1,355 search results for “from history” in the Staff website
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Somayah Elsayeds.elsayed@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271886
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Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member
Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.
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From #COVID to #GOFIT
How do you get fit after these challenging times? How do you actively start a healthy lifestyle? Healthy University Leiden would like to address these topics during the upcoming from #COVID to #GOFIT Week, which will take place from 21 to 25 June 2021.
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The Ptolemaic Ruler Cult in Egypt: The Greek Temple of Hermopolis Magna in its Religious and Socio-Historical Context
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times
The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.
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Plastic's Legacy: From Single-Use to Sustainable Solutions
Lecture, Studium Generale
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The Complicit Politics of EU Migration Diplomacy
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries
Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of human imagination in the exhibition Hello darkness, my old friend. Seventy works on paper from the collection of the Leiden University Libraries confront…
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
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Punishment or refuge? ‘Women sometimes aimed to be convicted’
Over a thousand women ended up in a State workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and drunkards: people who were said to be too lazy to work. Who were these women who were sent there? PhD candidate Marian Weevers found out.
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the West Indies), 16th-20th centuries
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade
Conference, Book presentation
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Building Epistemic Justice After Nuclear Weapons Testing: The Case of Kiritimati
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Eight projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
From a queer art exhibition to a podcast about people with disabilities, the JEDI Fund this year again honored several projects that contribute to diversity and inclusion.
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From tulip to quantum: Leiden discoveries revisited
To mark the university’s 450th anniversary, the Leiden Discoveries science route has been updated and was relaunched on the Night of Discoveries. New signs in town and a revamped website tell Leiden residents and visitors the stories of the city’s spectacular discoveries.
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Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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How does Ans differ from Remindo?
Education, ICT
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Salary increase from 1 January 2025
Human resources
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: Timeless Masterpiece or Relic of the Cold War?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass
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Can the Qing subaltern speak? Exploring Tibetan and Mongol history through the use of sub-provincial Chinese language archival sources
Lecture, China Seminar
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
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A message from the Executive Board
These are turbulent times at Dutch universities. We have all seen what has been and is still happening at various campuses in the country. Protests, demonstrations, occupations. Situations and scenes that deeply affect us all.
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The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health of LGBTQIA+ child asylum-seekers
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
m.e.l.david@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274118
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
i.f.d.m.r.willemars@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277160
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
h.f.westgeest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
c.m.wood@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277177
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities
p.s.van.schooten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271589
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Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
d.d.schade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272796
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Peter Klinkhamerp.g.l.klinkhamer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
s.lammes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272754
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Andrea WarneckeFaculty of Humanities
a.u.warnecke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272679
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Sarah NelsonFaculty of Humanities
s.a.nelson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271268
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
m.skalamera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271982
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
r.zwijnenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
m.newton@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272165
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
r.j.striekwold@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yunnan YeFaculty of Humanities
y.ye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
a.a.a.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278828
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Anastasia Nikulinaa.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
c.l.von.ilsemann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Onur AdaFaculty of Humanities
o.ada@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009927