2,628 search results for “history of the contemporary middle east” in the Staff website
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Bruno AllahissemFaculty of Humanities
b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7392
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Daphne EngelFaculty of Humanities
d.engel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Koundja MayoubilaFaculty of Humanities
k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Discovering Europe through Coins: The Contact Zone of Nagasaki around 1800
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Dodo Through the Looking-Glass: A Mirror for Modern and Contemporary Culture
Inaugural lecture
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LUCIR Seminar: Refugees and asylum seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan
Debate
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Elsemieke DaalderFaculty of Law
e.s.daalder@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6416
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Alexandra TutwilerFaculty of Archaeology
a.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
r.k.pitt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Book presentation: Israelite Religion
Lecture, Book presentation
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Jaap GoedegebuureFaculty of Humanities
j.l.goedegebuure@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mineke Schipper-de LeeuwFaculty of Humanities
w.j.j.schipper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rosanne van der VoetFaculty of Humanities
r.van.der.voet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8002727
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Ton Anbeek van der MeydenFaculty of Humanities
t.anbeek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tatiana Vargas OrtizFaculty of Humanities
a.t.vargas.ortiz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Vera ScepanovicFaculty of Humanities
v.scepanovic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2342
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Preserving Syrian excavation data: ‘the documentation here in Leiden is the only thing that’s left’
The Faculty of Archaeology used to be involved in several excavations in Syria, before the outbreak of civil war made travel to the region impossible. One of these excavations is the one of tell Hammam al-Turkman, which started in 1981. Student Ruben Hartman, together with archaeologist Dr Diederik…
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47)
Conference
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Rogier CreemersFaculty of Humanities
r.j.e.h.creemers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2850
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Political Scientist Matthew Longo wins Orwell Prize for his book
The latest book by political scientist Matthew Longo came out this spring: 'The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain'. In addition to its many favourable reviews, the book received the prestigious Orwell Prize this summer, which highlights exceptional books on politics.
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
f.m.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Verticality, Agronomic Turn, and the Making of Colonial Botany in the Dutch East Indies
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Memories of Cinema-Going in Postwar Japan: An Ethno-history
Lecture
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Jorrit KelderFaculty of Humanities
j.m.kelder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Amza AdamFaculty of Humanities
a.adam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
n.nuranisa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Soulmates in Empire? Van Vollenhoven and the Colonial Contradictions of Grotius
On Thursday 14 October, Dr Martine van Ittersum gave the first lecture of the Van Vollenhoven Institute’s year-long workshop 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'. Attended by over 40 people, her lecture, entitled 'Van Vollenhoven and Grotius: Soulmates in Empire' examined Grotius’ influence on Cornelis…
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Vulnerable Yet Resilient: Representations of Migrant Workers in Contemporary Chinese Prose
PhD defence
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Expanded inspiration: metric improvisation and tools for composition in contemporary modal music
PhD defence
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The Role of Political Elites in nation-Building in contemporary Ethiopia, 1960-2019
PhD defence
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NWO grant for the Facebook of the past: ‘Circulating images aren’t new’
GIFs, memes and videos: anyone who opens a social media platform can be in no doubt that today we live in a visual culture. But the role of images in social communications isn’t new, says Associate Professor Marika Keblusek. She has been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition (Large)…
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3026
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
a.kloekhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277977
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Tycho van der HoogAfrican Studies Centre
t.a.van.der.hoog@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jan AbbinkAfrican Studies Centre
g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sunken History
PhD defence
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Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History
Lecture, LUCIS Keynote
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A sample of perspectives: Rick Honings sought and found new perspectives on Indonesia
Anyone who wanted to get an impression of the Dutch East Indies between 1800 and 1945 quickly turned to travel literature. Large groups of readers devoured non-fiction accounts of the island empire on the other side of the world – and were given a one-sided picture. Most of the sources that reached…
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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Stone Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda
In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.d.n.kerkhoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009484
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Monique Koemans staat graag vooraan als er geschiedenis wordt geschreven
Monique Koemans werkt sinds 2,5 jaar op de Nederlandse ambassade in de Verenigde Staten. 'Leiden is een opvallende rode draad in mijn leven.'
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference