2,775 search results for “museum studies” in the Public website
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Shuqi Jia
Faculty of Humanities
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Hossein Pourbagheri
Faculty of Humanities
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Gjovalin Macaj
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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About the programme
Explore the contemporary dilemmas of archaeological heritage management, or focus on museum practices from an archaeological perspective.
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Naturalis reopens: researchers in the museum
A rejuvenated Naturalis opens its doors to the public on Saturday 31 August. Many researchers from Leiden University also work at the Naturalis research centre. Their workplace has also undergone a major facelift, and museum visitors can now watch their every move.
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Archaeological Heritage and Society
The researchers and students at the Department of Archaeological Heritage and Society at the Faculty of Archaeology study the role of the past in modern societies. They want to find out more about the relationships between the past and the present, and the role that heritage plays.
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Jan Jansen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fang-I Chu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Opening Museum and research center Paläon
One of the highlights during the fieldwork in Schoningen lead by Prof. dr. Thijs van Kolfschoten in 2013 was the opening of the museum and research center paläon on June 24. To the realisation of the museum, the Faculty of Archaeology made a significant contribution. Many of the results of the research…
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Media Studies (MA)
The MA Media Studies consists of four different programmes in the fields of Journalism and New Media (Dutch taught), Book and Digital Media Studies, Film and Photographic Studies and Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory.
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Wouter Kalf and Museum de Lakenhal
On Tuesday 7 December, Wouter Kalf gave a lecture on how All Knowlegde starts with intuïtions for the Studium Generalis series co-hosted by the Museum de Lakenhal. The lecture was in Dutch.
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At Home Otherwise: Rethinking Heritage through Diversity
This project investigates diversifying and democratizing heritage through practices of “home-making”. We propose to research ‘home-making’ as a non-binary practice of combining memories of roots and routes, dwelling in the present, and desires for the future.
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Arie van der Kooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Hélène Nut
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Kees Colder
Faculty of Humanities
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
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Chunli Song
Faculty of Humanities
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Al Al Farabi
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah Holma
Faculty of Humanities
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Pilar Jimenez Galindo
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcel Cobussen
Faculty of Humanities
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Rients de Boer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Tim Wuisman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students a world-class environment in which to reach their potential.
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Edmund Amann
Faculty of Humanities
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Jialong Liu
Faculty of Humanities
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Léon Buskens
Faculty of Humanities
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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Maurits Berger
Faculty of Humanities
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Admission and Application
We invite motivated students from around the world to apply for our master's programme in Archaeology. Admission requirements may vary per specialisation, please visit the specialisation of your interest to find out more about the entry requirements.
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Our students at the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
On a thursdaymorning our students were guided around a new exhibition in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. This exhibition displayed photographs and documents from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Western Arabian Peninsula.
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Featured Review | Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age
Natalia Grincheva (2020). Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-8153-6999-8, 164 pp., £27.99 (paperback).
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Archival Interactions: Artists and Archivists
Subproject of the NWO Smart Culture Grant research project 'The Critical Visitor'.
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 21
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 21, 2005
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The Critical Visitor
The Heritage Sector at a Crossroads: The way of Intersectionality. This project investigates how heritage institutions can achieve inclusion and accessibility within their organization, collection, and exhibition spaces that meets the breadth of demands placed by today’s “critical visitors.” Fifteen…
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Book and Digital Media Studies (MA)
The master’s programme in Book and Digital Media Studies introduces you to the history of the written and printed word, and to theories and practices of publishing as well as digital textual media.
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Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw
Faculty of Humanities
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Pre-master’s programme
The pre-master's is a bridging programme for students who have applied for the MA Arts and Culture, but who, according to the Board of Admissions, still have deficiencies in their educational background. Once you have completed the pre-master’s programme, you will be admitted to the relevant specialization…
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao
Faculty of Humanities
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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
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MA Specialisation Heritage and Postcolonial Studies
Objects and framings of heritage, archives, and academic knowledge production generate worldwide, fierce societal debates on the legacies of colonial violence, past injustice and present-day institutional racism. Whether bronzes from Benin, daggers from Bali, fossils from Java, photo-albums from…
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Museum Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Studying and living in The Hague
The Hague is a real student city and has everything you’ll need to turn your time as a student into the time of your life.
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From a fossil to an animal skin: as a museum, do you let the original pass through the hands of your visitors, or a replica?
Educators in European science museums sometimes think rather differently about the definition of an 'authentic' object. They think carefully about how they present those objects to teach visitors something or make them curious. This was shown in research by the Science Communication & Society department.…
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Founding an Inclusive Space: Legacies of Alternative Archiving Practices in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom
The project ‘Founding an Inclusive Space’ investigates the histories of various LGBT+ archives in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Heritage encased in public and private care
Bringing Dominican indigenous collections back to the community