4,002 search results for “from and literary studies” in the Public website
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Elly MulderFaculty of Humanities
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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
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African Studies (research) (MA)
The research master's in African Studies at Leiden University is unique in continental Europe for the interdisciplinary range of subjects offered and the long-term fieldwork in Africa.
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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“Solidarity” and “Truth” in the work of the Jewish Author and Poet Jacob Israël de Haan (1881-1924)
How De Haan is using language in general and his specific style of language in particular to provide truth, solidarity and justice for both the individual and the collective?
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Descendants and Ancestors: A study of Arabic inscriptions from the Arabian Peninsula (1st-4th c. AH/7th-10th c. CE)
On the 20th of October Abdullah Alhatlani successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Links
Links to various Digital Humanities organizations and resources, mainly in English.
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Cultural Representations of Living Nature: Dynamics of Intermedial Recording in Text and Image (ca. 1550-1670)
This project investigates the transposition of natural historical material, knowledge and vision, between different media (collection, scientific drawing, academic texts, the visual arts and/or literature) – a transmission that happens in the borderline between the traditional, emblematic worldview…
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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.
- Symposia 2023-2024
- Meet our staff
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God's Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life's End
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Centre for Art, Literature and Law (CALL)
The center studies the many ways in which issues of law and justice are dealt with in art and literature with a focus on liminal issues and cases. These are issues and cases where law comes to the limits of what it is capable of dealing with and art and literature explore the implications of what is…
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The mystical kiss of the mouth. The role of images and imagery in medieval spirituality (1100-1500)
How can the importance of the image in late medieval spirituality be understood in the context of the love mysticism inspired by the imagery of the Song of Songs?
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
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Elpine de BoerFaculty of Humanities
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The figure of Orestes in Greek literature
This project will study the cultural meaning of the mythological figure of Orestes within the ancient Greek imagination, as it emerges from various literary sources from the archaic and classical periods.
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PhD research Marije Groos
Marije Groos was a PhD researcher at the LUCAS. She completed her thesis on socio-political engagement in Dutch literary periodicals of the fifties. Her promoters are Yra van Dijk, professor of Modern Dutch Literature, and Ton Anbeek, emeritus professor of Modern Dutch Literature.
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Shamanic Knowledge
Mazatec chants and ancient Mesoamerican pictography
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Events
You can find an overview of events organized by the Platform for Post-Colonial Readings below.
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Shifting the compass
Shifting the Compass: Pluricontinental Connections in Dutch Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
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The spiritual Tolkien milieu : a study of fiction‐based religion
Markus Davidsen defended his thesis on 16 October 2014
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Historic Literary Guided Tour - Literary Leiden
Stadswandeling
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Meet Literary Studies in Athens
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Meet Literary Studies in Thessaloniki
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Meet Literary Studies in Edinburgh
Conference, Meet us in your country
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Education
Course Program 2023-2024
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Studies in Armenian Etymology with Special Emphasis on Dialects and Culture
This dissertation provides an up to date description of the Indo European lexical stock of Armenian (ca. 500 entries) with systematic inclusion of unused data that are found in Armenian dialects.
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Form and Function in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature
Form and Function in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature is a new book, written by Albert Rijksbaron. Rijksbaron is internationally known as one of the leading scholars of the Ancient Greek language, whose work has exerted a strong and lasting influence on the scholarly…
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Rewriting Yusuf. A Philological and Intertextual Study of a Swahili Islamic Manuscript Poem
The present monograph, spanning a wide range of world and local literatures represents a high academic standard of both literary criticism and philological analysis. By demonstrating her expertise as an Africanist conversant with the Arabic canon, Raia reveals how the narrative of Joseph has been re-narrated…
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël OpgenhaffenFaculty of Humanities
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Isabel HovingFaculty of Humanities
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Annelou van GijnFaculteit Archeologie
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Anoma van der VeereFaculty of Humanities
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Carina van den HovenFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Bruno BraakFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid