649 search results for “early modern human” in the Student website
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Global dynamics: a very deep historical perspective on the history of Humanity
Keynote Lecture
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Jan-peter LoofFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Participatory Action Research: possibilities and challenges in the humanities
Course, Terra Incognita Masterclass
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Eric van HoofBestuursbureau
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Aad van MastrigtFaculty of Humanities
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New super server at humanities
When you think of humanities, you may not immediately think of a new super server. Yet one has just been commissioned. University lecturer Jelena Prokic from Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities explains more about this development.
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Nadine Akkerman discusses Spycraft on BBC and History Extra Podcasts
Nadine Akkerman recently appeared as a guest on a BBC podcast and the History Extra podcast to discuss her book Spycraft. In these interviews, she delved into the fascinating world of espionage, sharing insights from her research and highlighting key themes from her work.
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Nadine Akkerman’s 'Spycraft' in Harper’s Magazine: ‘Diverting history‘
In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and why messages were ciphered in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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Follow the Modern Greek Language Course in Athens
Education
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Marie SoressiFaculteit Archeologie
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Kristof GombeerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jolein HoltzFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jet LieskerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jac AartsFaculteit Archeologie
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Fallon CooperFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Titia LoenenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculteit Archeologie
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Imke BrunsScience
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New milestone for the Humanities Campus
The development of the Humanities Campus is entering a new phase. On 13 June, the Municipal Council approved both the zoning plan and the visual quality plan. This means that the university can now go forward with developing the new construction and the central green square on the Doelen side of the…
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Dutch History Henk te Velde to be new interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Professor of Dutch History prof.dr. H. (Henk) te Velde will become interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University for a two-year term with effect from 1 March 2025. He will succeed prof.dr. M.R. (Mark) Rutgers. Mark Rutgers’ second term of office expires on 1 March 2025; he will be professor…
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
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Exploration alternatives Humanities Campus using Duplo
In the week of 15 November, the Academic Directors and two members of the Faculty Council also participated in a so-called Duplo session, after the Faculty Board did so, led by Elisa Meijer, advisor housing of the Humanities Campus project. During the session, alternatives for the Humanities Campus…
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AI for humanities: ‘Especially as a humanities student, you have the tools to work with this’
While humanities once mainly involved books and archives, nowadays we can’t imagine life without AI. Next semester a new faculty-wide course will be introduced, taking you along with this development. University lecturer and course coordinator Yann Ryan tells us more about it.
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Jesse Wichers SchreurFaculty of Humanities
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Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries
Conference
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Alternative Humanities Campus in Leiden city centre
Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden will develop new plans for an alternative Humanities Campus in the city centre. This means they will not proceed with the compulsory purchase of the De Doelen housing complex to facilitate the construction of the new Humanities Campus. The plans to demolish…
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Children develop prejudice at an early age
Children in the Netherlands develop prejudices based on ethnicity at an early age. Ymke de Bruijn (27) came to this conclusion in her dissertation ‘Child Interethnic Prejudice in the Netherlands: Social Learning from Parents and Picture Books’. For her PhD project she took a closer look at the behaviours…
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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible
Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study and is what the mayor and aldermen of Leiden write in a letter to the city council.
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Archaeologist Mette Langbroek works on beads exhibition: ‘Humans have a special relationship with beads'
Beads are among the oldest types of human artistic expression. Even so, the small ornaments have a bad status record regarding archaeological investigation. PhD candidate Mette Langbroek, usually at home studying early medieval beads, had the opportunity to work on a publication and exhibition on 5000…
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The conclusion of Human Work – Humanities Lab
Friday October 24th Honours students had to present their case studies on a topical issue related to Humanities. All Honours students made posters in pairs of two and had to defend their case in front of an audience at the Old Observatory. It was a tense experience, since they were being graded by…
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Lianne BaarsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Aitor Burguet-CocaFaculteit Archeologie
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Hans FrankenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva BaudichauFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Suzan van de VeldeFaculteit Archeologie
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Jean-Jacques HublinFaculteit Archeologie
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Martin SievertFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Sofia PoulopoulouFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Peter RodriguesFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid