259 search results for “early hominin” in the Student website
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
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Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
Conference
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Sunni constitutional theory in light of an early hadith about obedience
Lecture
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These students studied Byzantine Rome... in Rome: ‘It was an immersive experience’
Professor Joanita Vroom, together with the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offered the course Byzantine Rome in September 2023. The course, co-taught by Vroom, Letty ten Harkel and various guest lecturers, investigated the transition of the city of Rome from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages,…
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Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Online database with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible'
Too expensive groceries, diseases suddenly breaking out: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, hundreds of people documented the world around them in chronicles. A significant number of these texts have been digitised in recent years. Professor of Early Modern Dutch History and project leader…
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Daphne WoutsLeiden University Libraries
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Clodagh MurphyFaculty of Humanities
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Lucas VanhevelFaculty of Humanities
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
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Jef SchaepsLeiden University Libraries
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified'
After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…
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The Expansion of Sugar Plantations in Early Modern Java, c. 1740-1780
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Keynote Address: The Kindness of Others: Jews, Christians and Early Childhood Care in Medieval Europe
Lecture
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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“Dizzy with Wonder:” Early Cinema and the Birth of Movie-Fandom in Egypt, 1896-1935
Lecture
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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…
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In Memoriam: Katharine MacDonald (1976-2022)
Our dear colleague and friend Kathy MacDonald passed away unexpectedly on August 9th, 2022, a few days after her 46th birthday. Her sudden passing came as a tremendous shock to her colleagues and friends at the Faculty of Archaeology and to colleagues and former students both in The Netherlands and…
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New research indicates Hunter-Gatherer impact on prehistoric European landscapes
The starting point of human-induced landscape changes has been under permanent debate. It is widely accepted that the emergence of agriculture strongly increased human impact on their environments. However, foragers can and do actively transform land cover and ecosystems. Ethnographic observations,…
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Homo erectus from the sea: new discoveries from the Sunda Shelf
Lecture
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick DassenFaculty of Humanities
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Annelieke HagenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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and their Use: Circulation of Knowledge and Imperial Appropriation in Early and Mid-Qing China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Mink van IJzendoornFaculty of Archaeology
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Suzanne KlareFaculty of Humanities
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Rayyan ToutounjiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Brian ShaevFaculty of Humanities
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Letty ten Harkel
Faculty of Archaeology