In this course you will learn to articulate your own concepts about (threatened) heritage and that of others. What is your heritage? Who defines heritage? Why is heritage under threat? How can we protect heritage? | read more
The Textile Research Centre Leiden organises a study day on Indian subcontinent embroidery with the aid of a wide range of actual embroidery samples and embroidered garments that are housed in the TRC Collection. | read more
This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal present in The Hague, and it looks at how these institutions address contemporary problems. On the basis of selected cases, and through interviews with judges and lawyers. | read more
RMO-conservator Jasper de Bruin vertelt in een livestream-lezing over de limes, de 2000 jaar oude Romeinse grens die door heel Europa loopt. In deze lezing licht de Bruin toe waarom ook het Nederlandse deel op de Unesco Werelderfgoedlijst moet komen. | read more
This course provides a thorough introduction to the various ways in which music and society are connected through engaging lectures, insightful interviews, challenging assignments, interesting readings, and of course a lot of musical examples. | read more
Online summer course by the LDE Centre for Global Heritage, focusing on the Law, Challenges and Practice within the theme of cross-border transfer of cultural objects. The summer school will take place entirely online for a reduced fee. | read more
Panel discussion on climate change in Asian and African coastal cities and their residents. The IIAS-Urban Knowledge Network Asia (UKNA) looks at everyday urban practices as a source of knowledge and action in relation to the climate. | read more
This conference explores how reading experiences were shaped both by producers and users of vernacular books, from an international and interdisciplinary perspective (combining book history, literary history, art history, religious studies, and history). | read more
This conference explores how reading experiences were shaped both by producers and users of vernacular books. It approaches reading as an embodied, material practice that is affected both by texts and their presentation. | 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
Nieuwe tentoonstelling van Museum Volkenkunde over de Azteken, één van de meest iconische beschavingen uit de wereldgeschiedenis, met indrukwekkende voorwerpen zoals stenen beelden, verfijnde sieraden en tekeningen uit codices en bijzondere verhalen. | read more
Keynote speech by Prof. Hyun Bang Shin (Proffessor Geography and Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science) to the symposium Neighborhood Transformation in East Asian Cities: Is "Gentrification" the Right Frame of Reference? | read more
Public initiatives to develop the economy in the district of Pallars Jussà (Catalonia) highlight “diversity” as its distinctive trait. Federico De Musso addresses skill to incorporate and deal with different kinds of "diversity" in livelihood. | read more
This festival takes you along into the world of implicit and explicit perceptions and biases people have about society, particularly about each other and groups of 'others'. Do we fear the unknown? And, if so, to what extent are we aware of this? | read more
2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. In order to celebrate the great poet, the Italian department of Leiden University announces a day of study dedicated to him. In collaboration with the association Werkgroep Italie Studies. | read more
As an international and multi-disciplinary organisation, EuroSEAS invites scholars and PhD students from all academic disciplines with an interest in Southeast Asia to present a paper in one of the selected panels that explore relevant research topics. | read more
In this Leiden University Nationalism Network lecture, Michael Keating, Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen, presents some of the views from his recent book on the tensions between majority and minority nationalisms. | read more
The event brings together three speakers, Nida Ghouse, Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam and Elizabeth M. Holt. They will reflect on the influence and decline of transnational networks of publishing and translating during the Cold War. | read more
Het LeidenAsiaCentre organiseert de Grote China Quiz in het Pesthuis in Leiden met quizmasters Ed Sander (ChinaTalk) en Fred Sengers. De winnaar in het huidige Jaar van de Os krijgt de wisselbeker mee naar huis. | read more
Prof. Rick Honings, hoogleraar aan het Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, houdt zijn oratie als Scaliger-hoogleraar over 'Sporen van Indië in negentiende-eeuwse schrijversarchieven'. | read more
The print culture of 1920s Lagos, Nigeria, was innovative and lively. Karin Barber (University of Birmingham) discusses print culture and genres and the evolving social and political situation in colonial Lagos. | read more
Crimmigration has rapidly become the dominant response to human mobility around the globe. This Leiden Law conference calls attention to the various 'faces' and experiences of crimmigration and bordering across the globe. | read more
Many heritage and museum discussions are now centred around contested heritage. This seminar aims to address the causes, effects and societal circumstances of the debates on appropriation, ownership and restitution of heritage. | read more
Prof. Maartje van der Woude, hoogleraar Rechtssociologie, organiseert samen met kunstenaarscollectief Liquid Society House of Misconceptions. Het neemt je mee in de wereld van impliciete en expliciete beelden en vooroordelen die mensen hebben. | read more
Leids klassiek archeologe Diana de Wild (alumna UL) spreekt over de belangrijkste archeologische vondsten van 10.000 jaar geschiedenis in Ierland, tijdens deze cursus op 11 en 18 oktober in de Bibliotheek Bollenstreek. | 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
This conference examines how expectations of justice shaped political discourse and behaviour in the early and medieval Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE). Participants will present case studies discussing just rule in specific contexts. | read more
This African Studies Centre (ASCL) seminar explores economic inequalities and territorial oppositions in African politics. Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, discusses the subject. | read more
In this first Leiden Delft Erasmus Centre Governance of Migration and Diversity 'Early Career Network workshop series,' dr. Nadia Bouras from Leiden University leads the session 'how to deal with social media as a migration scholar.' Registration required | read more
Marilisa Birello (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Paola Leone (University of Salento) tell about new perspectives in teaching oral interaction of Italian as a Second Language, followed by a round table on teaching Italian in Dutch high schools. | read more
Symposium dealing with the question: Is "gentrification" the best concept with which to describe what is going on in Asian cities, or do we need other or additional frames to understand the Asian context at the neighborhood level? | read more
Brave New World is an annual conference about future technology's effect on business, policies and life. The conference discusses what ethical and societal impact new technologies could have on human life, before the innovations are introduced in society. | read more
This festival, a collaboration of amongst others Leiden University and Gemeente Leiden, explores the future of humans with expositions, films, debates and readings. | read more
Hoogleraar Koreastudies aan de Universiteit Leiden Remco Breuker vertelt waar zijn passie en fascinatie vandaan komt voor het land met een lange en rijke geschiedenis. Waarom kon juist hier zo’n keiharde dictatuur ontstaan? | read more
How does the environment figure in American Studies – and what does American Studies bring to environmental studies? This conference explores the state of the field with regard to environmental (American) studies from interdisciplinary perspectives. | read more
This conference by the Embedding Conquest Team focusses on relational ties that were expressed primarily through or as kinship, in three themes: dynastic rule, family ties and kinship outside the family. | read more
This conference explores the definition of graffiti and the socio-historical and practical circumstances in which marks and inscriptions were made in ancient and antique Egypt and Sudan. | read more
