83 search results for “19th century” in the Staff website
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lecturer Michael Newton has been awarded a NIAS subsidy to reconstruct the lives of three of these families.
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‘You have no love for truth’: 19th-century British scientists accused each other at every turn
Lack of manliness, avaricious or too imaginative. These are just a few of the accusations with which British scientists discredited each other over a hundred years ago. PhD candidate Léjon Saarloos researched British scientists around the year 1900 and their idea of what makes a good - and therefore…
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Oran KennedyFaculty of Humanities
o.p.kennedy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Everyone was keen on Old English in the nineteenth century
In the nationalist nineteenth century, the study of medieval writings took off. The idea was that the very study of one's own vernacular would reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Danes, Dutch, Italians and many other nationalities?
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681
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Medievalisms on the 19th-century English Stage
PhD defence
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705
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school 'Socioeconomic diplomacy and global empire building, 16th-19th centuries'
Conference, Summer School
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The Salm story: the forgotten architects of the Netherlands
Music venue Paradiso, the Keizersgracht Church and the Artis Zoo’s aquarium: these buildings all owe their design to architects Gerlof Bartholomeus Salm and Abraham Salm. Remco van der Kuijp researched the place of father and son in architectural history. PhD defence on 25 March.
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Cornelis de BrabanderFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
brabander@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4045
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana and the archive of the collector Johannes Thysius exhibit both the intellectual and everyday life as it was three hundred years ago. Now a brand-new digital…
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Summer full of summer schools at Humanities
This summer, the Faculty of Humanities is once again offering a wide range of summer schools for staff and students. From acting to Indian linguistics: there is something for everyone.
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Governance of racial and religious plurality overseas (16th-20th centuries)
Conference
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Jelle PlesmanFaculty of Humanities
j.c.plesman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Folke Glastra
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
glastra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their research team and put their best ideas into action.
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens
A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn Huygens. The fragrance makes the past more tangible and can help people experience history differently.
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul
Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and sea power, Barcelona was probably more powerful than two of these three?
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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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dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Jochanan Veerbeek - Leiden UniversityFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.veerbeek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3399
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Femke LippokFaculteit Archeologie
f.e.lippok@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Collecting Latin America: Actors, Networks, and Approaches in the 20th century
Conference, Symposium
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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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Leiden Classics: The Leiden Observatory, the world’s oldest university observatory
Whether finding signals of dark matter or discovering hydrogen in the vicinity of exoplanets, Leiden astronomers are world players in their field, and they are part of a long tradition: Leiden was the first university in the world to have its own observatory.
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Introducing: Márcia Gonçalves
Márcia Gonçalves joined Institute for History recently as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and specialises in the history of modern European colonialism (19th-20th Centuries). Below she introduces herself!
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Worlds to Discover: 16th Century Shiraz Manuscripts
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Botanie: een liefde die je niet kunt dwingen
Botanisch filosoof Norbert Peeters vertelt over hoe mensen omgaan met planten in het algemeen, en met onkruid in het bijzonder.
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Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’
The Netherlands returned 478 artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka this week, on the advice of a Dutch committee. Rightly so, says Leiden professor Pieter ter Keurs from the Museums, Collections and Society interdisciplinary research programme. ‘But do make it clear why you are returning something.’
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Amsterdam's splendid interiors of the eighteenth century
Alumni event, Lecture
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Three questions about the new podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur
Russian literature is awash with disputes, riots and intense political debates. In the new Dutch podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur, senior lecturer Otto Boele and film maker and journalist Kay Mastenbroek discuss the most talked-about Russian books published in the past two…
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Japan and the World
Lecture, COGLOSS
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Book launch: online presentation of 'Magnificence in the Seventeenth Century'
Arts and culture, Book launch
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Introducing: Sjang ten Hagen & Kim Hajek
Sjang ten Hagen and Kim Hajek joined the Institute for History in February 2021, both as a Postdoctoral Researcher. They introduce themselves below!
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Liberal nationalism in the twenty-first century
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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Webinar on Political Parties and Harmonious Discord in the 18th Century
Lecture
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Pride and prejudice: the eighteenth-century interior in the historiography of British architecture
Alumni event, Lecture
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
The IFLA-Section Rare Books and Special Collections committee and the Indigenous Matters Section, in collaboration with Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organize a satellite conference in Leiden – Friday August 18th and Saturday August 19th – prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress…
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Painting ensembles in eighteenth-century interiors in the Dutch Republic
Alumni event, Lecture
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Piety and devotion. 16th-century murals in the Virabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, India
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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Seventeenth-century depictions of sacred sites in the Kailasanathar Temple at Nattam, Tamil Nadu
Lecture, Masterclass IIAS/LIAS
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Three questions about the Ethics Committee
Whereas ethical research rules were previously mainly associated with the sciences, today they also play an increasingly important role in the Humanities. What are the consequences of this for researchers in the Humanities? And when do you need the Ethics Committee? We discussed this question with Dorota…
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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The Fusheng Quantu: An Exceptional Maritime Painting in Nineteenth Century China
Lecture
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Conversation on Helen Thompson's 'Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century'
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series