1,169 search results for “cultural heritage” in the Staff website
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Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…
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Heritage expert Ian Lilley holds commemoration speech at Netherlands-Australia War Memorial
Professor Ian Lilley, the Faculty of Archaeology’s Willem Willems Chair in Archaeological Heritage, was invited by Her Excellency Mrs. Marion Derckx, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Australia, to present the 2022 commemoration speech for Netherlands Memorial Day on May 4th at the Netherlands-Australia…
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692
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Perpetuating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Jelle Wouters (RTC Bhutan), Erik de Maaker (CADS Leiden) and Radhika Gupta (CADS Leiden) have been awarded a €260.000 grant by the Gerda Henkel Foundation for the research project ‘Perpetuating Highland Heritages of Bhutan’. This 4-year research project focuses on vernacular and unacknowledged heritages…
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Archaeologist at Binnenhof: ‘Even the staff ate heron’
An Iron Age skull, a unicorn for cleaning your ear and thousands of beer jugs. Alumnus and archaeologist Chris Muysson has made remarkable discoveries at the Binnenhof government complex in The Hague. ‘Each puzzle piece tells us more about its history.’
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
w.j.i.waal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2019
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Eric van HoofAdministration and Central Services
e.j.m.a.van.hoof@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4896
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Maaike de Waal interviewed on new publication Living (World) Heritage Cities
The LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development has interviewed Dr Maaike de Waal about the new publication of which she is one of the editors. 'Living (World) Heritage Cities explores how World Heritage Cities are dealing with the preservation of their living heritage, with all the challenges and…
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Fenneke Sysling in National Geographic on the Java Man: ‘Scientific proof for Indonesia’s greatness’
Assistant professor Fenneke Sysling spoke in National Geographic about the return of the ‘Java Man’ to Indonesia.
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Heritage Day 2025 Symposium
Education, Social
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Narrating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Highland Bhutan is facing unprecedented challenges from a combination of climate change, new economic opportunities, and changing cultural aspirations of its residents. Today, what does highland heritage constitute, to who, and how does it matter?
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Siyun WuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
s.wu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451
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Register for the event An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate Change-Induced Damages
Research
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126
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Call for Abstracts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages
Research
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
e.riccobon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274203
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Mari MiyamotoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
m.miyamoto@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Archaeological Heritage Value Mapping in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, a twin-island nation, has over 300 identified archaeological sites that testify to its diverse history, covering pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Many of these sites were discovered by archaeologists in the 20th century and have not been regularly visited and assessed.…
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Letty ten HarkelFaculty of Archaeology
a.t.ten.harkel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2631
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Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter
Conference
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Ang LiFaculty of Archaeology
l.a.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alicia WalshFaculty of Archaeology
a.s.c.walsh@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Student exhibition: unearthing the story of the VOC ship Amsterdam
A new student-curated exhibition in the F1-corridor of the Van Steenis building brings history to life through remarkable finds from the Amsterdam, a merchant vessel of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) that met an untimely end in 1749. 'The story of the Amsterdam is truly unique, especially considering…
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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…
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Call for papers: Graduate workshop Making and Remaking Heritage in Global Context
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
v.h.meyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2281
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Marcel CobussenFaculty of Humanities
ma.cobussen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5041
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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Van de Waal Lecture 2025: Shared heritage or cultural appropriation? The Iko-Schmutzer sculptures
Alumni event, Lezing
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.berger@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2360
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Erik de MaakerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
maaker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6612
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Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800
Conference
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
o.febrer.i.vilaseca@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2252
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Marie-leen Ryckaert
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sam de RuiterFaculty of Archaeology
s.de.ruiter@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’
In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We give the floor to Dr Martin Berger, who joined…
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism
Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’
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Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond
Conference
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Two NWO Mosaic 2.0 grants awarded to cultural anthropology PhDs
Dilara Erzeybek and Oumaima Hajri, two PhD students in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology received a Mosaic 2.0 grant last week. This NWO programme supports PhD students with a non-western migration background - an underrepresented group within science - in order to foster diversity in…
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1611
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Collecting Global Heritage
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