469 search results for “early is a” in the Staff website
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Professionals on the Move: the Language Sector and Migrant Agency in Early Modern Europe
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Salvador Santino Regilme in The Associated Press: 'The U.S. aid freeze is a return to hard-power coercion'
President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. foreign aid is raising concerns about ceding global influence to China. The Associated Press explores how this shift could weaken America’s soft power, traditionally used to build alliances and counter adversaries.
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The Historical Topography of Medina: Faith, Power, and Memory in Early Islamic Arabia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Nadine Akkerman’s Spycraft reviewed in several publications
Nadine Akkerman's book Spycraft, which she co-wrote with historian of science Pete Langman, has garnered top publications, with reviews featured in The Telegraph, Literary Review, The Spectator, History Today, and the Times Literary Supplement.
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273375
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Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
Conference
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‘The anniversary year is a celebration organised by and for the faculty’
The '450 Event Committee' has been planning the faculty's anniversary year for months. The powerhouses behind LAWLANDS are Hannah Saberi and Britt Polderman. We spoke to them ahead of the 450 summer celebration on 19 June.
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Test expert Coen van 't Veer: 'The Dutch final exam is a good measuring tool'
Not passed your Dutch exam? Then there’s no HAVO (Higher General Secondary) or VWO (pre-university) diploma for you, says the Inspectorate of Education's Inspector General. This comment fuels a discussion on an exam that is already under fire. The final exam for Dutch is said to be uninspiring, too…
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Captive Entanglements: Slavery, Medicine, and Natural Inquiry in Early Modern Italy
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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First Tuesday Talks is a fact: 'It's nice to learn something from another field'
He had been back from Australia for less than 48 hours, but there was no sign of that. Michel Mandjes of MI had the honor of kicking off the very first Tuesday Talks: Science Insights on Tuesday. He did so with a presentation on complex networks.
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Students complete research traineeship: 'This is a good start for a career as researcher'
After seven months of hard work, the participants in the Research Traineeship Programme concluded their research on Friday 2 September with a pitch and a poster presentation.
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Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt: ‘This novel is a plea for human assistance’
Philosophy alumna Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt returns to Leiden University on 20 June to present her latest novel Stemmen (Voices) in Plexus. ‘I wanted to show that things could be done differently in psychiatric care.’
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The Plurality of Early Modern Media: 21st-Century Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities
Conference
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Sunni constitutional theory in light of an early hadith about obedience
Lecture
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272128
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
l.a.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Daphne WoutsLeiden University Libraries
d.e.wouts@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271552
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
r.m.baars@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272720
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
l.e.m.fikkers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
h.a.riach@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
r.j.baarsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
c.murphy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
i.odaly@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272155
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities
a.a.a.h.ramadhan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276139
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
t.j.van.der.mark.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lucas VanhevelFaculty of Humanities
l.vanhevel@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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Jef SchaepsLeiden University Libraries
j.schaeps@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272788
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Sophie Rose
Faculty of Humanities
a.s.rose@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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These students studied Byzantine Rome... in Rome: ‘It was an immersive experience’
Professor Joanita Vroom, together with the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offered the course Byzantine Rome in September 2023. The course, co-taught by Vroom, Letty ten Harkel and various guest lecturers, investigated the transition of the city of Rome from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages,…
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Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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'If you think astronomy is a man's world, then it's your job to make a change'
During her master's thesis, Nashanty Brunken (24) worked in a team with five other women. With this female team, they discovered the largest molecule so far identified in a disc. 'I have learned so much and because we are all women, it is incredibly empowering. It's very cool to see how far we've come…
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Dr. Kuijpers in Science Magazine: 'This is a blow to the idea that elites were running the show'
A new study sugggests that through informal networks, Mesopotamian merchants established a standardized system of weights that later spread across Europe, enabling trade across the continent. The advance effectively formed the first known common Eurasian market more than 3000 years ago. “This is…
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Brand-new Ehrenfest car park at LBSP is a breath of fresh air
The new Ehrenfest multi-storey car park at the heart of the Leiden Bio Science Park was opened today by the Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Leiden University, Martijn Ridderbos. The car park, an initiative of the University, should improve accessibility and quality of life on the campus.
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified'
After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…
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Inter-Section journal offers students the chance to publish: ‘Inter-Section is a great way to get your work in the spotlight’
The Faculty of Archaeology's own home-grown journal Inter-Section has released a new volume. Inter-Section offers students and PhD candidates the unique chance to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. Karel Kuipers and Tullio Abruzzese contributed to the new volume.
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Looi van Kessel on The Conversation: ‘Their passing is a reminder of the fragility of queer lives’
Assistant professor Looi van Kessel writes in The Conversation about the passing of drag performer The Vivienne, reflecting on their significance for LGBTQ+ advocacy in Europe.
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Keynote Address: The Kindness of Others: Jews, Christians and Early Childhood Care in Medieval Europe
Lecture
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The Expansion of Sugar Plantations in Early Modern Java, c. 1740-1780
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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The Cosmos Malabaricus programme: researching early modern Kerala through Dutch sources
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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what is already happening and shows that educational professionalism is a fully-fledged career path.'
On Monday 12 January, Joanne Mouthaan, associate professor in the Clinical Psychology section, received the Senior Qualification in Education (SKO). Within the university, increasing importance is being attached to recognising and valuing different career paths. Not only research, but also education…
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Negotiating with the enemy: this ‘unloved masterpiece’ is a great example
During the Cold War, 35 states sat down at the table and negotiated for three years – with results. Lecturer Kai Hebel sees the Helsinki Final Act (1975) as the inspirational example of successful negotiations between hostile states.
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'This course is a simulation of your professional work as an astronomer'
What if I completely changed everything? A subject without lectures or exams, where the right answer is not important and where students work with their hands. With this idea, Michiel Brentjens reformed the course Radioastronomy. His students are so enthusiastic about this approach that they nominated…
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Alumnus Allard Altena is a Public Prosecutor: ‘It’s just the best job ever!’
Since graduating from Leiden Law School with master’s degrees in Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law and Criminal Law, alumnus Allard Altena now works as a Public Prosecutor at the Dutch Public Prosecution Service. He says, ‘I leave work at the end of each day knowing I’ve done something useful.’
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Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in the Regulation of the early steps of the Metastatic Cascade
PhD defence
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.