22 search results for “19th century” in the Student website
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Dental remains shed light on drug use in 19th century Dutch village
Archaeologist Bjørn Peare Barthold suspected farmers in a doctorless 19th century Dutch village may have been self-medicating to manage pain and disease. By examining the skeletons' dental calculus this hypothesis could be tested. Science Magazine interviewed him about this new technique.
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
o.p.kennedy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Antje Wessels
Faculty of Humanities
a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705
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The Faculty BBQ returns on May 19th
Social
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Cornelis de Brabander
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
brabander@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4045
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Making cards: the language of flowers
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Folke Glastra
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
glastra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jelle Plesman
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.plesman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Jochanan Veerbeek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.veerbeek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3399
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead of in communal cemeteries. Professor Frans Theuws recently published a book on this phenomenon. ‘We wanted to know if the study of these farmyard burials…
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Femke Lippok
Faculteit Archeologie
f.e.lippok@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden Classics: The paradox of student association Minerva
Minerva, which calls itself the oldest student association of the Netherlands, has the reputation of being an impenetrable bastion. A lustrum exhibition shows the turbulent history and points to a diversity of contacts: from close bonds with Leiden ‘coffee ladies’ to the visit of Sir Winston Churchi…
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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Veronica Tamorri comes to Leiden with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship
Since November 2022, Veronica Tamorri has been a new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Originally from Rome, she joined the Faculty with a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship. Here she is studying human remains from early Egypt and Nubia (Sudan) using bioarchaeological methodologies.…
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Mysterious metal depositions were ‘the most ordinary thing in the world’
In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by Leiden archaeologist Marieke Visser shows that these practices were expressions of people’s relationship with the world around them. ‘It was a completely…
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Beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived
For thousands of years, beavers had a big influence on the Dutch ecosystem and the people that lived there. This is the conclusion of research by archaeologist Nathalie Brusgaard.
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KNIR Course: Excavating National Pasts
Education
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Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
- The F-word: feminist archaeologies for the twenty-first century
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Archaeology alumna Anouk Everts will tell you about studying abroad during Being the First meeting
Education