937 search results for “history of is a” in the Staff website
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Tracing the Early History of Yoga
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Sander TetterooFaculty of Humanities
a.e.g.tetteroo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations'
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and Society' project. Researchers will reconstruct how seventeenth-century scientists recorded and shared their groundbreaking microscopic discoveries. We…
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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Uncovering the role of Social Democracy in the History of European Competition Policy
Lecture, CHEI Seminar - Book launch
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
j.ilbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0715272977
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Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History
From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and practices of solidarity while also exposing tensions over the centrality of decolonization in global struggles…
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Yamila MiguelFaculty of Science
ymiguel@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278457
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Mehmet KentelFaculty of Humanities
k.m.kentel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009322
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
i.duyvesteyn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009325
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The usefulness of science: ‘Room for exchanging questions, values and ideas'
Is scientific research useful? In his dissertation, Jorrit Smit argues that in order to answer this question one should not look at, for example, prominent scholars or influential organisations, but at places where knowledge exchange and co-creation take place. Promotion 6 May.
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272023
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
p.gouw@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277749
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Andrew GawthorpeFaculty of Humanities
a.j.gawthorpe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271740
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
l.alvarez.frances@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272599
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Digital skills at History
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an innovation project in order to research which digital skills history alumni need on the labour market and how these skills can be implemented in the cu…
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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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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579
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Caroline SchepFaculty of Humanities
j.e.schep@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272359
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Edurne de WildeFaculty of Humanities
e.de.wilde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
a.s.por@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
n.nuranisa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Sjoerd RamackersFaculty of Humanities
s.j.ramackers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 2709
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Emma SowFaculty of Humanities
k.sow@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271345
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Femke Fakkeldij
Faculty of Humanities
f.k.fakkeldij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Melinda SusantoFaculty of Humanities
m.susanto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Muhammad Asyrafi
Faculty of Humanities
m.asyrafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Victor Barros Correia
Faculty of Humanities
v.barros.correia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Koundja Mayoubila
Faculty of Humanities
k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Elena Dacome
Faculty of Humanities
e.dacome@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Mamadou Togola
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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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Larissa Mendoza StraffonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
l.mendoza.straffon@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009400
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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Casper van DijkFaculty of Humanities
c.j.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
r.e.breuker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272921
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Exhibition Books that made history
From Galileo Galilei to Albert Einstein and from Anna Maria van Schurman to Anton de Kom: only a selection of the 25 authors who's books and ideas had extraordinary historical impact, in some cases even to this day. Leiden University Libraries and the National Museum of Antiquities jointly present the…