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Last chance to join the Graduate Masterclass: The Classical Body
Education
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From child to artist: something for everyone during Days of Arts and Science
From 11 to 17 September, Leiden will be all about art and science. What can the combination of these two domains do for us? And how can cooperation between them be strengthened? Several public events and a brand new symposium for specialists should answer these questions.
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A 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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Database full of 3D models: 'Maybe it will help us deal with restitution more inclusively'
Scientists' computers are now full of complicated 3D models, but no standard has yet been developed for exchanging the data. A new database should change this. External PhD student Liselore Tissen is receiving a grant to contribute to this on behalf of Leiden University (and TU Delft). ‘It will be great…
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Introducing: Indira Huliselan
Indira Huliselan recently joined the Institute for History as a PhD candidate within the research project 'Roman Fake News? Documentary Fictions in the Roman Empire'. Below, she introduces herself.
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Celebration 50 years of the University Council
Conference
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Beyond the Canvas: Exploring Art-Science Collaborations
Conference
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
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Gerbrands Lecture – Keywords: Conspiracy, Race, Love
Lecture, Gerbrands Lecture
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13th International Congress of Egyptologists, 2023
Conference
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European Music Meets Japanese Culture: a Lecture on the Essence of the Funeral Culture in Japan
Lecture
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GERBRANDS LECTURE | Elizabeth Povinelli
Lecture, The 10th Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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The Ten Kings of Earth Prisons: Theatricality of Death in Late Imperial China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Lecture at Boerhaave "Animal testing – the Dutch transition"
Lecture
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CANCELLED: The Power of Apology (Graduate workshop)
Workshop
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Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria
Book Presentation
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Van de Waallezing 2023: Maarten van Heemskerck, Rome and classical mythology
Alumni event, Lezing
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Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture by Jason De León
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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Byblos Workshop
Conference
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From Aksum to India: Inclusivity & the Classics
Film screening
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The study of ancient cities provides us with new urban ideas
Lecture
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Archaeozoology is essential to modern environmental management
Lecture
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Opening LeidenGlobal Photo Exhibition: Crafting Cultures
Exhibition
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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The Intuitive Body
Lecture, Studium Generale
- Kids Activities @ Middle Eastern Culture Market
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Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021 Evening Edition
Festival
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The Answer to Inequality is in the Past
Lecture
- IBL Symposium 2022
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Symposium in Honour of Olivier Nieuwenhuyse
Conference
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
Conference
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The Multilingual Holy Land
Conference, Public event
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
PhD defence
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Symposium: Does Science need Heroes?
Lecture, Symposium
- Performances @ Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
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Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony
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Interdisciplinary collaboration in Leiden: discover the interdisciplinary research programmes
Event for all Leiden researchers
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Digitised Chinese mega-maps now available in Open Access
Three enormous maps of China, created during the reign of three different emperors of the Qing dynasty, have now been made available in open access and are downloadable via Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) Digital Collections. The rich maps are an early example of academic collaboration between the…
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Call for proposals: Leiden European City of Science 2022
Research
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The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic visits the Faculty of Archaeology
Monday 6 February the Faculty of Archaeology had the honour to receive the e Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, H.E. Dr. Juan Bautista Durán. The motive of the visit was to discuss the collaboration between the university and the Dominican Government after the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding…
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Ewine van Dishoeck goes stargazing
From the birth of the universe to the molecules in a planet's atmosphere. The first five pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the enormous range in which the space telescope can operate. Ewine van Dishoeck, professor of molecular astrophysics, took a look at the first images Tuesday…
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PhD candidate reveals link between North Korea and southern Africa
North Korea is generally thought to be an isolated country. But, according to PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog from Leiden’s African Studies Centre, the opposite is in fact the case. North Korea actually has strong alliances with countries in southern Africa. Van der Hoog is trying to shed more light…
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Samatar Botan investigates ancient Aksum with a Mosaic 2.0 grant
In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research at our Faculty on the ancient Aksumite Empire, a topic that is close to his heart. We speak with him about his ambitions and drive. ‘I want to know more…
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Archaeologists in action: stories from the field
During the summer, staff and students of the Faculty of Archaeology travel to all parts of the world, initiating or joining fieldwork projects. Read some of our students' stories here!
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ESOF ‘Art Exploring Science’ session will connect art and science
How can we view societal challenges from a different perspective? At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Robert Zwijnenberg, Emeritus Professor of Art and Science Interactions, will call for more collaboration between artists and scientists.
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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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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…
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Very successful conference marks end of Integrated Project for students Security Studies
Last week, third-year students of the Bachelor Security Studies concluded a seven-week intensive programme with a two-day conference. They presented their findings in front of a full lecture hall and in the presence of the client for whom they worked on a complex security issue. Tutor Saskia Postema:…