2,469 search results for “heritage studies” in the Public website
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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
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Lecture Lena Liepe (Centre for Religion and Heritage, Groningen)
On 8 October 2021 (15.00-17.00) Prof. Dr Lena Liepe (Linnaeus University, Sweden) will hold a lecture entitled: "Exhibiting the Sacred: Holy Matter in Museum Displays".
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Streaming the Past
Watch and talk along with today’s science of the past during weekly Let’s Plays of popular games and vodcasts on the livestream platform Twitch.
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Andean Mummies Journey to European Museums 1810-1970
A look into the political history of collecting and the collections of Andean mummies in Western European museums from 1830-1930 through archaeology and paleoimaging.
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The Future is Elsewhere: Towards a Comparative History of the Futurities of the Digital (R)evolution
How did digital intermediality symbolise and facilitate the transfer of content from popular culture into policy statements and vice versa in the period between 1945 and the new millenium?
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Bastian Still
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Lieks Hettinga
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
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Alireza Asghari
Faculty of Humanities
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Ali Shobeiri
Faculty of Humanities
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Petra de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene Hadiprayitno
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundred items related to China from the UBL Special Collections are now available via the Europeana website. The UBL was the only library to participate in…
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Making Sense of Illustrated Handwritten Archives
Many handwritten and illustrated archives contain a wealth of information, but are largely underexplored because they are complex and difficult for computers to decipher. The aim of this project is to develop a digital environment that resolves this challenge and connects heterogeneous archival content…
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Stijn Bussels
Faculty of Humanities
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Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
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Education
The MCS research group members and their research are closely affiliated with the two Leiden master’s tracks in Museum Studies offered at the Art History and Archaeology departments.
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Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados
This volume provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of the archaeology of a single Caribbean island yet published. Drawing together scholars from the Caribbean, north America and Europe, all working from a range of disciplines within the broader scope of archaeology, and drawing upon recent…
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Play and Media
Play and Media is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.
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Centre for Indigenous Americas Studies
The Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS) at Leiden University is designed to coordinate and promote the teaching and research of Indigenous languages, literatures, cultures and cultural heritage.
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Memory Contested, Locality Transformed
Representing Japanese Colonial 'Heritage' in Taiwan
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Landscape change, community wellbeing and small island contexts
How has landscape and land use changed in these two case studies since independence? What has caused these changes, whether anthropogenic or natural? How do local communities in the areas of study perceive these changes? How can community knowledge be integrated with mapping tools (GIS) to contribute…
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Study programme
In the African Studies BA programme you will obtain in-depth knowledge about Africa and the specific theme of your choice. At the same time, you will develop valuable academic and digital competences, as well as personal skills.
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Partners
Links to related organisations, institutes, journals and archives.
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Lena Riecke
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Guita Winkel
Faculty of Humanities
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Ugur Derin
Faculty of Humanities
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Ajay Gandhi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Omer Kocyigit
Faculty of Humanities
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Elly Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
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Onur Ada
Faculty of Humanities
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Deniz Tat
Faculty of Humanities
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David Henley
Faculty of Humanities
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Isabelle Duijvesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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James McAllister
Faculty of Humanities
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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About
The purpose of the initiative is to establish Central Asian Studies at Leiden University. Central Asia is a region with fluid borders stretching into present-day Afghanistan, Russia, China, Mongolia, Iran and the Caucasus; a premodern highway of global interaction and today increasingly important as…
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Key Issues in Historical Theory
This book addresses the definition of history and how people are influenced by it.
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2012 Prof. Willem Willems awarded the European Archaeological Heritage Prize 2012
The European Association of Archaeologists instituted the European Archaeological Heritage Prize in 1999. An independent committee awards the prize annually to an individual, institution, (local or regional) government or a (European or international) officer or body for an outstanding contribution…
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Claiming Ancient Rome’s Heritage: Translatio imperii as an Anchoring Device in the Neo-Latin Poetry of Florence in the Age of Lorenzo de’ Medici
In Renaissance Florence, humanists wrote Latin poems fashioning their city as the new Rome, and members of the Medici family as Roman rulers. How can we explain this practice?
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About the programme
The one-year master's in East Asian Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, offers focused study of either China, Japan or Korea.
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Over lokalisme, liefdewerk en lonkend perspectief: Verkenning naar participatie en burgerinitiatief in de Nederlandse archeologie.
Dit rapport maakt deel uit van het project Receptenboek burgerparticipatie in opdracht van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) en met steun van het Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie.
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2010 Dean appointed as member of JPI Cultural Heritage academic committee
On November 12, dean prof. Willem J.H. Willems was elected as one of the twelve members of the European Union’s academic committee Joint Programming Initiative Cultural Heritage and Global Change.
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African Studies Centre Leiden Research Programme
The ASCL Research Programme for the years 2019-2024 is called ‘Strident Africa: Societal and Environmental Change in the Context of 50 Centuries of History’. It examines the dramatic changes taking place on the continent in terms of population growth, urbanization, the role of external actors and the…
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Archaeological Prediction and Risk Management
Alternatives to current practice
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About the programme
Explore the contemporary dilemmas of archaeological heritage management, or focus on museum practices from an archaeological perspective.
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After graduation
With a lot of theoretical knowledge, practical experience, and your bachelor's degree in the pocket, you are ready for the next step: either entering the heritage job market or continuing your studies.