953 search results for “medieval dutch literature” in the Staff website
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road
An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Central Asia and their inhabitants.
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Introducing: Neilabh Sinha
Neilabh Sinha was awarded a subsidy from NWO Promoties in de Geesteswetenschappen and started as a PhD candidate at the Institute for History in September. He introduces himself.
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Manuscript and Early Book Destruction
Conference
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Menageries, and the Zoology of Exotic Animals in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch
Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar
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accusations of national disloyalty. Confrontational maneuvering in Dutch plenary debates on EU issues
PhD defence
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Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in Batavia, ca. 1700-1850
PhD defence
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Book Launch: Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022)
Book launch
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‘Je kan door een stage veel beter aan jezelf werken‘
Oberon Janszen, alumnus Bestuurskunde, ging na zijn studie als stagiair bij de Inspectie der Rijksfinanciën aan de slag
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Fleeing tapestry makers picked up the thread again in Gouda
In the sixteenth century, many Protestants fled to the Northern Netherlands to avoid Spanish oppression in the south. This exodus included tapestry makers from Oudenaarde who eventually settled in Gouda. Professor by Special Appointment Yvonne Bleyerveld and researcher Jos Beerens have been awarded…
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‘In the second half of the eighteenth century, decisions were made in the stadtholder’s audience chamber.’
The stadtholder’s court in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands has long been underestimated. Real courts and the associated court culture were to be found elsewhere in Europe. PhD candidate Quinten Somsen is trying to reverse this image. ‘The stadtholder’s court was actually very lively.’
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Online Book Launch: Cremation in the Early Middle Ages
Online Book Launch
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Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994
Lecture
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Silence, Faith and Sexual Violence: Reflections on Methodologies for Trauma in Early Modern France
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
PhD defence
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national disloyalty. Analyzing sequences of confrontational maneuvering in Dutch plenary debates on EU issues
PhD defence
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Verticality, Agronomic Turn, and the Making of Colonial Botany in the Dutch East Indies
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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News in a Glasshouse: Media, Publics, and Senses of Belonging in the Dutch Caribbean
PhD defence
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Lunch Seminar: Transformation and connections through food/waste in Dutch cities
Lecture
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Marco SpruitFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Mario van der SteltFaculty of Science
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Sander van KasterenFaculty of Science
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Nikkie BuskermolenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Kim de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Nargess AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas HankemeierFaculty of Science
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Katharina NatterSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Hannah Kuhn-Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Ingrid van Biezen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Thijs VosSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Leila DemarestSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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The Salm story: the forgotten architects of the Netherlands
Music venue Paradiso, the Keizersgracht Church and the Artis Zoo’s aquarium: these buildings all owe their design to architects Gerlof Bartholomeus Salm and Abraham Salm. Remco van der Kuijp researched the place of father and son in architectural history. PhD defence on 25 March.
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall?
During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend their territories in continental Europe from an Allied naval invasion. The defensive line went right through the Dutch city of The Hague. The material remains…
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
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Arjan Louwen wins LUS Teaching Prize: 'He stands out for his passion and dedication'
During the ceremony of the Opening of the Academic Year, University Lecturer Arjan Louwen has won Leiden University's prestigious LUS Teaching Award. The prize, awarded annually by the Leiden University Student Platform (LUS), honours lecturers who excel in their teaching. For Louwen, the nomination…
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Throwback to the Archaeological Field School of 2022: ‘Excavating is very rewarding’
Back in June, the annual Leiden Archaeology Field School took place in Oss. For a month, every week, a group of 25 first year students gets to learn the ins and outs of a professional excavation. This is what they have been prepared for in the past year. ‘It is very exciting to put all the theory into…
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How lasers and volunteers are uncovering thousands of archaeological sites
LiDAR, a laser-based remote sensing technology, is transforming archaeology by uncovering hidden landscapes beneath forests, vegetation, and shallow waters. Though initially designed for land management, its applications in archaeology have grown rapidly.
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Daoist Lived Religion from Epigraphic and Archeological Materials
Lecture, China Seminar
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The Commentary on the Remarks and Admonitions of Ibn Sina by the Shi’i Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Or.95 in the Leiden University Library
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Spice War: Ternate, Makassar, the Dutch East India Company and the struggle for the Ambon Islands (c. 1600-1656)
PhD defence
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities