Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities

As of 1 February 2025, the Faculty of Humanities at the Leiden University will cease activity on its account on X and will post on alternative social media such as Bluesky, LinkedIn and Instagram. Read more about it: universiteitleiden.nl/en/about-us/co…

Victoria Nyst's love for #signlanguage was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The #LeidenUniversity lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

4 prints, 10 years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always remained fascinated by her 17th-century series, for which she feels so much love. ‘I kept seeing new things.’ universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

North Korea may seem isolated but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, #PhDcandidate Tycho van der Hoog warns. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. Join us for "Experience and Voice: Library of #Colombian #Women #Writers - Symposium & Workshop" 🕙23 May, 10:00 - 17:30 📍@ubleiden Register now: ➡️edu.nl/vna4v

Watch the @BBC documentary: Pompeii: The New Dig. @mikofLohr, Lecturer at the Institute of History of #LeidenUniversity, talks about how people responded to the eruption, and on whether or not they were excavating a fullonica. BBC Two 22/4 and 29/4, 22:00. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. Andries Hiskes, PHD researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society, researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’ states Diego Salama, PhD candidate at #LeidenUniversity. He examines how the Middle East operations (1967 - 1982) were connected and their impact on the region. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

Medieval and early modern literature viewed through the lens of Artificial Intelligence? Bram Caers, University lecturer of Dutch Literature at #LeidenUniversity, will tell you more about it during the Letter en Geest lecture (in Dutch) on April 18. universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2024/04…

When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. #LeidenUniversity Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change and will research the development of the early Shia community. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

#PhD candidate Sebastiaan van der Lubben of #leidenUniversity has written live blogs about #Leiden politics. But how do you go about covering an event while it unfolds? Much proved to be unknown about this relatively new journalistic genre. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

‘#Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ says Nivja De Jong, Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy at #UniversityLeiden. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

A semester at @NIMAR_Rabat, The Netherlands Institute in #Morocco: ‘You see the history that we’ve learned about. You could never replicate that experience in the Netherlands.’ Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying in Rabat. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

#StudiumGenerale organizes a lecture series (2 April - 21 May) on the world-famous #manuscripts from the Middle East collection of @UBLeiden. The series is held as a prelude to the new @MELibraryNL, which will be opened coming academic year. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

@RonaldGiphart will be #LeidenUniversity’s new writer in residence this autumn. As writer in residence, Giphart will explore some of his own fascinations together with Leiden students. #FacultyOfHumanities universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2024/03…

Follow @NL_Wetenschap with this weeks researcher @ysabdullahi, PhD candidate at the Institute for History, which is part of the #FacultyOfHumanities of @unileiden!

#Onlinedatabase with two hundred local chronicle texts launched: 'A few years ago that wouldn’t have been possible' says Professor of Early Modern Dutch History of #FacultyOfHumanties and project leader Judith Pollmann. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

With the help of the #JEDIfund, Fatima Al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on #YouTube. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

Karwan Fatah-Black and Ilse Josepha Lazaroms of #FacultyOfHumanities launch a new book series on slavery and emancipation. They will be happy to receive new manuscripts. bit.ly/3v9f5YP

Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments require moral interpretation - and they get it in the form of art. Lotte Pet wrote a dissertation about it. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…