23 search results for “assyriology” in the Staff website
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Julia Krul
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Gerrit Dercksen
Faculty of Humanities
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Theo Krispijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarja Seire
Faculty of Humanities
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Willemijn Waal
Faculty of Humanities
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Rients de Boer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Carolien van Zoest
Faculty of Humanities
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Hannah Plug
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ako Tsujita
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita Keizers
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: not yet a perfect match
Translating ancient texts, filling in missing parts of clay tablets: articles are popping up more and more often about the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence for researching documents in the oldest scripts. Are we better off leaving the deciphering of ancient texts to computers from now…
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Bastian Still
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Tijm Lanjouw
Faculteit Archeologie
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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Clay tablets dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’
How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). After years of preparation, the Liagre Böhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home.
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In Memoriam: Wilfred van Soldt (1947-2021)
We regret to share the news that our colleague, friend, and former professor of Assyriology at Leiden University, passed away on 15 May 2021.
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Rint Sybesma: ‘I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone’
The Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) has a new Director of Education. Rint Sybesma was appointed with effect from 1 September. ‘I am looking forward to getting to know the institute even better.’
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…
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More than 100 objects described on Things That Talk: ‘It’s super cool to be a part of this’
On Things That Talk, a website founded and developed by Fresco Sam-Sin, students and researchers describe objects from today and from long ago. By now, more than a hundred objects have been covered. Willemijn Waal, Emma Verweij and Frank van den Boom contributed to the content.
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68th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Conference
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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Jews at Home. From Creation to Corona
Conference, First Annual Symposium of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association