2,081 search results for “contemporary arts and literature” in the Public website
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Georgios-Evgenios Douliakas
Faculty of Humanities
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The imagination as gaoler and as escape
Fiction is more effective than autobiographical non-fiction when it comes to conveying the sensation of enforced solitary confinement. That is the conclusion of writer and lawyer Maarten Asscher in his study 'Het uur der waarheid. Over de gevangenschap als literaire ervaring' (The Moment of Truth: Imprisonment…
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‘Visual art has been a form of communication since its inception’
Visual art played an important role in the development of cooperative human behaviour. This is the finding of Larissa Mendoza Straffon, a PhD candidate in archaeology, whose dissertation explores the biological and psychological foundations of visual art.
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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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Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference : Breaking the Rules: Textual Reflections on Transgression
The Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference was founded in 2013 to publish a selection of the best papers presented at the biennial LUCAS Graduate Conference, an international and interdisciplinary humanities conference organized by the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS). The…
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Two more upcoming events from PhDArts
Activities of Thalia Hoffman and Basma Hamdy
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The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art is now available as paperback
In addition to the hardback edition, a paperback edition is now also available of The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art, edited by Marcel Cobussen, Vincent Meelberg and Barry Truax.
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Re-staging of ACPA Professor Louis Andriessen’s De Materie
This year’s edition of the prestigious art festival Ruhrtriennale, carried in diverse locations around the cities of Essen, Bochum and Duisburg (Germany), has re-staged De Materie, ACPA professor Louis Andriessen’s exceptional opera which overcomes traditional patterns of the genre in terms of dramaturgy,…
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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Seyyed Hassan Taqizadeh: A Political Biography
On the 24th of June Hossein Pourbagheri successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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About the programme
The specialisations Art History and Museum Studies both engage in critical perspectives and in current practices and the development of a professional network. The specialisation Museum Studies focuses on the art museum and places it in an artistic, cultural, social and political context. Our courses,…
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Ideals of Femininity and Female Representation in Nineteenth-century Ukiyo-e
The goal of this research is to examine the emergence of new types of female representation in nineteenth-century ukiyo-e (woodblock prints from early modern Japan) as these images relate to the ideals of femininity of the time.
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Update development of the new joint Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC)
In 2021, the KABK, KC and ACPA established a joint research platform, called the Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC). How did PARC move forward the last year?
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Vacancy: Full Professor of History of Art and Architecture 500-1500 (RU)
The History of Art section at Radboud University is looking for a Full Professor of History of Art and Architecture between 500-1500 CE (1,0 FTE). Apply before: May 2, 2023.
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…
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Two new English-taught bachelor’s programmes
An English-taught bachelor’s programme is a perfect way to prepare for the international job market! Starting in September 2017, two new English-taught bachelor’s programmes addressing topical issues, each from its own perspective, will be offered by Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities.
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Nobody is better qualified to tell you what it is like to work at Leiden University than the employees themselves. Watch the videos and meet your future colleagues. They will be happy to share their experiences with you.
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Art student Clara Lezla wins logo design competition: 444 years of Leiden University
Leiden University celebrates its 444th anniversary in 2019, and a special age requires a special logo. The logo for the celebration was designed by Clara Lezla, a student at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague.
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and exclusion: Creating space to talk about difficult topics through art
Professor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude is searching for innovative ways to facilitate dialogue about topics that are usually experienced as ‘difficult to talk about’ – such as racism, ethnic profiling, exclusion, crimmigration – with a wide audience.
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Verba Africana
The project
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GIG-ARTS Conference: Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects
On 3 and 4 June 2024, GTGC acted as the host for the Eighth GIG-ARTS Conference. This edition had the theme ‘Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects'.
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Academy of Creative and Performing Arts film makes it to Cannes
The short film Alma & Esperanza , directed by Itandehui Jansen, a PhD candidate (directing supervisor Professor Dr. Kitty Zijlmans) of the Leiden University Academy for Creative and Performing Arts, has been selected to the Short Film Corner of this year’s edition of the Cannes International Film Fe…
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Painting with acrylics: art inspired by art
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Final project of the course Social and Ecological Activism in the Visual Arts (minor CSSC)
On 14 December 2022, students of the course Social and Ecological Activism in the Visual Arts (as part of the Creative Strategies for a Society in Change minor) presented and performed their final collective project at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht: the Water Cultures Institute group role-playing…
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Never-Neverland Revisited: Malay Adventure Stories
This study presents a re-evaluation of Malay adventure stories.
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Multiple Paths. Towards a Performance Practice in Computer Music
This thesis proposes multiple paths towards the development of a performance practice in Computer Music.
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Admission and Application
Find out how to apply for History, Arts and Culture of Asia at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Wouter Wagemakers
Faculty of Humanities
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A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
A Selection of the Poems of Sir Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) was published in July 2015, edited and translated by Adriaan van der Weel and Peter Davidson.
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Chat with a student
Do you have a question about the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges programme? Student life at Leiden University College in The Hague? Ask one of our students directly!
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After admission
Are you admitted to Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges or would you like to know what to expect if you are admitted? View the following information regarding what to expect.
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The Spirit of the Page: Books and Readers at the Abbey of Fécamp, c.1000-1200
This dissertation examines how Benedictine monks at the Abbey of Fécamp designed, produced, and read books over the course of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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Global Challenges
LUC's Liberal Arts and Sciences programme is centered around these four Global Challenges: Peace & Justice, Sustainability, Diversity, and Prosperity.
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Call for Papers - The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Arts in Public Urban Environments
Call for Papers for the Conference to be held on November 29th and 30th at Leiden University and coordinated by Prof. dr. M.A. (Marcel) Cobussen, involving Keynote speakers Salomé Voegelin, Gascia Ouzounian, Holger Schulze, and Jean-Paul Thibaud.
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them more if they receive information that is specially tailored to young visitors? Join psychologist Francesco Walker at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and see…
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Sustainability courses and programmes
Leiden University offers its students a wide range of bachelor's, master's and minors that explore sustainability or climate. Here, you find an overview of those programmes in the academic year 2020-2021.
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Contemporary Approaches in Dialectology
Lecture, Special Topics in Dialectology (2023)
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About
The Modern and Contemporary Cluster is the largest within LUCAS and home to more than 100 staff members and PhD candidates.
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Portable Islam: Swahili literary networks in the Indian Ocean
The Swahili coast has a long-standing history of transoceanic Islamic connections dating back to the 25th century. Yet, print, has changed the world – not only ours. This project unravels unique forms and archives of intellectual history emerging from within South-South connections. In East Africa Indian…
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(De)Composing Immersion
This dissertation explores various perspectives on the term immersion, and its relation with, and transformation through, a composer’s practice.
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LOCVS. Memory and Transience in the Representation of Place From Italic Domus to Artistic Environment
This study links up the concept of place with memory, with the idea of transience and the transition from life to death.
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Blood, Tears and Samurai Love: A Tragic Tale from Eighteenth-Century Japan
Leiden-Yale collaboration uncovers a tale of samurai same-sex love in a library manuscript.
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Contact
The Modern and Contemporary Studies cluster is part of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
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Classics (research) (MA)
The Classics Research Master, a specialization of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme at Leiden University, gives you the opportunity to study the Greek and Roman world with a focus on Greek and Latin language and literature.
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'Using few words to say a lot – that’s the art of blogging'
Many Humanities scholars keep a blog of their own. This summer, we’re putting these in the spotlight. For this week’s interview, we sat down with Annemarie van Sandwijk, editor in chief of the Leiden Islam Blog.