996 search results for “history of science” in the Student website
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Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
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Antje Wessels
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
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Berry Dongelmans
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Just Witkam
Faculty of Humanities
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Hendrik den Heijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Rachel Schats
Faculteit Archeologie
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Soledad Valdivia Rivera
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Oosterbaan
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jacobine Melis
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nadia Bouras
Faculty of Humanities
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Marieke Bloembergen
Faculty of Humanities
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Carola Hein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Diego Salama
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Zwijnenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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Alain Wijffels
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social groups.
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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The history of the Perzian Book of Kings
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Hanshu Yu
Science
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Alberto Ceria-
Science
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Jurriaan Witteman
Faculty of Humanities
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Sanne Kellij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alies Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Oscar Rueda
Science
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A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time
The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he combines his love for the University and poetry with autobiographical reflections. ‘With my magnifying glass I discovered yet more new details in the pr…
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Sophie van Romburgh
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim Buisman
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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New Year's Reception Faculty of Science
Conference
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Michael Meffert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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New Year's Reception Faculty of Science
Conference
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Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way
Two Leiden University science communication projects have been awarded a WECOM grant through the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). One project is a study of the history of the deaf community in the Netherlands and the other is of a condition that causes people to lose their way.