556 search results for “literature” in the Student website
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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French literature via Classiques Garnier Numérique
Library
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Ronald Kon
Faculty of Humanities
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Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw
Faculty of Humanities
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New in the library: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Library
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
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Joe Fortin
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudia Bouteligier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just'
The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That means doing research, but certainly also teaching. 'The Hague is of crucial importance for the humanities.'
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art
The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Korsten, Professor of Literature, Culture and Law. ‘The film raises a fundamental question: what’s a human and what’s not?’ From the next academic year onwards,…
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Christoph Pieper
Faculty of Humanities
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Wilt Idema
Faculty of Humanities
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Ako Tsujita
Faculty of Humanities
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ton Anbeek van der Meyden
Faculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao
Faculty of Humanities
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Nick Tomberge
Faculty of Humanities
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
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Julia Szirmai
Faculty of Humanities
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Eric van Hoof
Bestuursbureau
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcos Neto de Cordova
Faculty of Humanities
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Online Conference: Wisdom Literature in Early Islam
Conference
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Ernst van Alphen
Faculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske Keijser
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Francesco Busti
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Tigges
Faculty of Humanities
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Renske Janssen
Faculty of Humanities