673 search results for “museum collecties and society” in the Student website
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Honours College Science Society and Self Information Session
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Announcement new name Cluster Zuid
Today, Leiden University announces who the new Cluster Zuid on the Witte Singel will be named after. Summer 2023, a ballot determined the name of the complex on the former Van Wijkplaats/Van Eyckhof, which is expected to be completed in March. It was already established that the complex would be named…
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Lotte Sophie Groenendijk speaks about her presentation and experience of the "Care and the Jewish Experience" Conference
In September 2025 Leiden University hosted a greatly successful academic conference "Care and the Jewish Experience" organized by the Leiden Jewish Studies Network. Among our guests and presenters were academics from many universities, many disciplines and at different stages of their academic caree…
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy Building and what the guidelines for the University’s exhibition policy should be. These issues will be explored from diverse perspectives during the…
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected on this at a symposium on Friday 26 May.
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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Library
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Neske BaerwaldtFaculty of Law
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Eduard Fosch VillarongaFaculty of Law
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Daan WeggemansFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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The surprising tradition of fables in French education: 'It builds bridges between generations'
In the Netherlands, people probably grew up with De Fabeltjeskrant (a children’s show, ed.), but in France an introduction to fables plays a much more important role in a child's upbringing. PhD candidate Céline Zaepffel studied the role of fables in French education and teaching methods. It turns out…
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From ancient sites to heritage rescue, from digital sciences to the evolution of human origins: at Archaeology & Society, you will learn about the many multidisciplinary aspects of archaeological research.
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Bridging Disciplines: A Dead Sea Scrolls Study Day with Mladen Popović
When asked about the mission of the Leiden Jewish Studies network, Jürgen Zangenberg, Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity at Leiden University, and one of the organizers of the event says: “We try to keep the network as broad as possible, and to attract as many people from the outside…
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The ancient Egyptians were just like us
The people who lived in Saqqara, City of the Dead in Egypt, died thousands of years ago, but they are not all that different from us. This is what a study by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands concludes. If you wanted to prove that you had good taste in ancient Egypt then…
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AI and emotion recognition: ‘It could disrupt social interactions’
Just imagine new AI technology is able to read human emotions flawlessly. How would that affect us as humans? That is the question PhD candidate Alexandra Prégent is exploring.
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Keerthi Sridharan VaidehiFaculty of Humanities
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Bert FraussenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandre AfonsoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jacqueline HylkemaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Ineke SluiterFaculty of Humanities
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Kyra AlbertsFaculty of Humanities
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Yann RyanFaculty of Humanities
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Margaretha Smolenaars
Faculty of Humanities
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Cas Botman
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerritje van de Haar
Faculty of Humanities
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Tingyu LiFaculty of Humanities
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Erik Geleijns
Faculty of Humanities
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Joe FortinFaculty of Humanities
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Célestin Leba
Faculty of Humanities
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Bert Stamkot
Faculty of Humanities
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Cornelis van TilburgFaculty of Humanities
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Özümcan Çekiç
Faculty of Humanities
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
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Nathalie HaakFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas Bragdon
Faculty of Humanities
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Lingyun Lai
Faculty of Humanities
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Dimitris Kentrotis ZinelisFaculty of Humanities
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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George Dimoglou
Faculty of Humanities
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities