3,186 search results for “cultures of the middle east” in the Public website
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Fighting for a Living
Which circumstances have determined the transition to, or the dominance of, a particular type of military employment in different societies at different times?
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Highly sensitive analysis using 3D cell culture model
A research goal for ABS is to develop miniaturized platforms for research in (stem)cell, in-vitro systems and application in clinical and preventive research. Combined with the high throughput, this development will make it possible to study the dynamics of pathogenesis in human and cellular models…
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Dialogue Among Cultures and Disciplines: Past, Present, and Future
Dialogue is a multi-dimensional communication mechanism whose processes can only be examined by means of an interdisciplinary approach.
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Species Literacy: The perception and cultural portrayal of animals
In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.
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Why Leiden University?
Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University is known for its student-centred teaching and world-leading faculty.
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Hunters of the Golden Age
The Mid Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia 30,000 - 20,000 BP
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A Typology of Verbal Derivation in Ethiopian Afro-Asiatic Languages
The general objective of this thesis is to determine a typology of verbal derivation in Ethiopian Afro-asiatic languages.
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René van Walsem
Faculty of Humanities
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Studi sosiolinguistik bahasa Fataluku di Lautem
Edegar da Conceição Savio defended his thesis on 28 January 2016
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A Textual Study of the *Lakṣaṇaṭīkā
Yoshiyasu Yonezawa defended his thesis on 24 October 2019
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Close encounters of the third kind?
Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium, a bone story
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Roman Fake News? Documentary Fictions in the Roman Empire
How can theories about modern disinformation help to understand how Roman documentary fictions functioned?
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EU Financial Markets: East meets West
Matthias Haentjens and Ross Spence participated in Warsaw conference and PhD workshop on 16 & 17 November 2018.
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Vanessa Newby
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Crisis and Critique Network
This network brings together scholars whose work explores how contemporary frameworks of crisis produce experiences of the present, rehash or disrupt established narratives of the past, and broker specific outlooks on the future. We collaborate in studying these crisis-scapes and exploring how they…
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Laminar Technology and the Onset of the Upper Paleolithic in the Altai, Siberia
The Altai region has yielded a cluster of Middle and Upper Paleolithic stratified sites that have been recently excavated using a multidisciplinary approach.
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The Legend of Saint Aūr and the Monastery of Naqlūn: The Copto-Arabic Texts
Clara ten Hacken defended her thesis on 16 December 2015
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Cortical contributions to cognitive control of language and beyond
On the 12th of October, Fatemeh Tabassi Mofrad successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Fatemeh on this achievement!
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Diplomacia y comercio en la Europa Atlántica medieval
This book is a result of the collective research project Urban Societies in the Port Towns of Atlantic Europe in the Late Middle Ages. It studies the connections between diplomacy and trade from a comparative and transnational perspective throughout medieval Atlantic Europe.
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Education
At Leiden University you can study Islam and Muslim societies within two Dutch-language BA and various MA programmes and specializations.
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Tell Ibrahim Awad
Update : August 2017 Dr Willem van Haarlem
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From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script
An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks
- Teaching Art History and Cultural and Art Education (MA)
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Leiden Europa Institute for student and staff exchanges with East-Africa and Albania
In the context of the Erasmus+ programme on ‘International Credit Mobility’, 17 exchange grants, with a joint worth of €83.000, were awarded to an exchange project between Leiden and East Africa.
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Programme structure
This Philosophy bachelor's programme offers perspectives from around the world. It will make you one of the next generation of students who will shape philosophy in the 21st century, ready to take on academic or professional challenges that call for critical thinking, analysis and argumentation skil…
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Ideals of Femininity and Female Representation in Nineteenth-century Ukiyo-e
The goal of this research is to examine the emergence of new types of female representation in nineteenth-century ukiyo-e (woodblock prints from early modern Japan) as these images relate to the ideals of femininity of the time.
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The historical development of Japanese pitch accent
This thesis investigates the historical development of Japanese pitch accent.
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Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions
Embracing the Provinces is a collection of essays focused on people and their daily lives living in the Roman provinces, c. 27 BC-AD 476. It offers an overview of current research on Roman provinces and frontiers, deconstructing some long-held preconceptions and providing refreshing insights into unexplored…
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Kristof Gombeer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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2008 Culture and cognition of Palaeolithic hominins
The Palaeolithic period extends from the earliest stone tools (and in Europe, earliest occupation) to the beginning of the current warm period.
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Excavations at Neumark
The Middle Paleolithic site of Neumark was first discovered in the 1980’s by German geologist Matthias Thomae.
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Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Hifadhi ya Dijiti ya Ustadh Mau
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Creating capitals
The rationale, construction, and function of the imperial capitals of Assyria
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Pre-master's programme
Prepare for Leiden University's MSc in Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology with our tailored pre-master's programme.
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‘City dwellers in Middle Ages no worse off than village dwellers’
City dwellers in the Middle Ages were probably no worse off than people living in villages. Both groups had very different health risks, is Rachel Schats' conclusion from her research on bone material. PhD defence 3 November.
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The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia. A Cultural History
This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, at both the local and the trans-regional levels.
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Thunderstorm: A small cultural history (1752-1830) (in Dutch)
More on the Dutch webpage.
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Archaeology of the Americas
In the master’s programme in Archaeology, you can follow courses on the archaeology of the Americas, deepening your understanding of this large region.
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EU lessons for East-Africa? Armin Cuyvers lectures for University of Nairobi on Regional Integration
On 6 June, Armin Cuyvers lectured students and staff of the University of Nairobi on EU law and comparative regional integration
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Silver of the possessed: jewellery in the Egyptian zār
On Thursday 27 June 2024 Sigrid van Roode successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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From Find Scatters to Early Hominid Behaviour
A Study of Middle Palaeolithic Riverside Settlements at Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands).
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About the programme
The two-year research master in Middle Eastern Studies equips you with advanced and in-depth knowledge of a region and discipline within the field of Middle Eastern Studies. You are expected to spend the third semester of the programme doing research, either in the Netherlands or abroad. Blended and…
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Research per university
What follows is a survey of existing programs and current projects for each of the participating universities.
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Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management
This research cluster is a part of the Institute of Political Science’s research programme ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’. Its members investigate the drivers of political conflict and various types of crises. They study how citizens, political institutions and international organizations…
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Diplomatic Negotiation – Essence and Evolution
Negotiation can only really be an alternative to warfare, if the parties agree on a framework of rules and procedures. And if the confidence of the partners may increase in another. But negotiations continue to wage war by peaceful means.
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Politics: Chinese migration
Chinese organisations increasingly operate across the borders of China, and growing numbers of people from outside China are coming to live there. Professor Frank Pieke believes these movements have a significant effect on central and local government policy in China.
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Critical moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?
In what ways do historical and current events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?
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Library
Our library contains around 23,000 books, journals and historical documents under the care of a specialized librarian.