1,850 search results for “then en culture van de world” in the Student website
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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From Tenochtitlan to Ciudad de México: Colonial Urban Legacies and Environmental Consequences
Event
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Cultural continuities and discontinuities: the Neolithic ornament assemblages from Franchthi (Greece)
Lecture
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Leiden Tolkien Talks: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Anticipation of “The War of the Rohirrim”
Lecture
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Traitors, profiteers or collaborators: ‘The Jewish Council has long been judged too harshly’
For too long the Dutch collective memory has judged the Jewish Council too harshly. This perspective needs to be adjusted, Bart van der Boom argues in his new book ‘De politiek van het kleinste kwaad’ (lit. ‘The Politics of the Lesser Evil’).
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A Nimble Arc: James Van Der Zee and Photography
Lecture, Talk
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Op weg naar de NAVO top
Lecture
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Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.
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Fernanda Korovsky MouraFaculty of Humanities
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Diana SuhardimanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Saskia Cohen-WillnerFaculty of Humanities
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Laura MiglioriFaculty of Humanities
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Johan RooryckFaculty of Humanities
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Lara WeissFaculty of Humanities
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Wahyu WidodoFaculty of Humanities
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Wim TiggesExpertisecentrum SOZ
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Caspar DullemondFaculty of Humanities
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Mark Loderichs
Faculty of Humanities
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Swargajyoti GohainFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Amit KurienFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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Treaty-making in Southeast Asia as a Cross-cultural Practice
Lecture, COGLOSS lecture
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The United States and the War in Gaza: History, Politics, and Culture
Debate, Panel and Q&A session
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Meet postdoc Ana Zora Maspoli: ‘I came to Leiden to find a new way to look at the dilemma of Romanisation’
Looking for a different approach in the ongoing discussions on the ethereal matter of Romanisation, Ana Zora Maspoli joined Miguel John Versluys’ research group as a postdoc guest researcher. While she has been active in our Faculty since February 2022, you may not have met her yet due to the Covid-19…
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Month of Tutankhamun: Egypt's most legendary pharaoh
November marks exactly 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. To celebrate this special discovery, the Faculty of Humanities, together with various parties, is organising the 'Month of Tutankhamun': a month full of activities around Egypt's most legendary pharaoh.
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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.
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Lecture: Inside Gang Governance: How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
Lecture
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Een onzekere wereld - van complottheorieën naar alarmsignalen in ons brein
Lecture
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Remembering Olivier Nieuwenhuyse with a festschrift: ‘He would have loved this book’
On November 16 a festschrift in honor of Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was presented in a moving event at the Faculty of Archaeology. Professor Bleda Düring, a personal friend of Nieuwenhuyse, was one of the initiators. ‘If he had been here, he would have loved this book.’
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
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Irene VikatouFaculteit Archeologie
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Carola HeinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nicholas KontovasFaculty of Humanities
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Vincent WalstraFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Francianne Dos Santos VelhoFaculty of Humanities
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Alex ReunekerFaculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Syeda ShawkatCulturele Antropologie/ Ontw. Sociologie
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Roos van OostenFaculteit Archeologie
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Heritage expert Ian Lilley holds commemoration speech at Netherlands-Australia War Memorial
Professor Ian Lilley, the Faculty of Archaeology’s Willem Willems Chair in Archaeological Heritage, was invited by Her Excellency Mrs. Marion Derckx, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Australia, to present the 2022 commemoration speech for Netherlands Memorial Day on May 4th at the Netherlands-Australia…
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India in the World: Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda
Lecture, Event
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Anne StiggelboutFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Sarah GiestFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jet BussemakerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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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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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.