454 search results for “classical languages” in the Staff website
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'
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Bert van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
r.m.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2680
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Manfred Horstmanshoff
Faculty of Humanities
h.f.j.horstmanshoff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166
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Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
j.booth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
h.h.koning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2667
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
l.kulikov@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Reflecting on Professor Carrie Vout's Masterclass on Classical Art
From March 27 to 31 Byvanck Professor Carrie Vout gave the intensive masterclass Classical Art - Definitions, Politics, Limits. This special lecture series was open to students and PhD candidates in Archaeology and Classics. One of the attendees, Nicky Schreuder, on the class: 'It was a critical and…
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Combining classic and novel tools in the study of Historical Collections of Chinese Materia Medica in the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Christoph Pieper
Faculty of Humanities
c.h.pieper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2673
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Thomas Kluitenburg
Faculty of Humanities
t.p.m.kluitenburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8530
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhibition shined light on the famous physicist’s Dutch friends and his love for Leiden. A review featuring seven images can be found below.
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Leiden Classics: Cleveringa’s protest
On 26 November 1940 Professor Cleveringa held his courageous speech protesting against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague, Professor Meijers. Cleveringa was arrested and the university was closed. Every year the university honours Cleveringa with a chair and meetings throughout the world.
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Aliéksey Barreto Malheiros Vianna
Faculty of Humanities
a.d.barreto.malheiros.vianna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2999
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Bouke van der Meer
Faculteit Archeologie
l.b.van.der.meer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Digital Tools for Sign Language Research: Towards Recognition and Comparison of Lexical Signs
PhD defence
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Leiden Classics: the man behind the beadle
Almost everywhere in the world where the post exists, the beadle is a ‘master of ceremonies’ who only makes his appearance on special occasions. In Leiden the beadle does much more. He is indispensable at dissertation defences and orations. He directs ceremonies and is a master at calming nerves.
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Harry Stroomer
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.stroomer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Suzan van de Velde
Faculteit Archeologie
s.m.van.de.velde@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
p.gouw@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7749
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Khalid Mourigh
Faculty of Humanities
k.mourigh@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
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Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.de.rooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2597
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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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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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Claudio Di Felice
Faculty of Humanities
c.di.felice@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2187
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Ying-ting Wang
Faculty of Humanities
y.wang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2520
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Colin Ewen
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.ewen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2148
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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: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted an elected University Council. It became quite powerful: the Council even had the right to dismiss the Chairman of the Board.
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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(Call for Papers) Classics Colloquium: Migrants and Membership Regimes in the Ancient Greek World
Research
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Gea Hakker: ‘We aim to be the gold standard of language learning’
The Academic Language Centre (ATC) is one of the cornerstones of Leiden University. Director Gea Hakker explains how this organisation is providing quality (online) language courses and meeting new demands.
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
r.h.bremmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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BA Classics students staging a production of Hecuba: ‘It really brings a tragedy to life.’
Translating texts, rehearsing scenes or practising music. Over the last few weeks, students of the BA Classics programme have been focused on just one thing: their production of the Greek tragedy Hecuba. Almost a third of them are involved in it. Iris de Smalen, who plays Hecuba, and Christoph Pieper,…
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Education
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities
k.yoshioka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2553
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Wim Tigges
Faculty of Humanities
w.tigges@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eduardo Alves Vieira
Faculty of Humanities
e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5638
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Dick Smakman
Faculty of Humanities
d.smakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2607
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.d.price@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7548
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Miguel John Versluys
Faculteit Archeologie
m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2438
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Irene O'Daly
Faculty of Humanities
i.odaly@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2155
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
r.b.halbertsma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'