73 search results for “ancient her” in the Staff website
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte KeukenLeiden University Libraries
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Paul BeliënFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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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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Tineke Schutte, our first female beadle, makes her debut
Tineke Schutte made her debut as beadle at Maartje Schoorl's inaugural lecture on 29 April. A unique moment because she's the first female beadle in the history of our university.
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Tanja AhlinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Hutspot, herring and... science: Community engagement with Leiden’s research at 3 October University
Amid the many traditions of Leiden’s 3 October Festival, a relative newcomer is beginning to take hold: the Science Market. At market stalls, the people of Leiden could explore or even participate in Leiden’s research – performing an ‘operation’ in the street, for example.
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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Jurjen DonkersFaculty of Humanities
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Gus KrausFaculty of Humanities
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Carlo van OosterhoutFaculty 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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Honorary doctorate for anthropologist Rosemary Joyce
American anthropologist Rosemary Joyce will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on its Dies Natalis on 8 February. Joyce has delivered important new insights into the ancient Mayan cultures of Central America.
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Researchers crack the rules of unknown board game from the Roman period
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.
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Lucien van Beek receives LUF grant: 'It is a great feeling to be able to work on my ideas'
University lecturer Lucien van Beek has been awarded a LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant. He will use the sum of 75,000 euros to research the thinking of people in ancient and prehistoric times. To do that, he will look for unusual or striking metaphors in the earliest Indo-European languages.
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Discover Leiden University's new Middle Eastern Library and take a closer look at our Middle Eastern collections
An evening program in the University Library and Middle Eastern Library in Leiden for everyone who has something to do with the Middle East; from Tajikistan to the Mahreb and from Istanbul to Sanaa. View the oldest books and clay tablets from the collection and listen to the most fascinating stories…
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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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Jasmijn RanaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language
Language can be a time machine: we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? PhD candidate Anthony Jakob investigated whether the languages of prehistoric populations left…
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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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A quick call with Nathan Saucier about how the LLInC studio can help you enhance your teaching and research
From practicing ultrasound techniques in augmented reality to chatting with virtual ancient Greeks about what an archaeological site looked like back in the day: video & innovation specialist Nathan Saucier gives an insight into the many possibilities of the interactive media and simulations studio…
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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.