67 search results for “ancient here” in the Student website
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Mariëtte KeukenLeiden University Libraries
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Paul BeliënFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
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‘The ancient Egyptians were concerned with more than just death’
When we think about ancient Egypt, the first things that come to mind are usually mummies and sarcophagi. According to researcher and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden curator Lara Weiss, that impression is unjustified. She made an audio tour for the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden that focuses on living Egyptians…
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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Leiden researchers organise first Week of Ancient Writing
This month marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. NINO, the Language Museum, Things that Talk and the National Museum of Antiquities are seizing the opportunity to organise the first Week of Ancient Writing.
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Nico StaringFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Gerrit DercksenFaculty of Humanities
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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Jurjen DonkersFaculty of Humanities
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Gus Kraus
Faculty of Humanities
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Carlo van Oosterhout
Faculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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‘My experience in Leiden inspired me to try to change the situation here’
Alumni and researchers met at two well-attended alumni dinners in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. The alumni reminisced about their time in Leiden and got to see their lecturers once again.
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Interview with Rector Hester Bijl: ‘There is no place for antisemitism here’
Leiden University is under fire: it is allegedly doing too little to tackle antisemitism. Rector Hester Bijl responds to this accusation and to a video from 2014 on social media in which extreme remarks are made. ‘We can be short about such comments: they are unacceptable. The university is and always…
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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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Grégory Schneider -
Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
Master
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Theatres and museums
In the centre of Leiden there are thirteen museums, all within walking distance of each other. Leiden is also home to the oldest theatre in the Netherlands, the Leidse Schouwburg. The Hague on the other hand has no less than thirty museums in and around the city, as well as a wealth of theatres. So…
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Uhlenbeck conference scholarship
Master
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
- Daring questions in Islam
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Uhlenbeck scholarship research master students
Master
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
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Keuzegids Master’s guide: which programmes score above average?
Four of Leiden University’s master’s programmes score above average across the board according to the Keuzegids Masters 2026 guide.
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ project and will be available on the popular streaming platform Twitch. The first livestream will be on Thursday 20 May.