319 search results for “ancient economics” in the Student website
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Josephine van der HaveFaculty of Law
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Robert-jan de RooijSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ganna Vsevolodivna DemydyukFaculty of Law
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Europaeum - Call for Applications, September 2023
Education
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Johanna Berkheij-Dol
Faculty of Humanities
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers
From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leiden University have received a prestigious €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant to develop their research.
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Ann BrysbaertFaculty of Archaeology
- Daring questions in Islam
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Uhlenbeck scholarship research master students
Master
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
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Anneke MonsmaFaculty of Law
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Juliana Cubillos GonzalezFaculty of Law
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Matthijs AppelmanFaculty of Law
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities
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Jurian LockFaculty of Law
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Niek StrohmaierFaculty of Law
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Lotte BaasFaculty of Law
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Fleur Vette
Faculty of Law
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Federica CasanoFaculty of Law
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Hannelore BraekenFaculty of Humanities
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Kimia HeidaryFaculty of Law
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Xueting ZhangSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jan AdriaanseFaculty of Law
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Peter van der ZwanFaculty of Law
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Elise Seip
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Irma Mosquera ValderramaFaculty of Law
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Jean-Pierre van der RestFaculty of Law
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Jonathan Silk receives Guggenheim Fellowship
The Guggenheim Fellowship is a prestigious award for US nationals. There are more than 3,000 applications every year, and this year only 188 were honoured. Professor Jonathan Silk is one of these 188, the first ever at Leiden University, and he tells us more about the fellowship and what he will do…
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch
Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ project and will be available on the popular streaming platform Twitch. The first livestream will be on Thursday 20 May.
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism
Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Reading list - our favourite books this summer
Did you also read a lot this summer? We made some real headway on our bookshelves. After all, nothing beats reading a beautiful or thrilling book outside. In this reading list, you'll find our favourite books for the summer of 2022. If you have any suggestions, let us know via Twitter, Facebook or I…
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Markus DavidsenFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
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Helen PluutFaculty of Law
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Lotte van DillenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Reinout VriesendorpFaculty of Law
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Dirk VisserFaculty of Law
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Roeland EmausFaculty of Archaeology
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gert-Jan BoonFaculty of Law
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10 maart: Universiteit Leiden start estafettestaking tegen bezuinigingen
Medewerkers van de Universiteit Leiden trappen maandag 10 maart de estafettestaking af van de Nederlandse universiteiten tegen de kabinetsbezuinigingen.
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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New Faculty of Humanities spending reduction plan
The Faculty of Humanities has shared a new spending reduction plan with its students and staff. Although the plans are less sweeping than previous ones, we still need to make painful decisions: the proposal to scrap the Bachelor’s in Italian Language and Culture, for example.
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Keuzegids: six top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University
Leiden University has six top bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2025, a consumer guide to university programmes. This puts Leiden in fourth place of the broad-based universities.
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Navigating the Unpredictable: Climate Chaos and the Future of Water
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Honours student makes documentary about Roman emperor in Katwijk
He could also have written a paper for his honours assignment, "but I thought it would be fun to do something creative," says history student Eden Dijkstra. With the documentary 'Caligula in Katwijk', he breathes new life into the centuries-old legend of a wayward emperor.