News and eventsHer thesis, 'Publishing in the Republic of Letters. The Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae (Leiden, 2704-1725) between historical research and digital dissemination', was praised for its readability ("like a suspense novel") and its relevance.
Dr. Kathryn Lowe will illustrate changes made to the form of the diploma from the seventh to the eleventh century. She utilises research into print recognition and the grammar of visual design as well as studies such as Paul Saenger's Space Between Words .
The Arab revolutions are far from over. In Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, people are still fighting and dying everyday because they refuse to give up their right to “Bread, freedom and social justice” as one of the Egyptian slogans goes. This ongoing revolutionary process is accompanied by an inspiring cultural explosion.
This symposium is organized by the Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Leiden University, in cooperation with the Laboratoire de linguistique et de littérature allemande, Luxemburg University, as part of the CORE-project “Multilingual Literature.” The symposium is supported by the National Research Fund, Luxembourg.
On 30 May-1 June 2012 the international conference 'Barbarism Revisited. New Perspectives on an Old Concept' will take place in Leiden.
The NWO funded International Network ‘Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres’ (granted in 2010 to Dr. Daniela Merolla - LUICD and Dr. Jan Jansen - FWS) organizes the Summer School African Oral Literatures. Old and new media, traditional and new audiences: Fieldwork methods and training to be held on 4-8 June 2012 at Procida (Naples, Italy).
In the series Lieftinck Lectures in Medieval Manuscripts , Mary Garrison (York) will speak about The Intellectual World of the Leiden Pliny: A Book from York? on Friday, 23 March 2012, 3-4 pm (Leiden University Library, Grote Vergaderzaal).
The Initial Training Network MITT and Leiden University invite you for a panel discussion on the future of the historical humanities in- and outside the world of academic research and education.
Associate Professor Dr. Ulrike Tanzer from the German Department, University of Salzburg (Austria) is working for a few months at Leiden University. In this short interview she will introduce herself.
24 and 25 January 2013 Death is a defining factor in the explorations of our subjectivity, art, history, politics, and many other aspects of our social interactions and perceptions of the world.
Alauda Publications organises in cooperation with the LUICD a symposium which will take place in The Hague on 30 March 2012. 'Rethinking Robert Smithson' aims to open up a discussion about current concerns in art and theory at the intersection of art historical debate and contemporary art practice.
The seventh Penn-Leiden colloquium Valuing Antiquity in Antiquity will be held at Leiden University (the Netherlands) on June 15-16, 2012. New on this page: time schedule/programme.
Book Launch to mark the publication of The Turn of the Soul: Representations of Religious Conversion in Early Modern Art and Literature. Edited by Lieke Stelling, Harald Hendrix, and Todd Richardson.
The international conference ‘Cultures of Anatomical Collections’ will take place in Leiden from 17-19 February 2012. It explores anatomical preparations and collections (preparations of human material as well as wax and other models) as important parts of cultural heritage.
Monday, February 20, 14.00-16.00 h, lecture room, University Library, second floor.
The LSGI takes place on the first Friday of each month from 13:30 to 15:00 at the Gravensteen, Pieterskerkhof 6, Room 11 ( map ). There is no need to register in advance. A working paper will be posted on the website one week prior to the seminar.
“Doubt” is the central theme of the NICA Winter School for ResMA- and PhD students that is organized at Leiden University on 12-13 January 2012. Confirmed guest speakers are Anton Zijderveld , the co-author of In Praise of Doubt, and Richard Kerridge , the editor of Writing the Environment. The School also features presentations by MA and PhD students and two workshops, on “Interdisciplinarity & Doubt” and on “A Poco-Eco View of Doubt.”
Bringing together contributions from art history, architectural history, historiography and history of law, this volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the manifold meanings of foundation, dedication and consecration rituals and narratives in early modern culture, which combined a renewed interest in notions of origins, history and identity with an exceptionally rich production of artefacts. Edited by Maarten Delbeke & Minou Schraven.
New publication: Alicia C. Montoya, Sophie van Romburgh and Wim van Anrooij (eds). Early Modern Medievalisms: The Interplay between Scholarly Reflection and Artistic Production. Intersections: Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Modern Culture 15-2010 (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010).