1,384 search results for “history of ancient relations” in the Student website
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Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Selth winners of first H.S. Versnel Prize
Master's students Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Snelth are the first winners of the H.S. Versnel Prize for best master's or research master's thesis in the field of ancient religion. According to the jury, their theses were so original, well-written and of such high quality that both deserved first pla…
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Maja VodopivecFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.vodopivec@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009472
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272769
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Diederik MeijerFaculty of Archaeology
d.j.w.meijer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272444
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
n.a.l.schreuder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Irene VikatouFaculty of Archaeology
e.vikatou@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Johan VisserFaculty of Humanities
j.visser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271744
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass
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Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
d.d.schade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272796
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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737
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Podcast Finally Friday with ancient-fire expert Femke Reidsma
Pyrotechnology – the manipulation and control of fire – is one of the defining characteristics of humanity, and has impacted nearly every technology that we used in the past and study archaeologically in the present. Our PhD researcher Femke Reidsma joined EXARC's podcast for May’s #FinallyFriday to…
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Yuan Yi ZhuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
y.y.zhu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Maximilian Wachter
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.n.wachter@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Kenan van de MieroopFaculty of Humanities
k.j.van.de.mieroop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272715
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Ronald Petrarca
Faculty of Humanities
r.a.petrarca@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Astronomers Discover Ancient Solitary Quasars with Mysterious Origins
An international team of astronomers, including Leiden PhD student Elia Pizzati, has observed several ancient quasars that, surprisingly, appear to be floating alone in the early universe (less than a billion years after the Big Bang). Until now, astronomers, based on models, assumed that quasars are…
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
m.van.ette@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272713
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
w.waal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
d.mueller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274954
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Motoyuki SanadaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.sanada@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Ruben Gonzalez VicenteFaculty of Humanities
r.gonzalez.vicente@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Materiality, Religion and the Environment
Conference, L*CeSAR Research Workshop
- Study related support
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Education in Ancient Egypt: 'Everyone Used the Same Text'
For hundreds of years, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using The Satire of the Trades, a text in which a father gives advice to his son through descriptions of different professions. PhD candidate Judith Jurjens investigated how this worked in practice.
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Brian ShaevFaculty of Humanities
b.shaev@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276658
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality
Lecture, Keynote
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Bernhard RiegerFaculty of Humanities
b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271290
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271121
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Michael KerschnerFaculty of Archaeology
m.kerschner@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nico StaringFaculty of Humanities
n.t.b.staring@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ajeng Arainikasih
Faculty of Humanities
a.a.arainikasih@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
p.w.van.trigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271349
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
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Edmund FrettinghamFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.j.frettingham@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Tycho van TartwijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.van.tartwijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Casper WitsFaculty of Humanities
c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006
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Book Launch | EU External Relations Law: Research Meets Practice
Book Launch
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Sacrifice and Social Imaginary in Hellenistic Kos
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271983
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
e.j.de.haan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
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Simon Kemper
Faculty of Humanities
s.c.kemper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646