415 search results for “late medieval” in the Student website
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Jeroen Oosterbaan
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anna Dlabacova receives ERC Starting Grant for research on late medieval prayer books
Assistant Professor Anna Dlabacova has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. She will use this grant of around 1.5 million euros to conduct research on the Dutch vernacular ‘book of hours’.
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
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Jip Barreveld
Faculteit Archeologie
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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The Myriad Avatars of Izumi Shikibu in Medieval Japan
Lecture
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Professor Joanita Vroom investigates medieval Greece with The Packard Humanities Institute grant
In 2024, Professor Joanita Vroom received a substantial grant from the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) in support for her Hinterlands of Medieval Chalcis Project (HMC Project) in Greece. PHI, a California-based non-profit organization, is dedicated to archaeological research as well as to the preservation…
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46th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL46)
Conference
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Robert Stein
Faculty of Humanities
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…
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Claire Weeda
Faculty of Humanities
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…
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Egbert Bos
Faculty of Humanities
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Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Looking over the shoulders of medieval readers
What did medieval scholars think of the books they read? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Mariken Teeuwen will talk about the texts they wrote in the margin.
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Antoinette Huijbers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
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Dusan Maczek
Faculteit Archeologie
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Hans Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jacobine Melis
Faculteit Archeologie
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Lotte Nagelhout
Faculteit Archeologie
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Rachel Schats
Faculteit Archeologie
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Frans Theuws
Faculteit Archeologie
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Roos van Oosten
Faculteit Archeologie
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Mariken Teeuwen: ‘There are so many new possibilities in research on medieval manuscripts’
Mariken Teeuwen started at the Institute for History as a professor by special appointment of Script Culture of the Middle Ages on 1 March. ‘I’m looking forward to doing research together with students.’
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Skeletal Evidence for Malaria in the Medieval Netherlands
Until very recently malaria was an impactful disease in the Netherlands. While currently mainly regarded as a tropical disease, references to symptoms which could be related to the disease are found in several historical documents from the 17th century onwards. To be able to better understand this disease…
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Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe
Generations of Leiden students and academics have done archaeological research into the early medieval history of Oegstgeest. This makes this old settlement one of the best-documented sites from that era. In a new book Leiden researchers take stock.
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Angkor region was actually a large Medieval city
The Greater Angkor Region in contemporary Cambodia was dramatically more urbanized in the 13th century than previously thought, and home to 700.000 to 900.000 people. These discoveries were made by a research team led by Sarah Klassen. Their findings are published in Science Advances.
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Hans Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Late exam enrollment change per 1 January 2023
Education, Organisation
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Visit the University of Helsinki for the Medieval-Modern Forum
Education
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Harry Fokkens
Faculteit Archeologie
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Oddly-shaped medieval vessels found all over the Islamic world have puzzled archaeologists for decades.
'When taking into account all finds in the Islamic world of this enigmatic vessel, it would perhaps be wise not to restrict this container to merely one function.'
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Alireza Asghari
Faculty of Humanities
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Maia Casna
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marlisa den Hartog
Faculty of Humanities
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Roosje Peeters
Faculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth den Hartog
Faculty of Humanities
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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.