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‘Drawing for Dummies’, but in the Renaissance
The way the great masters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries learned to draw is more similar to a present-day drawing class or book than you might think. Professor of ‘Art on Paper and Parchment’ Yvonne Bleyerveld tells us about the art of copying and model books.
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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say
The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a study released Monday. Leiden archaeologist Dr Andrew Sorensen, not involved in the study, reacts on the find in a news article by NBC News.
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Book Launch Media / Art / Politics
Lecture
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University College: Another quality seal for one of Europe's top liberal arts and sciences programmes
For the eleventh time in a row, Leiden University’s unique liberal arts and sciences programme has been awarded the ‘Top Rated Programme’ quality seal by Keuzegids universiteiten 2024.
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Musical soundscape and swiping with art: online programme brings a breath of fresh air to the dialogue about mental health
On February 28 at ROC Amsterdam, in the presence of more than 300 students and teachers, 'De Bovenkamer' was launched; an online teaching package that makes mental health open to discussion in an accessible way at secondary schools and MBOs.
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11 November 2022: Tutankhamun on Tahrir Square
Education, Research, Social
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Art project has students and lecturers reflecting on pressure to succeed
What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’? This is the focus of the Perspectify exhibition, which was opened on 16 November by President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow.
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Digital guest lectures for high school students: ‘It is an art to appeal to them properly’
How do you make lobbying and rhetoric both challenging and understandable for high school students? Professor Jaap de Jong found the answer in climate activist Greta Thunberg. Together with his colleague Arco Timmermans, he developed a digital guest lecture on how to present a convincing story.
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Aging nationally in contemporary Poland| Jessica Robbins
Lecture, Online webinar
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The Politics of Education in Contemporary Vietnam
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692
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Art Market FSW: time for new art
Arts and culture
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
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Webinar: Is LUC for me?
Study information, Webinar
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Painting with acrylics: art inspired by art
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Tijmen BaardaUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
t.c.baarda@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Roundtable Digital Society in Contemporary China
Debate, China Seminar
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How do we listen? 'There is no such thing as a natural disposition'
How is our perception of sound informed by the way we participate in the world? That is the question PhD candidate Gabriel Paiuk has been pondering in recent years. 'The way we experience sound is informed by material, technical and collective conditions that influence our interaction with the envir…
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LKV's Art Auction
Festival
- Art History Book Launches
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Court as a theatre: ‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2654
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Is it a fake or not? Time for a new kind of connoisseurship
If a forged Vermeer or Rembrandt is discovered, it is world news. Yet tracing fakes has long been a low priority in art history. University lecturer Anna Tummers will receive an ERC grant of almost two million euros to change that.
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The Art of Belonging
Inaugural lecture
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Beyond Friends and Foes: Immigration Policymaking in Contemporary China
PhD defence
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Beyond Postmodernism: Oscillation, Reparation and Affect in Contemporary Dutch Novels
PhD defence
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Make your data FAIR
Contemporary data management practices rest on the four principles: findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability.
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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Endowed Professor Tineke Abma: ‘Help older people feel like they belong’
Older people are often approached from the perspective of their limitations when there is often much they still can and want to do. According to Professor Tineke Abma, art is a good way to continue to participate.
- Language Policy and Practices Series
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Beyond Risk? Understanding the Threats of the Anthropocene
Conference
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…
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Museum Talk: Art amid the Ruins
Lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Digital Humanities for Contemporary Policy Research - the Case of China
Lecture
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Environmental Humanities: Science, Art, and Activism
Lecture
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On the Backlash: The Weimar Republic and the Contemporary World, UCDxLeiden
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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Universal Jurisdiction Becoming more Universal? Taking Stock of Contemporary Practices
Conference
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Physicists from Leiden help create world’s smallest Rembrandt
Museum De Lakenhal is displaying the smallest work of art in the world: a 3D-printed statue of Rembrandt van Rijn, made by sculptor Jeroen Spijker and researchers from Leiden University.
- ‘Theatres of Law: Policing, Prosecution, and Performance from Plato to YouTube’ – Workshop with Julie Stone Peters (Columbia University) and
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What is Liberal Arts and Sciences?
Career Building & Networking Event
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Committee appointed on Rein Dool painting and exhibitions policy
A diverse (ad hoc) committee will advise Leiden University’s Executive Board on its exhibitions policy in a broad sense, with a special focus on the painting by Rein Dool in the Academy Building.
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Expanded inspiration: metric improvisation and tools for composition in contemporary modal music
PhD defence
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Beyond the Canvas: Exploring Art-Science Collaborations
Conference
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Ancient lexical borrowings between Sinitic and their northern neighbours
Lecture
- The F-word: feminist archaeologies for the twenty-first century
- Museum Talks at the Leiden Department of Art History
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ReCNTR Talk: The Deep Field ; Art and the Ecological Imaginary
Lecture
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy Building and what the guidelines for the University’s exhibition policy should be. These issues will be explored from diverse perspectives during the…
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.