673 search results for “museum collecties and society” in the Student website
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Thousands of new students start an old-style EL CID
Smiling faces, a mass dance and a bit of awkwardness: after two ‘corona editions’ of EL CID, the Leiden introduction week is back with a vengeance this year. A total of 3,412 first-year students from Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, accompanied by 486 mentors, started EL…
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Humanities researchers publish a new journal issue inspired by times of crisis
The ninth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference has been published. This time the theme is ‘Reinventing Boundaries in Times of Crisis.’
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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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These are the nominees for the Faculty Teaching Prize 2021
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students and a jury decides who will receive the prize. The prize is awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 8 September. This year, students nominated four candidates. We spoke to…
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Liselore Tissen appointed ambassador for network of congress ambassadors
External PhD candidate Liselore Tissen has been appointed ambassador for Leiden City of Science. As the youngest member and the only non-professor in the network, she will be working to raise Leiden's prominence as a city of science.
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look like? Get answers to these questions and more at the free ‘Wijsneus Festival’ on Friday 16 September at Leidse Hout Park.
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Leiden mayor visits Humanities: ‘The diversity of subjects is fantastic’
Mayor Peter Heijkoop is busy getting to know his city better. On Monday 7 July, he visited the Faculty of Humanities. ‘A few hours and you can see how important this is.’
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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New edition 'Panoramic. The Leiden Art Review'
Last year, the Art History program, led by lecturers Laura Bertens and Elizabeth den Hartog, started the course The Academic Art of Publishing, in which students work on editing and publishing an academic journal: 'Panoramic. The Leiden Art Review'.
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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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In conversation with Kimsooja
Expert meeting
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Zeynep AnliSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Caelesta BraunFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Nick TombergeICLON
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Stefan NorbruisFaculty of Humanities
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Johan ChristensenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Ali ShobeiriFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerhaarLeiden University Library
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Tycho de GraafFaculty of Law
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Francien DechesneFaculty of Law
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Christopher GreenFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Reyes ElizondoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Ana Cardozo de SouzaFaculty of Humanities
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Wenxuan PengFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs WittyFaculty of Humanities
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Ernst van AlphenFaculty of Humanities
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Bert van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Miguel MiraFaculty of Humanities
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Marijn van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities