965 search results for “mesoamerican religion and calendars” in the Public website
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Ancient History (MA)
Leiden University's master’s programme in Ancient History is your opportunity to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the history of the Greek and Roman periods, with a focus on the mentality and social and economic history of the period between 400 B.C. and 400 A.D.
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Study programme
In the African Studies BA programme you will obtain in-depth knowledge about Africa and the specific theme of your choice. At the same time, you will develop valuable academic and digital competences, as well as personal skills.
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Contacts and About
Study of human cultures using computational approaches
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La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia
A Spanish translation of Herman Paul’s 'Key Issues in Historical Theory' has appeared under the title 'La llamada del pasado: claves de la teoría de la historia'.
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Religious Studies (MA)
The MA Religious Studies at Leiden University is designed to equip students with the tools and knowledge required for studying, interpreting, and analysing religion as a diverse (human) phenomenon. With its world-class scholars and access to exceptional research collections, the programme offers the…
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Udhruh Archaeological Project
The hinterland of important centres like Petra (Southern Jordan) can provide essential information that contribute to the understanding of their rise, expansion and decline.
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Bart Barendregt receives Vici grant for research on Artificial Intelligence in Muslim Southeast Asia
Very little is known about the relationship between religion and the digital future. Bart Barendregt, Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Digital Diversity, is about to change that. He receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from the NWO for his research project 'One between the Zeros,…
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Peter PelsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel van ElkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Weiyan LowFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan BoersemaScience
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Adam BubenFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gerard VersluisFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kiri ParamoreFaculty of Humanities
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Renee van RiessenFaculty of Humanities
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Michael KerschnerFaculteit Archeologie
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Religious Narratives as Plausibility Structures
Religions involve belief in the unbelievable: in evil spirits causing disease, in souls surviving death, and in gods punishing wrongdoers and blessing the just. Cognitive studies suggest that humans are predisposed to speculate about fate and divine agency, but support from so-called ‘plausibility structures’…
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The perception of time in the Ñuu Dzaui landscape, Oaxaca, Mexico.
1) How natural cycles and activities are interconnected for building the time in one community? 2) What perceptions of Ñuu Dzaui peoples about their landscape can be connected with precolonial times?
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Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage
Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage
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Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law
Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law
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Representations of Everyday Islam in Europe: Scholars and the ‘Real World’
What forms does Muslim religiosity take in daily life? What is the relation between representations of Islam and Muslims by scholars and the views that exist in the ‘real world’?
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Late Antiquity and early Islam
This NWO project, which is being be carried out in close cooperation with the universities of Oxford (contact: Prof. Robert Hoyland) and Princeton (contact: Prof. John F. Haldon) and the UMR 8167 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, University Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, University Panthéon-Sorbonne,…
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More than the Story
Considering Mesoamerican Precolonial books as material objects
- Advanced Arabic Conversation Plus
- Conversation B1/B2 – multi-strip ticket (punch card) for 5 or 10 classes
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Public Resources
On this page you will find resources developed by the project team, such as bibliographies, reading lists, template case-studies as well as the team's training and seminar activities.
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For students
This section of the website is for current students of the Media Technology MSc program.
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Something Fundamental is at Stake in the Dutch Parliamentary Elections
Geert Wilders’ PVV Party believes that Islam is a totalitarian ideology and not a religion, and thus Muslims are not equally entitled to the same freedom of religion or belief as other believers. This view is incompatible with liberal democracy, according to Hans-Martien ten Napel.
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Garo: The Garo Ethnic Community
In this article, published in Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online, Erik de Maaker posed three questions. How can the persistence of the community religion, albeit marginalized, be explained? What role is left for the practices, objects, and beliefs associated…
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Course and exam registration
After your arrival the Faculty will register you for all preapproved courses and exams.
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Course and exam registration
After your arrival the Faculty will register you for all preapproved courses and exams.
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The Making of Chinese Poetry of the Nineties
On 18 May 2022 Lan-Yi Yang successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Cosmological interpretation of architecture: cases from Ancient China and Mesoamerica
The civilizations of ancient China and Mesoamerica, although not historically related and obviously different in many specific aspects (such as language and writing), show many interesting commonalities and similar tendencies in their cultural manifestations.
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Monthly Reads | Project 0100
Each month we will be spotlighting material we have been reading, or that have been recommended to us that relate to AI and a particular theme.
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Field seminar 'Time Intercultural' in Mexico
The Mesoamerican research group 'Time in Intercultural Context: the indigenous calendars of Mexico and Guatemala' funded by the ERC and directed by prof. dr. Maarten Jansen, met up in Mexico from the 13th until the 23rd of February for a field seminar in the states of Tlaxcala and Hidalgo.
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Hans ten Napel Awarded Research Fellowship at Princeton University
Hans-Martien ten Napel has been awarded a Research Fellowship in Legal Studies at the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) at Princeton University, USA, which enables him to be in full-time residence at CTI for the academic year, 1 September 2014 to 31 May 2015.
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Project Office IRP
Programme management of research programme “Strengthening knowledge of and dialogue with the Islamic/Arab world”
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Radhika GuptaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lionel LaborieFaculty of Humanities
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Yasmin IsmailFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Back to the Present
A post-colonial approach to the concept of time in the past and present Maya culture
- Foreign Services / Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
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A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion
The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks
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Annual reports
Every year the Young Academy Leiden publishes and presents its annual report about the last calendar year. In the report, you can find an overview of the activities and projects in the preceding year, information about structure and organisation, reflections on our objectives, and plans for the futu…