaching History and Civics (MA)
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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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in Global and Historical Perspective | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 13/2
In Migration and Membership Regimes editors Ulbe Bosma, Gijs Kessler and Leo Lucassen bring together ten essays in an analytical framework which looks beyond the Transatlantic migration of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in a deliberate attempt to incorporate the experience of earlier periods…
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Female Spies or 'she-Intelligencers': Towards a Gendered History of Seventeenth-Century Espionage
By analysing neglected (continental) spy centres and integrating these groups of female intelligencers into the traditional, male-orientated historical narratives, this project will proceed towards a gendered history of early modern espionage.
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Vacancy: Assistant Professor Medieval English Literature (UU)
Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor Medieval English Literature. Candidates are invited to apply before April 6, 2024.
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Profile 2. Settlement history of the Frisia in the Middle Ages
The narrow but long stretched stript of Frisian land along the North Sea was already occupied before Roman times. However, man repeatedly suffered setbacks when he tried to extend his living space, both in the tidal marshes and the peat area south of them.
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
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Researcher/PhD position: Social Life of Medieval Canon Law (RU)
The Radboud Institute for Culture and History is looking for a researcher/PhD candidate in the project 'The Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts'. Deadline for applications: July 6.
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Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures - Call
Jessica Barr and Barbara Zimbalist invite essays that examine any aspect of race and religion in medieval culture and society for a special issue on race and religion in the Middle Ages. Deadline for submission: 1 February 2021.
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Lecture Series Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies
Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies organises a lecture series for this year as well. The programme for the first semester can be found below. The first lecture will take place on September 25.
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Edmund Hayes
Faculty of Humanities
e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Maria Pereira Bastiao
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.pereira.bastiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646