202 search results for “geschiedenis van india” in the Student website
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year
Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’s Person of the Year title.
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Performative Photography (mix of photography & art performance)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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An introduction to Performance art (live art)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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‘Studying in Leiden is a life-changing experience’: students on the LExS grant
Last year around 2,000 international students started a master’s degree at Leiden University. To make this possible, there are various grants that these students can apply for. One such grant is the LExS: the Leiden University Excellence Scholarship Programme. Three LExS students tell us about their…
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International students start a master’s thanks to a LExS
This academic year 49 promising international students will start their master’s degree here thanks to a Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS). The students, all from outside the EU, were welcomed in a special ceremony on 5 September. Who are they?
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
- Kom werken tijdens de Open Dag van de Universiteit Leiden op 4 november 2023
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Zingen van vergankelijkheid: A symposium about Heike monogatari
Conference, (in Dutch and partly in English)
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Anja Zonneveld
PLATO
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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European grant to research Tibetan collection: 'Tibetans' literary output was and is huge'
As a student, university lecturer Berthe Jansen fell under the spell of the Van Manen collection: a collection full of Tibetan writings and objects. A €1.5 million grant now makes it possible to take a really close look at it. 'There is still so much to do and discover.'
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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End of year message from the Executive Board for staff and students
With the holidays just around the corner in this dark month of December, when we light candles as a symbol of warmth and hope, we would like to take a moment to reflect on this past year. We have accomplished a great deal together but the year has been difficult at times.
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Marguerite van Wijk-van Lennep
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Linda van Erp-van Genderen
Science
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Caroline van Battum-van Klink
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Willeke van Heyningen-van Rij
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vera van Egmond-van der Molen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Yvonne van Eijk-van Veen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Connie van Gent-van Dorp
Science
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Margareth van Hoorn-van der Poel
Administratief Shared Service Centre
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Angelica van Haaster-van der Vlies
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelique van Wetten-van der Linden
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Elisabeth van Persijn van Meerten
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Laura van Vliet-van den Dool
Science
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
- SSEALS - 2024
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NWO and ERC grant for research on Chinese infrastructure
In the coming years, Hilde De Weerdt gets to spend over three million euros. She received grants from both the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research on Chinese infrastructure. ‘It is great that it is also possible to develop large projects in the social sciences…
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.
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Gerbrand van der Heden-van Noort
Science
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Annette van der Helm-van Mil
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Ingrid van den Bosch-van Kasterop
Administratief Shared Service Centre
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Jopie van der Hart-van der Hoek
Science
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Ingrid van der Geest-van Dongen
Veiligheid, Gezondheid en Milieu
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Kim van Beukering
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Irene Van Eldere
Faculty of Humanities
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Fredrik Van Dam
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
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Roland van Dam
Administratief Shared Service Centre
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Esther Van Landeghem
Science
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Maartje Van Mulken
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Astrid Van Weyenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart Van Puyvelde
Science
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Ben Van Calster
Science
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Joni Van Laeken
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ben Van Rompuy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Damien Van Puyvelde
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs