306 search results for “roman decoration” in the Staff website
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Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Conservation of Qasr Bshir featured as a cover story in Current World Archaeology
‘Qasr Bshir is magnificent even in decline. It sits majestically in the landscape, master of all it surveys. On approaching the site, however, it is clear that the structure is damaged’, states the latest issue of the journal Current World Archaeology.
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Exposed: interdisciplinary approaches to the Greek and Roman body
Conference
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Re-materialising Roman religion: Keynote lecture from Dr. Graham
Lecture, UMW Research Seminar
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The pre-Roman elements of the Sardinian lexicon
PhD defence
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New publication affirms academic legacy of Hanna Stöger
In summer 2018 classical archaeologist Hanna Stöger passed away. At that moment she was in the midst of several cutting-edge research projects on the use of space in the Roman city of Ostia. To make sure that her groundbreaking work would not go unpublished, long-time colleagues Hans Kamermans and Bouke…
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Erik KoopmanFaculty of Humanities
e.k.koopman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Roads Lead to Rome? New Reflections on Ecology and Mobility in the Roman Empire
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5328
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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Meet our new colleague Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
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Arent PolFaculty of Archaeology
a.pol@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marijke Kooijman
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.e.kooijman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275014
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Cahit Mete OguzFaculty of Humanities
c.m.oguz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275477
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Spring 2023: Who reads Martial’s epigrams? The gender gap in reading Roman literature
Lecture
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Staging Power: A Study of Narrative Patterns in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire
PhD defence
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Wet felting workshop: design your own case or bag
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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2024 Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores
Congress
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Lectures Spring 2023: The Revisionist Muse: Recent retellings of Greco-Roman myths from a female perspective
Lecture
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David Pieter Schaper
Faculty of Archaeology
d.p.schaper@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 06 12754061
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Extraordinary treasures on National Finds Day
Is it a prehistoric mammoth tooth or just an ordinary pebble? It was National Finds Day at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities on Saturday 17 June, and Leiden University was one of the collaborating partners.
- New! ""But where is the third?" Qur’anic Divorce in the Context of Roman, Rabbinic, and Sasanian Law
- Daring questions in Islam
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Disorienting Empire
Conference, Workshop
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OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography 2026
Course
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Antoinette HuijbersFaculty of Archaeology
a.m.j.h.huijbers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nina JaspersFaculty of Archaeology
n.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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John BintliffFaculty of Humanities
j.l.bintliff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2564
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ReuvensReuvensplaats 2-4, Leiden
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Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk: “The Early Modern Discovery of the Roman limes along the Danube and its impact on 16th-Cen. Austrian Architecture”
Lecture, Austrian Studies Fund Lunch Talk
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Archaeology Inter-Section journal offers students the chance to publish: ‘I learned a lot during the process’
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. The new volume focuses on the materials that shape our world.
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Karsten Lambers in Vice: 'Whoever built those geoglyphs was unaware of their relative size on a global scale'
Geoglyphs decorate the ground near the town of Boha, India, and add up a total distance of about 30 miles. They were discovered by Carlo and Yohann Oetheimer. Our Assistant Professor Karsten Lambers was asked to respond by Vice.
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
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Home magazines of yesteryear: Upholsterers were the interior designers of the eighteenth century'
Today, anyone wanting a new look for their living room watches a home decorating programme or buys an interior design magazine. In the eighteenth century, people went to an upholstry specialist, who would provide you with new wall coverings, curtains and much-needed accessories. PhD candidate Aagje…
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Roeland EmausFaculty of Archaeology
r.emaus@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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How to record with a video crew/in the studio
What do you need to record a knowledge clip in the studio? You can find below a checklist of the materials you need to bring to a studio recording. Keep in mind that this checklist depends on the kind of video you want to record. Always discuss the specifics for producing such a video with your video…
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
j.melis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Weishuo LiFaculty of Archaeology
w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mette LangbroekFaculty of Archaeology
m.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dusan MaczekFaculty of Archaeology
d.maczek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Femke LippokFaculty of Archaeology
f.e.lippok@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jip BarreveldFaculty of Archaeology
j.barreveld.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
j.m.ouellet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Camilla MarracciniFaculty of Humanities
c.marraccini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Cornelis van TilburgFaculty of Humanities
c.r.van.tilburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lennart Kruijer returns to Archaeology: ‘It’s good to be back!’
After a three-year absence, Lennart Kruijer has returned to the Faculty of Archaeology. He previously completed his PhD within the VICI project Innovating Objects, and now returns as a postdoctoral researcher in the Anchoring Innovation programme.
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Jaap van den Herik receives royal distinction on his retirement
Jaap van den Herik was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau on 8 October on his retirement as professor of Law and Information Technology.
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’