146 search results for “hellenistic wereld” in the Public website
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Pottery in Hellenistic Alexandria
This publication brings together two contributions born of different intentions but which are both dedicated to Hellenistic pottery of the Alexandria region.
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Hellenistic economic thought
This subproject of 'From Homo Economicus to Political Animal' analyzes Greek economic thinking of the Hellenistic period.
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Reading Greek and Hellenistic-Roman Spolia
Objects, Appropriation and Cultural Change
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Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World
Located in the small Kingdom of Commagene at the upper Euphrates, the late Hellenistic monument of Nemrud Daǧ (c. 50 BC) has been undeservedly neglected by scholars
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Rewriting Hellenism: André Chénier (1762-1794) and Hellenistic Poetry
The project focuses on an intriguing aspect of André Chénier’s poetry, which has not received much attention in scholarship: Chénier’s indebtedness – in the form of translation, adaptation, borrowing, reference – to Hellenistic poetry; it interprets the role of this indebtedness in his poetical and…
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Dynamics of persistence and change in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt
Isis on the Nile. Egyptian gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt
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De wereld van taalwetenschap
Taal als sleutel tot het begrijpen van de mens.
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Hellenistic-Roman Sanctuary Excavations (S. Giovanni in Galdo, Colle Rimontato, Molise, Italy)
Rural cult places were of central importance in the non-urbanised areas of ancient Samnium, in central southern Italy. Their development, roles and functions in ancient society, however, remain important research questions. New excavations at one of these sanctuaries, the rural temple of S. Giovanni…
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Der Neue Poseidipp
One of the most intriguing papyri discovered and published in recent years is the so called
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Common Dwelling Place of all the Gods
Commagene in its Local, Regional and Global Hellenistic Context
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The assembled palace of Samosata: object vibrancy in 1st C. BCE Commagene
This dissertation develops an innovative approach to cultural transformation in the kingdom of Commagene (modern south-east Turkey) during the 1st c. BCE, focusing on a palatial context in the capital Samosata.
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BNR De Wereld: How dangerous is North Korea?
What is the relationship between America and North Korea? How big are the chances that a war will break out? How important are the personalities of Trump and Kim Jong-un? These and other questions about North Korea were treated in the BNR-De Wereld programme that was broadcasted live from Campus The…
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Prof. dr. Lenstra in tv show 'De Wereld Draait Door'
In the tv show 'De wereld draait door' of Tuesday 4 February, Prof. Hendrik Lenstra, together with Prof. Barry Koren, gave an explaination of the so-called 'Millenium Problems'.
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Aske Plaat and Catholijn Jonker at BNR De Nieuwe Wereld
In the BNR Newsradioprogram De Nieuwe Wereld, professors Aske Plaat (Data Science) and Catholijn Jonker (Explainable AI) of the computer science institute of Leiden University discuss about decisions made by computers. From self-driving cars to intelligent soap pumps: should we be able to follow the…
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Bert Koenders live on Dutch radio BNR de Wereld
Bert Koenders, Professor Peace, Justice and Security at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) appeared live on the ‘BNR de Wereld’ special broadcast ‘De Grote Vredesshow’ (The Great Peace Show). The radio show was hosted live from Wijnhaven in collaboration with the Faculty Governance…
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La crémation à Alexandrie et dans l’Égypte grecque et romaine: étude d'une pratique à travers ses urnes cinéraires
This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through the examination of its cinerary urns.
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The material semantics of the ‘palace of Mithridates’ in Samosata
Innovating objects in a Eurasian center of the Late Hellenistic period.
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Hellenistische Rechtsfiguren in het Romeins Recht
In what way did Hellenistic legal institutions concerning secured credit influence Roman law?
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship
In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel John Versluys. So succesfully, in fact, that he was awarded the Cum Laude honors. Just a short time later he was awarded a grant and a fellowship to further…
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Alexandria the Cosmopolis
A global perspective
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Wrakkentelling
Een kwantitatief onderzoek naar historische Nederlandse scheepswrakken in de wereld
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Power, Politics and the Cults of Isis
Proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis Studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011
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Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland
De Nederlandse geschiedenis is nauw verbonden met die van de wereld als geheel. Door migratie, handel en kennisuitwisseling beïnvloedden mensen elkaar over grotere afstanden en intensiever dan we lang dachten. Wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland toonde in meer dan honderd verhalen hoe internationaal de…
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Ager Venusinus Project
The Ager Venusinus Project studies the relatively small number of recognized colonial dwellings dated securely to the period of colonization (i.e. the 3rd century BC). With a special interest in the Black Gloss ceramic typochronology
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Mobile peoples - permanent places
This dissertation is a study of archaeological remains left behind by nomadic communities in the Black Desert, situated in the northeast of modern Jordan.
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Quintijn Mauer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Metalen en licht: sleutels naar een gezondere wereld
Inaugural lecture
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Het grenzeloze leven: de fascinerende wereld van celwandloze bacteriën
Inaugural lecture
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Een onzekere wereld - van complottheorieën naar alarmsignalen in ons brein
Lecture
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Isis on the Nile
The fourth conference of Isis Studies was organised by Liège college and has now been published by Laurent Bricault and Miguel John Versluys.
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The Unification of the Mediterranean World 400 BC - 400 AD
The Leiden Ancient History specialization concentrates on the study of the economies, societies and cultures of the large empires of the Graeco-Roman world, starting with the empires of Alexander the Great and his successors. The appearance of these empires led to the development of an interaction network…
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Persianism in Antiquity
The socio-political and cultural memory of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire played a very important role in Antiquity and later ages. This book is the first to systematically chart these multiform ideas and associations over time and to define them in relation to one another, as Persianism.
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Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire
An interdisciplinary study of the Persian Period
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Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Jeffrey Kotyk defended his thesis on 7 September 2017
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World Archaeology
The department of World Archaeology combines research and education about regions all over the world, from Human Origins to the Middle Ages, and from Europe, to Asia, Africa and the America’s. That broad range in time and space makes the department a dynamic pluriform community with many different approaches,…
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23, 2007
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Global Music: recasting and Rethinking the Popular as Global
Vertrekkend vanuit een communicatief perspectief en concentrerend op mediatiseringsprocessen, formuleert deze dissertatie een alternatief voor het probleem van equivociteit binnen de studie naar populaire muziek.
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Elementaire deeltjes. Kunstgeschiedenis
Een nieuw boek in de reeks Elementaire deeltjes
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Landscapes of Survival
Pastoralist Societies, Rock Art and Literacy in Jordan’s Black Desert (200 BC to 800 AD)
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of the Greek epigram. Studying Inscribed Funerary Poetry from the Hellenistic and Roman Greek East
Conference, Research Seminar
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Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology
Caspar Reuvens, the world’s first Professor of Archaeology, was a prominent classical scholar and from his appointment in 1818 onwards Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology has been an important field of research in Leiden.
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Science & Cinema
In films kunnen de meest wonderlijke acties plaatsvinden. Maar zijn die acties in de 'echte' wereld ook mogelijk? En in hoeverre houden filmmakers ons voor de gek? Tijdens het Leiden International Film Festival komen film en wetenschap samen.
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China, een gids voor de 21e eeuw
China wordt steeds assertiever in zijn relaties met andere landen, maar achter dit beeld gaat een opmerkelijk diverse maatschappij en politieke realiteit schuil die tal van aanknopingspunten biedt voor samenwerking en verdere integratie van China in de wereld. In China een gids voor de 21e eeuw past…
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The impact of Rome on cult places and religious practices in ancient Italy, BICS Supplement 132, London 2015
This publication of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London is one of the outcomes of the Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project and the Colonial Rural Networks project (NWO, Dr. T.D. Stek). The volume, edited by Tesse Stek and prof. Gert-Jan Burgers of the Free University Amsterdam,…
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Cities of the Roman Near East
The main objective of this research is to map out the cities of the Roman Near East in the imperial period, with a focus on location, city size and urban features, in order to study the form the urban system and its levels of integration.
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2024
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