71 search results for “classics” in the Staff website
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Classical Ballet intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Classical Ballet advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Christoph Pieper
Faculty 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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Thomas Kluitenburg
Faculty 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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Bert van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Bouke van der Meer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Aliéksey Barreto Malheiros Vianna
Faculty of Humanities
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Manfred Horstmanshoff
Faculty 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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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: 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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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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(Call for Papers) Classics Colloquium: Migrants and Membership Regimes in the Ancient Greek World
Research
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Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
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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.
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
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Suzan van de Velde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene O'Daly
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Miguel John Versluys
Faculteit Archeologie
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The Classical Zaydi Imamate (1200-1600) and its Legacy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Singing Techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Singing Basics
Arts and leisure
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Tap Dance beginners
Arts and leisure
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Musical (Singing/dance/theater) | Intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Musical Jazz
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
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More than 100 objects described on Things That Talk: ‘It’s super cool to be a part of this’
On Things That Talk, a website founded and developed by Fresco Sam-Sin, students and researchers describe objects from today and from long ago. By now, more than a hundred objects have been covered. Willemijn Waal, Emma Verweij and Frank van den Boom contributed to the content.
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Ballet contemporary advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Tap dance intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Ballet Contemporary intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Musical (singing/dance/theater) | beginners/intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group
Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Group for the best scholarly publication in the field of Italy Studies in Dutch or Flemish academia.
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Kiem, Groei and Bloei
Kiem, Groei and Bloei are three funding tools that will take interdisciplinary research and teaching at Leiden University to another level. Find out more about the purpose of these funds and how to apply for them.
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Egidius Smeets
Science
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Tom van der Reep
Science
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Who’s on the JUL board?
The JUL board consists of 4 volunteers. In addition, the board is represented within the various university units by an ambassador.
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…