1,049 search results for “collecties memory” in the Public website
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Looking over the shoulders of medieval readers
What did medieval scholars think of the books they read? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Mariken Teeuwen will talk about the texts they wrote in the margin.
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Film, video and Instagram: students create an online film programme
Film and Photographic Studies master’s students Vanessa and Deirdre created a film programme about the Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon for the Jewish Cultural Quarter. Due to the pandemic, they could no longer hold a physical screening and they decided to move their project online.
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We can no longer look at the world as ‘the West and the rest’
Art historian and professor Kitty Zijlmans is on a mission: she wants to get rid of the notion that the West dominates the art world. To no longer put 'the West and the rest', but the exchange between ideas and cultures at the centre of art history. ‘You will see that there has been so much exchange,…
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Rick Honings receives Vidi grant for Voicing the Colony
University lecturer of modern Dutch literature Rick Honings, associated with the Faculty of Humanities, has received a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. This allows him to carry out research into a more nuanced image of our colonial past.
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Colonialism and slavery
The colonial and slavery past is an important theme in education and research at Leiden University. Particular attention is also paid to structural abuses that arose from this history and that often still persist in the present day.
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Publications
Overview of Leiden publications on Central Asia. For additional publications dedicated to a single country, please go to individual pages of the researchers, which you can access through the Researchers page.
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Healthy ageing
The elderly accept may minor discomforts like stiffer muscles and getting tired more quickly, but they do want to go to their children's birthdays independently. Preventive elderly care helps people with that. The goal is to let people grow old while maintaining their self-reliance and independence…
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Segments and rules: a comparative study on linguistic rule learning mechanisms
A central and much debated topic in the study of language acquisition concerns the nature of the learning mechanisms that are required. Are the computational and learning mechanisms that guide learning about language structure special and specific to language or humans?
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Who are the Squatters? Mapping and documenting squatting in Leiden as a cross-over project between Public History and Academic Research
This project sets out to map, document and analyze instances of squatting in Leiden from 1970 to 1990, in order to set up an online Digital Archive of Squatting in Leiden. This archive will function as an online resource for academic research, as well as a starting point for public activities such as…
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Home sweet home
Investigating Neolithic houses in Britain through microwear and residue analysis of stone tools
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Cleveringa chair
The Cleveringa chair was installed by Leiden University in memory of Professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa and the courage he demonstrated in November 1940 during the German occupation (1940-1945). It also commemorates the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945.
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Scholarly meetings
At LUCIS we offer a varied programme of scholarly meetings (conferences, workshops) which reflect our multidisciplinary and comparative view on Islam and Muslim societies in past and present.
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Journal of Global Slavery
The Journal of Global Slavery (JGS) aims to advance and promote a greater understanding of slavery and post-slavery from comparative, transregional, and/or global perspectives. It especially underscores the global and globalizing nature of slavery in world history.
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World-wide Bird Singalong Project: exploring parrot musicality
Is our musicality unique? To find out, the Bird Singalong Project brings together singing parrots from all over the world. Do you have a parrot that sings or whistles along to songs and would you like to help us? Sing up now!
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Awards and Grants 2022
An overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2022, as well as special appointments at Leiden University and other institutions.
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- Women and their own objects
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Activities
The CEES Centre regularly hosts (guest) lectures, roundtables, and film screenings.
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About the Department
The Department of Archaeological Heritage and Society focuses on the relationships between past and present, the role of heritage in society, and how heritage conceived broadly can contribute to improving quality of life.
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Intelligence, Dynamic testing and potential for learning
Can dynamic testing provide us with insight in children’s potential for learning?
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Udhruh Archaeological Project
The hinterland of important centres like Petra (Southern Jordan) can provide essential information that contribute to the understanding of their rise, expansion and decline.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Mathematics at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Career prospects
The combination of academic and professional skills taught in the CSM prepares you for a wide variety of careers in the rapidly expanding domain of security and crisis management, including public or private sector and policy-making positions.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Statistics & Data Science at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Programme structure
Learn to use a visual ethnography framework in each phase of the research process.
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The team
Meet the people of the Resilience Center
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An Antique Green Desert in the Udhruh Region (Southern Jordan)
In ancient times, the steppe in the hinterland of Petra (Jordan) was transformed into a green oasis. This project tries to shed insights in the agricultural, water management and societal processes resulting in this transformation. This will be accomplished by practicing an interdisciplinary research…
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Uzbekistan
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Humanities with two partners in Uzbekistan.
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Parts of the Sum. Dutch provincial identities 1747-1850
Between 1798 and 1813 successive regimes attempted to enforce a fundamental geographical and administrative redivision of the Netherlands. The provinces that had been sovereign states within the Republic of the United Netherlands for over two centuries were dissolved and replaced by ‘departments’, subordinate…
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Politics, Culture and National Identities
The research group Politics, Culture and National Identities 1789-present investigates a wide range of national political cultures in Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Instead of only analyzing high politics (the acts of governments and political parties), the research group focuses…
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About the programme
The specialisations Art History and Museum Studies both engage in critical perspectives and in current practices and the development of a professional network. The specialisation Art History puts emphasis on the analysis of art works within a museal and curatorial context. Our courses, taught by art…
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Awards
The distinction of outstanding and rewarded scientific and educational achievements is an important component of the promotion of our work at the LACDR.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Mathematics and Education at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
Here you find the admission requirements to apply for the bachelor’s programme in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence.
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North American Studies (MA)
The master’s programme in North American Studies at Leiden University takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the United States, with a particular emphasis on examining key aspects of American history, culture, and literature.
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About the programme
The one-year master's in History, Arts and Culture, a specialisation of Leiden University’s MA in Asian Studies, allows you to focus on one or more countries or regions of pre-modern, modern or contemporary Asia.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Media Technology (as of September 2025: Creative Intelligence & Technology) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Events
One of LUCIR’s key objectives is to bring together scholars and students of International Relations. To this end, LUCIR regularly organises events such as conferences, roundtables, lectures and book launches.
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About the programme
The two-year master's in Korean Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, offers a large and varied selection of subjects and the freedom to choose the areas upon which you will focus.
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About the programme
The two-year master's programme in Japanese Studies, a specialisation of the MA in Asian Studies, offers teaching by leading academics and a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the East Asian region.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Astronomy and Science Communication and Society at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Foundations of Computing at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Computer Science and Science Communication and Society at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission and Application
Interested in the BSc Science for Sustainable Societies at Leiden University? Please check our admission requirements.
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About the programme
The two-year MA in Chinese Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, combines content courses with intensive and advanced language training, outstanding teaching, and world-class resources to bring you the only qualification of its calibre offered in the Netherlands…
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Data Science: Computer Science at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Artificial Intelligence at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Bioinformatics at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.