2,746 search results for “archief in historical research” in the Public website
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Letters as loot
Linguistic research on a unique collection of Dutch letters allowed us to gain access to the every-day language of people from various walks of life. Private letters by men, women and even children have been elaborately explored in the Letters as Loot researchprogramme, initiated and directed by prof.…
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
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The historical development of the Dutch posture-verb progressive construction
On the 22nd of February, Ami Okabe successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Ami on this achievement!
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Innovative in Archiefonderzoek-prijs
Het Nationaal Archief en het Noord-Hollands Archief onderzoekswedstrijd
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Darién Profundo: A historical ecology approach to human practices in Gran Darién, Panama
How have human-environmental entanglements changed in the Gulf of San Miguel, Darien, Panama, from the first traces human practices through to the present?
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Nicolas Blarel, ’Modi’s historic visit to Israel’
Political scientist Nicolas Blarel (Leiden University) analyses the background and implications of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel.
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The Historical Sources of the Mali Empire Reconsidered
When did the Mali Empire disintegrate? What does the Sunjata heritage demonstrate about the political situation after 1600?
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Imagining Communities. Historical Reflections on the Process of Community Formation
In his groundbreaking Imagined Communities, first published in 1983, Benedict Anderson argued that members of a community experience a
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Voices in stone: Studies in Luwian historical phonology
On the 12th of November, Xander Vertegaal successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Xander on this achievement!
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Transkribus in Education: Developing Digital Literacy with Historical Sources
In this project, researchers and lecturers from LUCAS, ICLON and UBL join forces to publish expertise and experience in the field of machine learning and AI as open learning materials for secondary education.
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Research
Research at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) focuses on linguistic variation and diversity. In order to create more awareness and scientific understanding of this topic, research activities are clustered around six (overlapping) umbrella programmes. Many of our researchers are active…
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China’s industrial carbon emissions: Historical drivers at the regional and sectoral levels and projections in light of policy
This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.
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Dangerous Cities: Mapping crime in Amsterdam and Leiden, 1850–1913
To what extent did the street patterns in urban districts influence crime patterns?
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
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Pascale EskesFaculty of Humanities
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Ton KoopmanFaculty of Humanities
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Paul HudsonFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Research
LUCAS members are experts in the fields of literary history and theory, film and media studies, and art, architectural, and book history.
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Debora Campos WanderleyFaculty of Humanities
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Hayden White
This book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White’s thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White’s core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present.
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities
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Granting Opportunities
Overview of granting opportunities in the wider digital humanities community. Follow links for the most up-to-date details on deadline dates/times and conditions for applying.
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Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre
The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.
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Photographic traditions in black popular modernities: towards a socio-historical analysis of the visual economy in and beyond South Africa
The aim of the project is to contribute to the process of archive formation ongoing in Post-Apartheid South Africa through the inclusion of photographs that have been either unacknowledged or excised from the national canon.
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Tilling and manuring prehistoric and early historic fields in western Europe
Since the adoption of agriculture people have cultivated fields. The project concerns all kinds of aspects related to raising crops.
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Towards a historical contextualisation of Ancient Egyptian perspectives of the inner body, sickness, and healing
On Tuesday 30 April 2024 Jonny Russell successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs
Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia
Lecture
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Tinde van AndelFaculty of Science
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Post-middeleeuwse evoluties in de veeteelt in Vlaanderen: inzichten uit archeozoölogisch onderzoek
Dit rapport vormt het resultaat van het zogenaamde ALIMENT-project (Animals and Livestock Provisioning in the Modern Town), dat werd gefinancierd door de Vlaamse overheid.
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Hilde GunninkFaculty of Humanities
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Guus KroonenFaculty of Humanities
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The linguistic past of Mesoamerica and the Andes: a search for early migratory relations between North and South America
The aim of the project is to unravel the genetic and contact relations between the indigenous languages of Mesoamerica (Mexico and western Central America) and the Middle Andes region (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia), as part of a larger endeavor to understand the historical process of the peopling of the Americas…
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Admission and Application
Find out how to apply for Global Order in Historical Perspective at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Summer School for Historical Acting cancelled
We have decided to cancel the Summer School for Historical Acting due to the ongoing global public health crisis.
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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The writing culture of ancient Dadan; a description and quantitative analysis of linguistics variation
Fokelien Kootstra defended her thesis on 23 April 2019
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Het Nederlandse prefix ge- in historisch perspectief. ‘Ge-+werkwoordstam’-afleidingen in grammatica’s, woordenboeken en teksten
The Dutch prefix ge- in historical perspective gives first of all a general account of the development of the word formation processes involving ge- in which special attention is paid to the participial ge-.
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague from 1600 to 1800. They are tracing crimes and offenders and shedding new light on The Hague’s Gevangenpoort (or Prison Gate). Among their many discoveries…
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Current PhD Research Projects
PhD Research Projects at LUCDH and Affiliated Faculties
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Casper van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Spring School 'Historical Performance Studies' (Groningen)
This Spring School will pay attention to a wide range of performances in history, from political gatherings, religious rituals, and courtroom proceedings to theatre, concerts, and dance. It combines a focus on the medieval and early modern period with an interdisciplinary perspective, attending to the…
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Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum
Conference