515 search results for “19th century dutch architecture” in the Staff website
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century'
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own vernacular was thought to reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Germans, Danes, Italians and many other nationalities…
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Writing a General Labour History of Africa from the 16th to the 19th centuries
Lecture
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Abolfazl Sajadi
Science
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Antoinette Huijbers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Roos Stolker
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Valentina Azzarà
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gerhard de Kok
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Alvarez Francés
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van Uitert
Faculty of Humanities
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Tinde van Andel
Science
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
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Peggy Bracco Gartner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruud Koole
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Annemieke Verbaas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Current affairs lecture: shelve the rule of law? (Dutch)
Course
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Alexander Geurds
Faculteit Archeologie
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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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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead of in communal cemeteries. Professor Frans Theuws recently published a book on this phenomenon. ‘We wanted to know if the study of these farmyard burials…
- Environmental Humanities: Architecture is Climate
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Femke Lippok
Faculteit Archeologie
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Esther Op de Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Celebrating Language: WDO's 19th Lustrum Symposium
Festival, Lustrum Symposium
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Wish, a Western Mosque: Colonial Continuities in Dutch Perspectives on Islamic Architecture
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens
A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn Huygens. The fragrance makes the past more tangible and can help people experience history differently.
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
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Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities
The terms of employment of university employees are set out in the CAO of Dutch Universities.
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Richard Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nathalie Brusgaard
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wim Voermans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
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Quentin Bourgeois
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marijn Nagtzaam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Oda Nuij
Faculteit Archeologie
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
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Mette Langbroek
Faculteit Archeologie
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Arjan Louwen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Michiel van Groesen
Faculty of Humanities
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Ronny Boogaart
Faculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie Wilson
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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avant la lettre: Women played a significant role in eighteenth-century diplomacy
With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-century diplomatic circles of the Ottoman Empire. ‘We already know that one woman led the entire embassy.'
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yesteryear: Upholsterers were the interior designers of the eighteenth century'
Today, anyone wanting a new look for their living room watches a home decorating programme or buys an interior design magazine. In the eighteenth century, people went to an upholstry specialist, who would provide you with new wall coverings, curtains and much-needed accessories. PhD candidate Aagje…
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dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Podcast: Urban Life in Catalonia in the 14th Century with Jeff Fynn-Paul
Most of us know that Venice, Genoa, and Florence were major Mediterranean powers during the Renaissance. But did you know that in terms of trade and sea power, Barcelona was probably more powerful than two of these three?
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Fatema Zahra Rashid
Science
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Fatal firearm violence down by 50% since the ‘90s of the previous century
Project TARGET is a research project aimed at the relation between the illegal arms trade and firearm violence. In a study conducted in seven countries, the researchers took a look at the differences and similarities. Katharina Krüsselmann and Marieke Liem took a closer look at the situation in the…