Museums, Collections & Society is een stimuleringsprogramma van de faculteiten geesteswetenschappen en archeologie wat onderzoek met collecties wil bevorderen, onderwijs op dit gebied wil stimuleren en de ethische vragen wil stellen omtrent de herkomst van deze collecties.

Leiden en Den Haag hebben veel musea met grote aantallen bijzondere voorwerpen en archieven. Ook de Universiteit Leiden herbergt bijzondere collecties. Museums, Collections & Society bevordert onderzoek en onderwijs en stelt ethische vragen omtrent de herkomst van deze collecties.

In this Yearbook you will find some fascinating examples of what was done in 2021, not only by ourselves, but also by our international colleagues.

In this Yearbook you will find some fascinating examples of what was done in 2021, not only by ourselves, but also by our international colleagues.

Op 21 november 2018 verdedigde Lieke Kools haar proefschrift 'Essays on wealth, health, and data collection'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. K.P. Goudswaard en prof. dr. C.L.J. Caminada.

What is the environmental impact of different waste collection systems across Europe? How can the collection be improved when considering collection, sorting, and treatment, as well as use options for secondary materials?

Natural history collections provide invaluable sources for researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, aspiring to study the geographical distribution of flora and fauna across the globe as well as other evolutionary processes.

Chinese materia medica (CMM), comprising a diverse array of natural substances from plants, animals, and minerals, has been integral to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) throughout history. This study investigates the dynamic evolution of CMM, noting shifts in species for improved therapeutic effects…

De Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (UBL) maakt een groot aantal Chinese onofficiële poëzietijdschriften online beschikbaar in Digital Collections. Hiermee komen duizenden pagina’s uit een internationaal unieke verzameling Chinese onofficiële poëzie beschikbaar voor onderzoek, onderwijs en het brede…

It is time for the fifth lecture in the series Manuscript Mondays. We shall have two speakers. Jesse Keskiaho (University of Helsinki, Finland) will start with a talk about the soul. In the second talk Evina Steinova will tell us more about the medieval encyclopaedia. The talks will be followed by a…

Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?

From October 17 to October 20, the international conference "Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages: Collections, Mediators and the Practice of Compiling" will take place at the Dutch Royal Institute in Rome. Research Master students can obtain 2 ECTS by participating in this conference an an additional…

Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden bouwt aan een nieuwe Middle Eastern Library. Leer alles over onze collecties, nieuws, evenementen en de bouw.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

This thesis is a collection of experimental attempts to enhance photoluminescence of fluorescent molecules and quantum dots with single gold nanorods (GNRs) and relevant applications.

An account of the total of material flows going in, out and through Amsterdam.

The key characteristic of active matter is the motion of an emergent collection (such as a flock of birds), which is driven by the consumption of energy by its active components (i.e. individual birds).

MCS, en het onderzoek dat door ons gedaan wordt, heeft sterke banden met de twee Leidse masterspecialisaties op het gebied van museum studies; bij de opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis en bij Archeologie.

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa

The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and dynamic…

Museums, Collections & Society heeft een Adviesraad.

In this thesis,

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

Does a mid-season fire impact invertebrate populations?

This dissertation is a collection of four research articles devoted to the study of Kummer theory for commutative algebraic groups.

Rembrandtroute ter gelegenheid van het 444-jarig bestaan van de Universiteit Leiden en het Rembrandtjaar 2019. Met speciale dank aan Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Neurenberg), The Leiden Collection (New York), Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden), Mauritshuis (Den Haag), Rijksmuseum/Musée du Louvre (Amsterdam/Parijs),…

Musea focusten lang op macht, rijkdom en een paar bekende figuren. Maar dat is aan het veranderen volgens Valika Smeulders, hoofd geschiedenis van het Rijksmuseum. Hoe die verandering eruit ziet en hoe die tot stand komt, is onderwerp van haar keynote op het D&I-symposium op 11 januari.

What invertebrates live in the fields and edges? Do the populations change with landscape complexity?

Does a high quality prairie restoration in an urban/agricultural landscape provide invertebrates necessary for a sustainable ecosystem?

Striga hermonthica, commonly known as witchweed, infests major cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa causing severe yield losses and threatening the livelihood of millions of resource poor farmers.

The largest genus within the Phyllanthaceae family is a group called Phyllanthus L. Recent studies have shown, that Phyllanthus is paraphyletic with the genera Glochidion, Breynia and Synostemon nested within it.

What invertebrates are available to feed nestlings in an agricultural landscape of varied complexity?

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Does roadside management in the mid-west USA increase invertebrate diversity similar to practices in Europe?

Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

Mechanical metamaterials are carefully engineered materials whose properties are controlled by their structure, not by their composition, which allows using metamaterials to study and control physical effects in detail⁠.

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Eliel, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: A.J. Knobbe

Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016