219 search results for “classical civilization” in the Staff website
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Suzanne AdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Bas WagenaarFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew PayneFaculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Gerrit DercksenFaculty of Humanities
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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Sandra KartenFaculty of Humanities
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Stijn VoskampFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Julie ReyndersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhibition shined light on the famous physicist’s Dutch friends and his love for Leiden. A review featuring seven images can be found below.
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Bryan VerheulFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jurjen DonkersFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben PoelstraFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Aliéksey Barreto Malheiros ViannaFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Classics: Cleveringa’s protest
On 26 November 1940 Professor Cleveringa held his courageous speech protesting against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague, Professor Meijers. Cleveringa was arrested and the university was closed. Every year the university honours Cleveringa with a chair and meetings throughout the world.
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Sharon van GeldereFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Lotte KremersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hetty de RooijFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gerrit DijkstraFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Leiden Classics: the man behind the beadle
Almost everywhere in the world where the post exists, the beadle is a ‘master of ceremonies’ who only makes his appearance on special occasions. In Leiden the beadle does much more. He is indispensable at dissertation defences and orations. He directs ceremonies and is a master at calming nerves.
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana and the archive of the collector Johannes Thysius exhibit both the intellectual and everyday life as it was three hundred years ago. Now a brand-new digital…
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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Bart KransFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden Classics: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted an elected University Council. It became quite powerful: the Council even had the right to dismiss the Chairman of the Board.
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Leiden Classics: The paradox of student association Minerva
Minerva, which calls itself the oldest student association of the Netherlands, has the reputation of being an impenetrable bastion. A lustrum exhibition shows the turbulent history and points to a diversity of contacts: from close bonds with Leiden ‘coffee ladies’ to the visit of Sir Winston Churchi…
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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Meehea ParkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy
Western civil servants openly struggle with their government’s policies on the war in Gaza. During a meeting at Campus The Hague, three former civil servants told their stories.
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca de KroonFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maria Amjad
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frans SonneveldtFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marleen Waaijer-LindersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate
The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate did achieve was increased trust in politics. ‘They even let each other finish their sentences’, the flabbergasted students concluded at the end.
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Song Tan
Faculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle NijlandFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden Classic: 4 Questions on the origins of the university and the Dies Natalis
Every year around 8 February, Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, is celebrating its birthday. Why does the King still receive a telegram on the day of the Dies Natalis? 4 questions on the origins of Leiden University and its traditions for celebrating its foundation day.
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Leiden Classics: The Leiden Observatory, the world’s oldest university observatory
Whether finding signals of dark matter or discovering hydrogen in the vicinity of exoplanets, Leiden astronomers are world players in their field, and they are part of a long tradition: Leiden was the first university in the world to have its own observatory.