1,236 search results for “cultural of the middle east” in the Student website
-
The First Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
-
Elmer Veldkamp
Faculty of Humanities
-
Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
-
Stone Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
- Forgotten heroes
-
The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
-
Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan deserts
December 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in marginal environments like the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. ‘The people living here built their own society, and they would not have viewed it as…
-
Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene
The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields of Humanities, Social sciences and Law. During a festive ceremony in Utrecht Lennart Kruijer received the award from the hands of professor Bas ter Haar…
-
Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’
In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she has built up an impressive track record in the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Read the interview about her background and research…
-
Beaver exploitation testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins
Exploitation of smaller game is rarely documented before the latest phases of the Pleistocene, which is often taken to imply narrow diets for earlier hominins. In a study now published in Scientific Reports, a team of German and Dutch archaeologists present new data that contradict this view of Lower…
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
-
Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
-
Willem Einthoven
Kolffpad 1, Leiden
-
After graduation
You’ve graduated. What’s your next step? Leiden University offers many options for students who have just finished their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
-
Matthijs Westera
Faculty of Humanities
-
Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
-
Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
-
Maartje Janse
Faculty of Humanities
-
Tsolin Nalbantian receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society'
In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, the encyclopedia is an opportunity to broaden the skills of her students and to increase public knowledge. She received a Teaching Comenius Fellowship…
-
Zane Kripe
Science
-
Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
-
Fitri Murfianti
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
-
Simay Cetin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Verena Ly
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
-
Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
-
Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
-
Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
-
DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
-
Call for Papers: Oriental Numismatic Society Youth Conference
Education, Research
- Histories Connected
-
Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
-
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…
-
Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
-
Archaeologist and numismatist Jonathan Ouellet interviewed on a podcast
PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet is a guest on the latest episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. As a researcher specializing in the numismatics of the Middle East, Central Asia, and China, Jonathan discusses currency and trade networks during the Early Islamic Period of said area. Hence, listen…
-
Marina Calculli
Faculty of Humanities
-
Mette Langbroek
Faculteit Archeologie
-
Dusan Maczek
Faculteit Archeologie
-
Freya Baetens
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
-
Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
-
Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
-
Dennis Bos
Faculty of Humanities
-
Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
-
Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
-
Kai Hebel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
-
Sander Hölsgens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
-
Areti Leventi
Faculteit Archeologie
-
Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
-
Elsa Charlety
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen