1,597 search results for “medieval history” in the Public website
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Rethinking African history
This Collaborative Research Group acts primarily as a platform for discussion of historical issues related to the African continent, its place in the world and in African Studies.
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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“The Binnenhof” a contested court. History, housing and politics in The Hague, 1813-2013
This project examines the meaning of this historical place, and the way it has been used by the political institutions that have had their seat there.
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Launch website on medieval tournaments
On 30 November the website Pas d'Armes was launched. The website, aimed at students and a more general audience, offers a gateway into the world of the pas d’armes (English: passage of arms). This was a highly ritualised form of tournament, that was very popular in Anjou, the Burgundian lands, France,…
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World History For International Studies
Studying change in the course of human history, in different places, through the lens of a diverse set of core themes; World History for International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different debates historians have been conducting.
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Nina Jaspers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Research per university
What follows is a survey of existing programs and current projects for each of the participating universities.
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History: Europe 1000-1800
Are you thinking about studying History: Europe 1000-1800? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.
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Distributing the dead
Settlement burials in the pagus Texandrië and the transformation of Merovingian society c. 700 AD (Southern Netherlands)
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5000 jaar Kralen
Kralen spreken tot de verbeelding. Ze zijn aantrekkelijk en persoonlijk vanwege hun kleuren, materialen, patronen en associaties. Je draagt ze op je lichaam, waar je ze voelt en anderen ze zien. Kralen zijn waardevol en verplaatsbaar, tegelijkertijd reizigers en souvenirs.
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Tiffany Bousard
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk Kern
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem Otterspeer
Faculty of Humanities
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Valorization of Scientific Knowledge: Philosophy, History and Policy
This project aims to situate the current policy concept of ‘valorization of scientific knowledge’ in historical and epistemological perspectives. Conceptual understanding of the utility of scientific practices is developed in dialogue with historical analyses of the politics of knowledge in European…
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A different perspective on the Carolingian economy
Material culture and the role of rural communities in exchange systems of the eighth and ninth centuries
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Femme Gaastra
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Boot
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
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Islam and history
Understanding the history of Islam and Muslim societies sheds a clear light on the complex and changing social structures of the Middle East, including the current trouble spots whose effect spreads all the way to Western Europe.
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The Urban Graveyard
The urban graveyard presents several studies in which the results of older archaeological and osteoarchaeological research are compared to more recent excavation data from several Dutch, Belgian and Danish cities and towns.
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Anatomical Collections as Public History
The third project, worked on by dr. Rina Knoeff, is a synthesising project directed at studying the Leiden anatomical collections as important parts of ‘public history’. It will use the results of the other projects in order to analyse anatomical collections (their focus, significant silences, audiences,…
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Research Assessment 2018
To safeguard the quality of research within Leiden University, a committee of external experts evaluates the University’s institutes once every six years according to the Standard Evaluation Protocol which is drawn up by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Royal Netherlands…
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Scholarly Dogmatism: A Rhetorical History, 1800-2000
This project traces how, why, and under what circumstances scholars invoked the trope of “dogmatism,” especially in controversies. Relevant controversies from various fields, periods, and countries will be subjected to in-depth rhetorical analysis.
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Call for papers: Medieval Studies Day 2023
The Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies invites PhD's and other ECRs to present their research on the Medieval Studies Day 2023. Deadline for abstracts: September 30.
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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CFP Monotheisms in Medieval Islamic Thought
The Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUCITH) is hosting a two-day in-person conference on the topic of monotheism in medieval Islamic thought.
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Workshop 'Medieval Government Finance' - Call for Papers
The University of Reading will host an online workshop on 27 April 2021. It is aimed at early career and postgraduate research historians focusing on the area of medieval finance. The deadline for submissions is: 19 February 2021.
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Conference - Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Flanders
On 21-23 September 2022 Utrecht University will host an international conference titled 'Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe'.
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Colonial and Global History (research) (MA)
The Colonial and Global History (research) programme at Leiden University offers the most in-depth and comprehensive programme of European expansion and globalisation currently available in Europe.
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History and International Studies 1900-Present
The research programme History and International Studies 1900-Present addresses the interconnections and interdependence of contemporary global political, economic and cultural affairs from a multidisciplinary perspective rooted in the humanities.
- Teaching History and Civics (MA)
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Centre for Islamic Thought and History
Welcome to the Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History. The initiatives and projects undertaken here are under the auspices of the Leiden University Centre for Intercultural Philosophy. As a centre, we aim to promote the study of Arabic and Islamic thought and history, in all its different…
- Europaeum Programme European History and Civilisation (MA)
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Vacancy: Assistant Professor Medieval English Literature (UU)
Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor Medieval English Literature. Candidates are invited to apply before April 6, 2024.
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Edmund Hayes
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria Pereira Bastiao
Faculty of Humanities
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Turaj Atabaki
Faculty of Humanities
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Evelien Walhout
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart van der Steen
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Researcher/PhD position: Social Life of Medieval Canon Law (RU)
The Radboud Institute for Culture and History is looking for a researcher/PhD candidate in the project 'The Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts'. Deadline for applications: July 6.
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Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures - Call
Jessica Barr and Barbara Zimbalist invite essays that examine any aspect of race and religion in medieval culture and society for a special issue on race and religion in the Middle Ages. Deadline for submission: 1 February 2021.
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Lecture Series Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies
Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies organises a lecture series for this year as well. The programme for the first semester can be found below. The first lecture will take place on September 25.
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in Global and Historical Perspective | Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 13/2
In Migration and Membership Regimes editors Ulbe Bosma, Gijs Kessler and Leo Lucassen bring together ten essays in an analytical framework which looks beyond the Transatlantic migration of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in a deliberate attempt to incorporate the experience of earlier periods…
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Female Spies or 'she-Intelligencers': Towards a Gendered History of Seventeenth-Century Espionage
By analysing neglected (continental) spy centres and integrating these groups of female intelligencers into the traditional, male-orientated historical narratives, this project will proceed towards a gendered history of early modern espionage.
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Profile 2. Settlement history of the Frisia in the Middle Ages
The narrow but long stretched stript of Frisian land along the North Sea was already occupied before Roman times. However, man repeatedly suffered setbacks when he tried to extend his living space, both in the tidal marshes and the peat area south of them.