1,226 search results for “arts identity” in the Staff website
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Nico ArtsFaculty of Archaeology
- Media | Art | Politics (MAP)
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Art Hoti
Faculty of Science
- Art History Book Launches
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Daudi van VeenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
Faculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Constant HijzenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marie Guilleray-GuénanffFaculty of Humanities
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Bart Custers in Trouw about new European digital identity
Europe is working full steam towards a digital identity for every EU citizen. And although it might be really useful to be able to hire a car everywhere in the EU with no hassles, Bart Custers, Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies, sees many loose ends.…
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ESOF ‘Art Exploring Science’ session will connect art and science
How can we view societal challenges from a different perspective? At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), Robert Zwijnenberg, Emeritus Professor of Art and Science Interactions, will call for more collaboration between artists and scientists.
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Larissa Mendoza StraffonSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Winifred GebhardtSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrican Studies Centre
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Siyun WuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jon Collins
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Newly appointed Art History professor, Minna Valjakka: 'Art teaches us more than you may think'
On 1 January Minna Valjakka was appointed Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory from a Global Perspective. Valjakka sees her appointment as 'extremely topical' because of the discussions about the decolonisation of the arts: 'Art teaches us not just about art, but also about contemporary…
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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From child to artist: something for everyone during Days of Arts and Science
From 11 to 17 September, Leiden will be all about art and science. What can the combination of these two domains do for us? And how can cooperation between them be strengthened? Several public events and a brand new symposium for specialists should answer these questions.
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Fan LinFaculty of Humanities
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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Master's student of Arts and Culture develops own exhibition: 'A very enriching experience'
Many students dread writing a thesis. Master’s student Laura Robustella's practice-based thesis shows that it is well worth the effort. She developed an art exhibition based on her master’s thesis.
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In this museum, psychologists explore how to bring abstract art closer to children
Children are generally not drawn to abstract art, research shows. But how exactly does abstract art affect our emotions? Through empirical research, psychologists from Leiden University are investigating at the Josef Albers Museum in Germany how this form of art can be made more relatable to the world…
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Camilla MarracciniFaculty of Humanities
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Carlos Roos MuñozFaculty of Humanities
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Alumnus Asa Splinter: ‘LGBT+ identities are not a burden but a source of inspiration’
Even as a teenager Asa Splinter was determined to study Japanese in Leiden. A HAVO diploma and a change in legislation threatened to throw a spanner in the works, but Asa persevered. After ten years of studying, Asa obtained a master’s degree in Japanese and was nominated for the IHLIA thesis award…
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Zsofia PilzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Historical continuity helped form Dutch and Belgian identities
Dutch people are far more law-abiding than they might like to think. And they are very different from the Belgians in that regard. The different approaches of the two governments towards the coronavirus crisis, for example, can be explained from the history of both countries since the Middle Ages. Historians…
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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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Rajat Ravi RaoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Art Academy students design 450th anniversary logo
Students from the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK) designed the 450 lustrum logo.
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'The Pieterskerk has always defined Leiden's identity'
Ward Hoskens started ten years ago as an intern at one of Leiden's most iconic buildings: the Pieterskerk. Now he is doing his PhD on the question of how the function of this 'church that is no longer a church' changed over recent centuries.
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Gabriel PaiukFaculty of Humanities
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Tim EnweremFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jip BarreveldFaculty of Archaeology
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Festive opening LAFV and Leiden Law School exhibition: 'Intersection of Art and Science'
On the initiative of Leiden Law School’s Art Committee, the festive opening of the photo exhibition of the Leiden Amateur Photographic Society (LAFV) took place on Friday 20 May 2022 in the C corridor of the Kamerlingh Onnes Building.
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Janneke WesselingFaculty of Humanities
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Perspectify: an imperfect art exhibition
The PERSPECTIVE project looks to address the concept of successfulness. What does it mean to be the ‘perfect student’, to be 'successful' at university and later in life. It explores perfectionism, setting expectations, performance pressure and more.
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in Brussels? ‘The EU would be wise to respect and protect national identities’
Many European citizens feel connected to the European Union and place trust in it, Eva Grosfeld found in her PhD research. Yet around a quarter do not identify with the EU at all. How can the EU regain their trust?
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Alexander Dencher: ‘I want to give new elan to the study of applied arts’
A successful series of lectures on interior design, a symposium on four-poster beds and a new series of study afternoons on the horizon. University lecturer Alexander Dencher knows how to hold the attention of a growing audience. How does he do it? And what makes the history of interior design so fa…
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Podcast: The art of Presenting
We have the pleasure of hosting organisational psychologist Fieke Harinck. Fieke is an expert on negotiation, communication skills and improvisation and co-author of the book ‘The Art of Presenting’. She shares invaluable insights and advice on how to deliver impactful presentations that captivate your…
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Daan van den Wollenberg
Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Topical Issues in Museums
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York
How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.