386 search results for “roman world” in the Staff website
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Olaf KaperFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Miguel John VersluysFaculteit Archeologie
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Spring 2022: 'Christiani et Ceteri. The Treatment of Christians in the Roman Empire'
Lecture
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Hans-Jan van KralingenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Alain WijffelsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Letty ten HarkelFaculteit Archeologie
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Pop-up Exhibition Roman Clohting
Exhibition
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Book presentation: Coping with Versnel
At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July Prof. em. Henk Versnel received a copy of the volume Coping with Versnel. This historiographical volume highlights the important position of Versnel’s work in the study of religion in the ancient world.
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
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POSTPONED - The world of the Greek epigram. Studying Inscribed Funerary Poetry from the Hellenistic and Roman Greek East
Conference, Research Seminar
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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Urban Systems in the Roman Near East
PhD defence
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Cicero, Statesmanship, and Republicanism in Roman Historiography
PhD defence
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Exposed: interdisciplinary approaches to the Greek and Roman body
Conference
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Re-materialising Roman religion: Keynote lecture from Dr. Graham
Lecture, UMW Research Seminar
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Continuities and discontinuities in the use of Roman amulets
Lecture, Work in progress
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Leiden Law School rises in QS World University Ranking
Leiden Law School has moved up three places in the global ranking of law faculties and is now in 21st place.
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Classics Colloquium: Migrants and Membership Regimes in the Ancient Greek World
Research
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Red Slip Wares: Introduction to a Roman and Byzantine phenomenon
Lecture, Workshop
- Unification of the Mediterranean World Research Seminars 2023-2024
- New application deadline (May 27) for Graduate Masterclass: The Classical Body Exposed by Byvanck professor Carrie Vout
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Keiko YoshiokaFaculty of Humanities
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Mahmood KooriadathodiFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Languages and Cultures of the World Page is now online
In accordance with the Faculty Strategic Plan, the thematic page on Languages and Cultures of the World has been launched. It provides an overview of the university's expertise in the field of Languages and Cultures. This theme is one of the four core areas that position the expertise of the Faculty…
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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M. Revello Lami-Faculteit Archeologie
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Anna-Alexandra MarholdFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin Suchard: ‘The more you send out into the world, the more likely it will stick’
How do you make niche subjects interesting and accessible? Benjamin Suchard, historical linguist and researcher, seems to have created the perfect recipe, which consists of his various projects alongside his regular research, including a Twitter account and a major international film.
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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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Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance
On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times'
Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve into the twisting, scheming and tampering with facts that went on thousands of years ago.
- Global Questions Seminar
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Sic transit gloria mundi: a journey to the end of the Roman empire
Lecture, Ancient History study trip Trier 2022 information session
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Register now for the World Cup pool
Social
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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Hephthalites, Romans, and Arabs: the Grand Strategy of the Sasanian Empire
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Cleveringa lecture
Inaugural lecture
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ReuvensReuvensplaats 2-4, Leiden
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Spring 2023: Who reads Martial’s epigrams? The gender gap in reading Roman literature
Lecture