2,794 search results for “ancient history and archaeology” in the Public website
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Martijn Manders
Faculteit Archeologie
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History
Leiden University was the first university to be established in the Netherlands. William of Orange gave Leiden Academia Lugduno Batava in 1575, it is said in recognition of the city’s courageous resistance against the seige by the Spanish invaders.
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Ang Li
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nadia Bouras: a history of migration
When people migrate, they leave an old environment behind and move to a new one. What exactly happens? How do the migrants feel? How does the host society respond to them?
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Education
Study Archaeology at Leiden University. Learn about a full range of theoretical, analytical and field methods from some of the world's leading archaeological researchers.
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Jeroen Oosterbaan
Faculteit Archeologie
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Roos Stolker
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Research Programme Colonial and Global History
The Colonial and Global History Research Programme of the Leiden University Institute for History combines a deep curiosity of transcultural processes such as imperialism, (de)colonization, and globalization with critical historical research on regional societies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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IIAFSARS - Identification of irregular archaeological features in northern South America forest using remote sensing methods
Researchers using remote sensing technologies have characterized pre-Columbian regularly-shaped earthworks in forests in Central America and the Amazon. In tropical forested mountains in South America, two challenges arise when identifying archaeological sites through remote sensing. Firstly, sites…
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History
About the history of ProParte and its predecessors.
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History: Colonial and Global History
Are you thinking about studying Colonial and Global History? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Hieroglyphs, Pseudo-Scripts and Alphabets: Their Use and Reception in Ancient Egypt and Neighbouring Regions
The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was exceptionally versatile, as becomes clear when studying its multiple uses both within Ancient Egypt and beyond its borders.
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Democracy in Europe. A Conceptual History
As one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world.
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PhD Candidate in the field of Palaeolithic Archaeology
Archaeology, World Archaeology
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The Ikūn-pîša Letter Archive from Tell ed-Dēr
This volume sees the publication of fifty-six early Old Babylonian letters from ca. 1880 BCE. They were found by legendary Iraqi archaeologist Taha Baqir in 1941 at the site of Tell ed-Dēr, ancient Sippar-Amnānum, in central Iraq.
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documenting squatting in Leiden as a cross-over project between Public History and Academic Research
This project sets out to map, document and analyze instances of squatting in Leiden from 1970 to 1990, in order to set up an online Digital Archive of Squatting in Leiden. This archive will function as an online resource for academic research, as well as a starting point for public activities such as…
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Foreign Minorities in Babylonia in the 7th–5th Centuries BCE
This PhD project studies immigrant groups in ancient Babylonia and aims at investigating their identities, socioeconomic status, and integration into an ancient multicultural society.
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Selling cultural heritage?
This thesis explores the value of cultural and archaeological heritage through a focus on multinational corporations (MNCs) across industries and their involvement with cultural heritage.
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Writing the History of the Humanities: Questions, Themes, and Approaches
What are the humanities? As the cluster of disciplines historically grouped together as “humanities” has grown and diversified to include media studies and digital studies alongside philosophy, art history and musicology to name a few, the need to clearly define the field is pertinent.
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Dogmatism: On the History of a Scholarly Vice
Why does the history of dogmatism deserve our attention? This open access book analyses uses of the term, following dogmatism from Victorian Britain to Cold War America, examining why it came to be regarded as a vice, and how understandings of its meaning have evolved.
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Nico Staring
Faculty of Humanities
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The Van Loon Project
The Van Loon project sets out to safeguard the archives of Dutch archaeologist Maurits van Loon (Amsterdam, September 22, 1923 - Montpellier, October 12, 2006) and make them accessible for further study.
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Savage Masks: Specters of Native Americans and the Revisiting of History
How to related figures of savages to conceptions of history?
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History
The Flentrop Organ is the third organ to have been built for the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building in Leiden.
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Refining techniques for radiocarbon dating small archaeological bone samples
Direct radiocarbon dating of human remains is crucial for the accurate interpretation of prehistory. Yet given the scarcity of prehistoric human remains, direct dating is often too destructive for important fossils. The reduction of sample size necessary for dating bone is therefore of great interest…
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History
The Old Observatory has a rich history. On this page you will find a short version of the history that took place in the observatory.
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Arie Boomert
Gelieerde instellingen
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The House of Orange-Nassau and Colonial History
At the initiative and expense of His Royal Highness King Willem-Alexander, Leiden University will be conducting a study of the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in Dutch colonial history. The project will run from 2023 to 2026.
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Of Islanders and Foreigners? Tracing local identities and cultural encounters in the Gulf of Fonseca, Central America (AD 400-1521)
How did local lifeways and crafting practices persist and develop in the diverse environments of the increasingly interconnected Gulf of Fonseca (AD 400-1521)?
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Dynasties - A Global History of Power, 1300–1800
For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global history of medieval and early modern dynastic power, Jeroen Duindam charts the rise and fall of dynasties, the rituals of rulership, and the contested presence…
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Journal of Migration History Special Issue: NGO's & Migration Governance
Migration is an important topic of academic, public and political debate. Migration research generates a wealth of articles. The Journal of Migration History (JMH) is the first to specialize in the field. Articles on migration history either appear in journals that specialize on current issues, or in…
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Nicky Schreuder
Faculteit Archeologie
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Diederik Meijer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Juliette Roding
Faculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude Nijhuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Cornelis van Tilburg
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Beliën
Faculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte Keuken
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Mapping the Ocean: Georeferencing Maritime History
Maps play a crucial role in our view of the past, yet few historians are sufficiently skilled in cartography to genuinely integrate maps into their research. This project breaks down the long-standing barriers between history and cartography by inviting emerging scholars (ResMA) to reflect on maps as…
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Legal History
Historical evolution law
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The Impact of Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire
The Impact of Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire assembles a series of papers on key themes in the study of Roman mobility and migration.
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Marion Pluskota
Faculty of Humanities
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A Brief History of Islam in Europe
Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
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Histories Connected
Histories Connected seeks to explore social, cultural, and political issues that connect people of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Europe throughout different periods of time.
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Extra-curricular
The Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme in Egyptology offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.
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Starchy foodways
Surveying Indigenous Peoples’ culinary practices prior to the advent of European invasions in the Greater Caribbean
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History Painting
Rembrandt experts have been puzzling over this painting from 1626 for years. The work may have been commissioned by someone from University circles and may depict a judgment. It can be seen at Gravensteen, a building that served as a prison between 1463 and 1955. This historical building later became…
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construction grammar approach to the semantics of Dutch ergens and Ancient Greek pou
In this dissertation, the types of context Dutch speakers need to interpret the poly-interpretable word ergens ‘somewhere/anywhere’ are studied.
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Touwen
Faculty of Humanities