Het slot van Vergilius’ Aeneis is een van de meest bediscussieerde passages uit de Latijnse literatuur. Classici Lidewij van Gils en Jörn Soerink hebben ieder hun eigen perspectief op deze bijzonder controversiële passage. | read more
In an effort to nurture research on the collection of the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (NMVW), the museum and the Research Center for Material Culture welcome fellows, research associates and university student interns to connect across spaces. | read more
For women, in particular, the long idealised institution of marriage is being met with increasing skepticism, critique, and disavowal. Prof. Carla Freeman,(Emory University) discusses marriage and mother-centred households in the Caribbean. | read more
Using civil records, Norah Gharala (University of Houston) discusses how people from Asia and Indian Ocean Africa held prominent positions in the merchant networks and households of Mexico City, even though they were enslaved. | read more
Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh (Amity University) talks about various language policy initiatives in India and their effects, as well as what one could learn from this difficult language management exercise. | read more
Leiden University lecturer Dr. Ben Aharon discusses Israel's foreign policy doctrine in light of its geopolitical interests in the South Caucasus and its involvement in the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020. | read more
Prof. Jennifer Cole (University of Chicago) analyses the migration trajectory of coastal Madagascar women to France. How do these women find French husbands and what threats are coming from within these women’s social networks? | read more
Students of Nabu Na’id, a subgroup of the study association for Archaeology L.A.S. Terra (Leiden University) organise DUSANE 2021. This symposium brings together people from Archaeology, Egyptology, Assyriology and Islamic Studies. | read more
In this IIAS webinar, Dr Carmel Christy K J (International Fellow of the Urban Studies Foundation) discusses narratives of development, religion and urbanity in Koichi, India. | read more
Aansluitend bij de tentoonstelling 'Een zee van eilanden - Topstukken uit Oceanië', die jammer genoeg afgelopen is zonder dat er nog bezoekers konden komen, organiseert Museum Volkenkunde een college over historische topstukken en kunst. | read more
Luc Amkreutz, conservator collectie Nederland prehistorie van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, vertelt over het zwaard van Ommerschans, een van de iconen van de Nederlandse archeologie. | read more
The Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars organises a talk by Dr. Elif Naz Kayran Meier titled 'Inclusive Electoral Institutions and Political Efficacy of Ethnic Voters in Diverse Democracies'. | read more
For the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Stuart S. Dunmore (University of Sussex/Edinburgh) gives a lecture titled 'Sociolinguistic ethnography in the COVID-19 era: Exploring language and identity in Scotland, 'New Scotland' and New England'. | read more
In deze alumni-lezing van het Leids Historisch Dispuut Merlijn spreekt Prof .dr. em. Paul Smith voer zijn onderzoek naar de opkomst van de vissenkunde in het midden van de 16e eeuw en de cultuurhistorische context waarin deze ichtyologie zich ontwikkelde. | read more
As part of the 'Interiors for Display' lecture series, Helen Jacobs (The Wallace Collection) looks at the development of neoclassical taste in French interiors and fashionable decorative art. | read more
This Leiden Centre for Indian Ocean Studies webinar discusses Iain Walker's book 'Islands in a Cosmopolitan Sea: A History of the Comoros' with Anne Bang (University of Bergen) and Kai Kresse (Free University Berlin). | read more
Tjalling Bouma discusses his book on the formation of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia and Indonesian independence with Farabi Fakih (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Katja Paijens (KITLV) and Prof. Henk Schulte Nordholt (Leiden University/KITLV) | read more
Wim van den Doel, hoogleraar Algemene Geschiedenis aan Universiteit Leiden is te gast in de online boekensalon van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden. Hoofdconservator Garrelt Verhoeven interviewt hem over zijn nieuwe boek over islamoloog Hurgronje. | read more
In this Leiden Political Science Workshop, Professor of International Affairs and chair of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies Melani Cammett (Harvard University) discusses Hindus and Muslims in Delhi Slums. | read more
Laat je inspireren door 'volksfilosoof' en hoogleraar 'publiek begrip van wetenschap' aan Universiteit Leiden Bas Haring. Deze avond kan je Bas live zien, horen, met hem mee filosoferen en op een nieuwe manier nadenken. | read more
This event is organised by the LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development in honor of Dr. Olivier Nieuwenhuijse and will be held at the National Museum of Antiquities. | read more
The LeidenAsiaCentre organises an interactive discussion on the 'Decoding China Dictionary' published by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Humanitarian Law. Leiden experts discuss Chinese interpretations of political terms used in international relations. | read more
Homo-emancipatie heeft overal ter wereld een zeer diverse geschiedenis en is nog steeds een actueel onderwerp. Op dit HSVL-symposium delen vier sprekers hun kennis, onderzoek en ervaring over deze geschiedenis. | read more
The Amerikanistendag is a student conference and serves as a forum for students and recent graduates to present their research within the field of American Studies. The conference also includes an award ceremony for the best MA thesis in American Studies. | read more
Daniel Soliman, conservator collectie Egypte van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden vertelt over de lange geschiedenis van de tempel van Taffeh, de tempel die in de grote entreehal van het museum staat. | read more
The Sindhi Hindu community in different parts of the world suffer from a loss in transmission of the heritage language to the younger generations. Prof. Maya Khemlani David discusses the work of language activists in online programmes. | read more
The use of colour, texture and design of textiles is fundamental to the appearance and purpose of fashionable spaces. Annabel Westman (The Attingham Trust) shows the range of textile furnishings from the 18th century furnished room. | read more
This talk describes documentary projects involving speaker communities of the Tanzanian Rift Valley Area, which could be described as marginalised. How can community-led language documentation be of greater value to the speaker communities themselves? | read more
Jasper de Bruin, conservator collectie Nederland in de Romeinste tijd bij het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, vertelt over een Nehalennia-altaar. Daarop zijn niet één, maar drie afbeeldingen van de godin gemaakt. Foutje van de steenhouwer? | read more
In this research seminar, Associate Professor Insa Koch (London School of Economics and Political Science) discusses ‘Modern’ slavery, drugs trafficking, and the cultural politics of victimhood in postcolonial Britain. | read more
As part of the Topical Issues in Museums guest lectures, Leiden University Professor Dr. Kitty Zijlmans discusses the formation of a National Collection for the Netherlands. | read more
Is unity in diversity really possible? India has faced the challenge of dealing with language diversity. Cynthia Groff's discusses her research on fluidity in linguistic categories and the implementation of top-down language policies in North India. | read more
This online conference organised by Leiden University Professor LGBT Workplace Inclusion Jojanneke van der Toorn and VVI Research Assistant Waruguru Gaitho brings together knowledge on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion. | read more
Speakers Lida Zuidberg, Simone Kortbeek, Koos Kingma and Ans Koning discuss women's economic and social position in Southern Mali's cotton area and the Malian cotton company (CMDT). | read more
This Leiden Centre for Indian Ocean Studies webinar discusses 'Reimagining Indian Ocean Worlds' by authors Smriti Srinivas, Bettina Ng'weno and Neelima Jeychandran. | read more
In this Leiden University Centre for Linguistics lecture, Rosemary Salomone (St. John's University) address the rise of English as a global lingua franca and the consequences for language rights and education (in South Africa). | read more
Dr. Miles Tendi (University of Oxford) focuses on the life of Solomon Mujuru, a controversial African liberation fighter in the 1970s and, until his assassination in 2011, an important figure in Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF party in Zimbabwe. | read more
Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars (LIMS) talk by Alison Fischer (Van Vollenhoven Institute/KITLV) on the role of legal education in constructing Dutch public memory. | read more
This symposium organised by Nederlands Fotomuseum and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam incites photographers and researchers to discuss the potential of photography in contemporary visuality. What can we do with photography across disciplines? | read more
Valeria Sumonte (Universidad Católica del Maule) discusses strategies to value and maintain languages in Chile. While the government is mostly interested in bilingualism, other entities focus on the inclusion of immigrant and indigenous languages. | read more
DH Benelux is an initiative that aims to further the collaboration between Digital Humanitites activities in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. | read more
Focusing on the Islamic Middle East, this two-day workshop examines global trade in the first millennium and the middle ages, highlighting social, cultural and economic ties created through material exchanges. | read more
Leiden University hosts the World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL), the only international and pan-theoretical conference in the field of African Linguistics of its kind, placing strong emphasis on the participation of African scholars. | read more
The 21st International Conference on English Historical Linguistics takes place online with workshops and keynotes by Claudia Claridge (Universität Ausburg), Bettelou Los (University of Edinburgh) and more. | read more
In this Leiden University Centre for Linguistics lecture, Annick De Houwer focuses on a selection of profiles of parents with a migration background and explores what these profiles might mean for children's dual language learning support. | read more
HANDS! Festival showcases the beauty of sign languages in Africa and the Netherlands. The festival features perfomances of sign language literature, pop up talks and performances of deaf artists in the Netherlands. | read more
In this Leiden University Centre for Linguistics lecture, Dr. Elizabeth Barakos (Universität Hamburg) discusses language policy in times of social and political transformation, using the case of bilingual Wales in the UK. | read more
Prof. Koen Bostoen (Ghent University) discusses discontinuities in the population history of Central-African Bantu speech communities, that urge scholars to rethink how to extract the past from the present. | read more
This Penn-Leiden conference on ancient values addresses the practices and discourses of work, skill and craft in antiquity. It focuses not just on the economic "value" of labour, but also on the cultural, aesthetic "value". | read more
The Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology and ICOMOS organise the ICAHM Annual Meeting which explores archaeological heritage management from a people-centred approach. | read more
The 7th Asian Borderland Research Network (ABRN) conference focuses on technologies, zones and co-existences and looks back on ruptures and unparalleled connectivity across diverse communities and geographies in Asian borderlands. | read more
This Leiden Centre for Indian Ocean Studies webinar discusses 'Being a Slave: Histories and Legacies of European Slavery in the Indian Ocean' by Nira Wickramasinghe and Alicia Schrikker (Leiden University) | read more
This Institutional panel of the IIAS-Urban Knowledge Network Asia (UKNA), to be held at ICAS 12, addresses climate change in Asian and African coastal cities and their residents. | read more
The International Institute for Asian Studies and partners organise a symposium at the Institute of Developing Economies in Chiba, Japan. Is 'gentrification' the best concept with which to describe what is going on in Asian cities? | read more
As part of the Inward Outward symposium, Prof. Ariella Aïsha Azoulay discusses the double disappearance of the Jews from Africa and from the French colonisation of North Africa through jewelry pieces and other metal works with Wayne Modest. | read more
The international symposium Inward Outward explores the status of moving image and sound archives as they intertwine with questions of coloniality, identity and race. This year's theme is Emotion in the Archive. | read more
The 2021 NVAS Africa Day supported by the African Studies Centre Leiden will study the role of entrepreneurship in contemporary Africa, and specifically aim to explore how entrepreneurs across Africa respond to the global pandemic. | read more
RIAS will host a conference on public health and disease in the 'American century,' which aims to bring together historians of medicine and US politics, society, and foreign relations, to place the COVID-19 pandemic in its historical context. | read more
