629 search results for “chinese history” in the Student website
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History of crime comes to life
For many people, five o’clock signals the end of their working day. But not for the motivated students of the Honours College Law. With some drinks and snacks, they keep going well into the evening. This time, they met for the festive conclusion of a course which brought the history of Dutch crime to…
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers around the Iron Age and the new episode features an interview with our own Bleda Düring.
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Overhandiging tweede deel 'A History of Russian Law'
Vijf jaar na de overhandiging van ‘A History of Russian Law’, overhandigde emiritus hoogleraar Ferdinand Feldbrugge op 16 januari het tweede deel van zijn unieke overzichtswerk aan decaan van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid Joanne van der Leun.
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Ending of the Europaeum Programme: European History and Civilisation
Education
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Amnesty International gives masterclass to Leiden students
The annual Amnesty International Masterclass on China took place recently in Leiden. The masterclass, which looked at China’s impact on human rights, was given online to students of Law and Chinese.
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Getting your master's thesis published in a prestigious journal: alumni Matthieu did that
After completing one bachelor’s and two master’s programmes at Leiden University, alumnus in Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy Matthieu Agustoni finished his student life with a bang: he got his master's thesis published in a prestigious journal.
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…
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Other associations
As well as study associations, Leiden University also has a number of other associations through which you can develop your skills and gain experience that will come in useful in your later professional life.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Children's acquisition of Mandarin Chinese verb-copying sentences
Lecture, Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.
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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change?
Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘low profile’ foreign policy. Friso Stevens explains in his dissertation where this change has come from. The dissertation defence is on 28 March.
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Judith Pollmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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Curator of the National Museum Marion Anker: ‘History can cause friction'
Marion Anker is a junior curator at the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands. She studied History in Leiden and Amsterdam. Together with her team, she organised the controversial exhibition ‘Revolusi! Indonesië onafhankelijk!’ What did studying History teach her?
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Yenching Academy of Peking University
Bachelor, Master
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Water’s Way: Female Agency and the Artful Legacy of Chinese Imperial Women
Lecture, IIAS/Rijksmuseum Annual Lecture
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Tsolin Nalbantian
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History
The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’
The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying in Rabat.
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…
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Minors
A minor allows you to develop your knowledge beyond the boundaries of your study programme, or to specialise further in your own field of study. You can follow a minor in Leiden and also in Delft or Rotterdam.
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'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important'
The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will take place in Leiden on 6 and 7 December. Leiden professors and co-organisers of the LJSA Sarah Cramsey and Jürgen Zangenberg talk about their plans.
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Jay Huang
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Marijana Vujosevic
Faculty of Humanities
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Francesco Busti
Faculty of Humanities
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Nina Jaspers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Göran Sundholm
Faculty of Humanities
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Jorrit Smit
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Patricio Silva
Faculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Toon Kerkhoff
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Havar Solheim
Faculty of Humanities
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martijn Manders
Faculteit Archeologie
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its associated inferences: Telicity marking with V-DAO in Mandarin Chinese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Vacancy student representative Art History, Arts, Media and Society and Film and Literary Studies
Organisation