499 search results for “modernization” in the Student website
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Frontiers of Modern Physics- Summer School
Course, Summer School
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Follow the Modern Greek Language Course in Athens
Education
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe
In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Româneşti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse…
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Visit the University of Helsinki for the Medieval-Modern Forum
Education
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Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age - International Conference
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the first publication of De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius in 1625, an international conference will be organized by the Grotiana Foundation, the Paul Scholten Centre for Jurisprudence at the University of Amsterdam, the Grotius Centre for International…
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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Jacobine MelisFaculteit Archeologie
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Chie AritaFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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War and Peace Studies: New CSM track focusses on modern war, warfare and peace building efforts
War and peace studies. A topic that is more relevant than ever because of the war in Ukraine. In September, the MSc Crisis and Security Management (CSM) will start a new track: War and Peace Studies. CSM’s Programme Director, Ernst Dijxhoorn, discusses the new track, how it was created and what students…
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Revolutionary Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Modern Moroccan Photography
Lecture
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Modern dance basics
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Modern jazz intermediate/advanced
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Maize, Monsters, Modernity
Lecture
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Stefan LandsbergerFaculty of Humanities
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Beatriz Santiago BelmonteFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew SorensenFaculteit Archeologie
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Aad van MastrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van UitertFaculty of Humanities
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Eric van HoofBestuursbureau
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Gerhard de KokFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse SarneelFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Pereira BastiaoFaculty of Humanities
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Ekaterina (Kate) PukhovaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Wei ChuFaculteit Archeologie
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Check it out: NIMAR contributes to COBRA museum exhibition
This summer, the COBRA Museum will be focusing on Moroccan art. 'The other story' exhibition presents for the first time Moroccan modernism in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) contributed to its exhibition
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Celebrating Naga Culture: Authenticity, Indigeneity and Modernity
Lecture
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Nadine Akkerman appointed professor: 'Interdisciplinarity also strengthens the humanities'
Leiden University has a new professor. On 1 June Nadine Akkerman became Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture, a position she feels is designed to help her help others.
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Archaeozoology is essential to modern environmental management
Lecture
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Roos StolkerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Renee van RiessenFaculty of Humanities
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Weishuo LiFaculteit Archeologie