Events

February 2023

Wed 1 February 2023

Boekpresentatie | Dieren in de Nederlandse reisliteratuur

Bij Leiden University Press verschijnt op 1 februari de nieuwe publicatie van Rick Honings en Esther Op de Beek: Animals in Dutch Travel Writing 1800-present. Bij deze boekpresentatie wordt het eerste exemplaar overhandigd. 

Thu 2 February 2023

KITLV Boekpresentatie | Onze revolutie

Het KITLV presenteert twee nieuwe boeken over de Indonesische Revolutie, geschreven door Nederlandse en Indonesische historici. De publicaties komen voort uit het onderzoeksprogramma Onafhankelijkheid, dekolonisatie, geweld en oorlog in Indonesië, 1945-1950. 

Thu 2 February 2023

IIAS Event | Art, Museums and Politics: a dialogue between Brazil and Japan

This conversation session invites Prof. Martin Grossmann of the University of São Paulo to talk about the current state of art and museums in Brazil and Japan. How have their art and art museums developed and how are they seen in non-Western countries?

Fri 3 February 2023

Lezing | Erasmus, Luther en Calvijn

Hoogleraar Mirjam de Baar van de Universiteit Leiden gaat bij deze lezing in op de betekenis van Desiderius Erasmus, Maarten Luther en Johannes Calvijn voor de culturele en religieuze ontwikkeling van Europa, waarna er ruimte is voor discussie. 

Sat 4 February 2023

Congres | Steentijddag 2023

De Steentijddag is een jaarlijks terugkerend evenement op initiatief van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden en de Faculteit Archeologie van de Universiteit Leiden, en georganiseerd door Stichting Steentijdarcheologie. Het gevarieerde programma is nu te bekijken.

Sun 5 February 2023

RMO Collegereeks | De muzen in het museum

In deze collegereeks geeft dr. Hans Smolenaars, voormalig docent Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur aan de UvA, zes colleges over vooraanstaande Griekse en Romeinse auteurs. De colleges worden op 6 zondagen in februari en maart gegeven en zijn alleen als reeks bij te wonen.

Mon 6 February 2023

Event | Dé Grote China Kennisquiz

Ben jij de grootste China-kenner van Nederland? Het Leiden Asia Centre organiseert ism het China café op 6 februari de volgende editie van dé Grote China Kennisquiz over de ins en outs van dit grote, complexe land. 

Tue 7 February 2023

Conference | Interdisciplinary cooperation within Leiden University

This Liveable Planet conference intends to facilitate the ongoing discussion on how to stimulate and organise interdisciplinary research and education for sustainable transformations within society.

Tue 7 February 2023

Lecture | Why Poetry? A Sufi Response

This lecture, which is part of the Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture, explores the importance of poetry as a practice and a site of Sufi thought and experience. The lecture is given by Bilal Orfali of the American University of Beirut.

Wed 8 February 2023

Lecture | From the Archive to the Internet

This lecture is part of the LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series and is titled 'From the Archive to the Internet: digitizing the Language of the Poor in Late Modern Scotland'. What are the prospects and challenges of digitizing this unique manuscript material?

Thu 9 February 2023

Workshop | Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages

On the occasion of Beatrice Gruendler receiving an honorary doctorate in Oriental Manuscript Studies, this one-day workshop on 'Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages' is held. The workshop features several presentations by experts in the field.

Thu 9 February 2023

Lecture | Direct publishing as an answer to problems in scholarly publishing

How could preprint services solve particular problems in academic publishing? This Open Science Coffee lecture addresses why preprint services are not yet widely used and what potential benefits they have.

Thu 9 February 2023

LeidenGlobal Exhibition | Opening Crafting Cultures at Social Sciences

Understanding Materials. During the opening of the photo exhibition on Crafts and Craftsmanship, at the Leiden Faculty of Social Sciences (Pieter de la Court building), cultural anthropologist Erik de Maaker explains his submission ‘Building with Bamboo’ in South and South East Asia.

Fri 10 February 2023

Event | Spiritual Affects against a Secularist Grid

This RCMC event, titled 'Spiritual Affects against a Secularist Grid: Rethinking Modernism and the Islamic/IC', is held at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. The event discusses the field and notion of ‘Islamic art’ in the context of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Sun 12 February 2023

RMO Lezing | De schat van Springendal

Bij deze topstukkenlezing vertelt Annemarieke Willemsen, conservator collectie Middeleeuwen, over de vroegmiddeleeuwse schat van Springendal. De schat bevat gouden en zilveren munten en sieraden uit de 7de en 8ste eeuw, ook wel de Merovingische tijd genoemd.

Mon 13 February 2023

Lecture | Infrastructural Imperialism

This lecture, titled 'Infrastructural Imperialism: Global “Big Brothers” and Geopolitical Futures', is given by Prof. Dr. Rebecca Bryant. She is professor of social and behavioural sciences at Utrecht University. 

Tue 14 February 2023

RMO Lezing | Meesterwerken in miniatuur

In zijn lezing vertelt Ruurd Halbertsma, RMO-conservator collectie klassieke wereld, over het ontstaan van de cameekunst in het Ptolemaeïsche Egypte en de bloei van deze techniek tijdens het Romeinse Keizerrijk en in latere perioden.

Thu 16 February 2023

Lecture | The Effect of Independent Online Media in an Autocracy

This Political Science Lunch Research Seminar discusses the effect of independent online media in an autocracy, specifically looking at the case of Russia. The lecture is given by Michael Rochlitz, professor of Institutional Economics at the University of Bremen.

Thu 16 February 2023

RMO Boekpresentatie | Je hebt gewonnen, Galileeër

In zijn nieuwe boek beschrijft oud-historicus Anton van Hooff een antiek debat dat in de vergetelheid is geraakt: denken versus geloven. Gevoerd door prominente theologen en intellectuelen hield dit debat de gemoederen eeuwenlang bezig.

Fri 17 February 2023

Lecture | The Demise of Civil Society

This lecture by Nicole Bolleyer is part of the Institute for History’s ‘Global Questions Seminar’, in which distinguished international colleagues are invited to discuss the interplay between global and local issues from the past. 

Fri 17 February 2023

Lezingenmiddag | Dieren in de Nederlands-Indische literatuur

Binnenkort verschijnt de nieuwe publicatie van Rick Honings en Esther Op de Beek: Animals in Dutch Travel Writing 1800-present. Ter presentatie is een lezingenmiddag georganiseerd die wordt afgesloten met de overhandiging van het eerste exemplaar.

Fri 17 February 2023

Lecture | Fueling Japanese Imperial Expansion in Northeast China 1907-1937

This lecture is part of the lecture series 'Histories Connected', which seeks to explore social, cultural, and political issues that connect people of Asia and other regions. The series is a collaboration between LIAS and the Institute for History.

Tue 21 February 2023

Book talk | Ideology and Mass Killing

This book talk, organised by LUCIR and the Grotius Centre, discusses the role of ideology in mass killings such as genocides and campaigns of state terror. The author, Jonathan Leader Maynard, presents his findings.

Wed 22 February 2023

Lecture | Elephants in the Room

How does the 'do no significant harm’ principle relate to different academic fields and particularly archaeology? This question is central to this Liveable Planet programme lunch series on habitability and ecological sustainability. 

Thu 23 February 2023

Lecture | The Moral Luck in Making No Difference

The Centre of Political Philosophy hosts a lecture by Lisa Herzog, Professor of Political Philosophy in Groningen, on the question whether someone can be held morally responsible for collective harms to which their actions make no difference.

Thu 23 February 2023

Lecture | Can we overcome Orientalism with Multiculturalism?

This lecture, titled 'Can we overcome Orientalism with Multiculturalism? A Methodological Reflection on Asian and Comparative Philosophy', is given by Jingjing Li of Chinese and Comparative Philosophy at Leiden’s Institute for Philosophy.

Thu 23 February 2023

Lecture | Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings

The Museum of Ethnology in Leiden has 134 drawings and paintings from the Punjab hills in India, commonly known as the “Pahari miniature paintings”. This lecture presents the four parts of the project that extensively studied these paintings. 

Thu 23 February 2023

ASCL Seminar | Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism

This ASCL event, titled 'Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism - Evidence from transhumant pastoralist societies', is given by dr. Etienne le Rossignol. He will give his take on the concept of moral universalism and how people perceive well-being of others.

Thu 23 February 2023

Lezing | Eén jaar oorlog in Oekraïne: waar staan we nu?

Welke invloed heeft de Russische inval in Oekraïne op trans-Atlantische veiligheid? Sprekers zoals Bob Deen van het Clingendael en Hubert Smeets Raam op Rusland zullen hierover hun vindingen delen. 

Fri 24 February 2023

Conference | Modern and Contemporary Studies

The third annual LUCAS conference discusses the theme 'Environment as Lens: Rethinking Humanities Research through the Increasing Ubiquity of Environmental Questions'. The one-day conference features several lectures and discussions.

Fri 24 February 2023

Lecture | Public Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe

This lecture, titled 'Public Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe: Theatrical Entertainments for the State Journeys of English and French Royals into the Low Countries, 1577-1642', is given by Bram van Leuveren of the LUCAS.

Mon 27 February 2023

Lecture | Overview of the links between Linguistics, Economics, and Education

The Applied African Linguistics lecture series promotes African languages in formal domains while trying to move from theory to practice. This lecture is given by Salikoko S. Mufwene, professor at the Department of Linguistics of the University of Chicago.

March 2023

Wed 1 March 2023

Lecture | Aging nationally in contemporary Poland

How does Poland deal with the increase in active aging programs, programs that encourage older adults to practice health- promoting behaviors? Dr. Jessica Robbins answers this question through studying intimate portrayals of a wide range of Polish experiences.

Thu 2 March 2023

Lecture | Re-materialising Roman religion

This keynote lecture is part of the research seminar 'the unification of the Mediterranean world', organised by the Leiden Ancient History specialisation. The lecture is given by Dr. Emma-Jayne Graham.

Tue 7 March 2023

Event | Thinking With Carolyn Hamilton, Masimba Hwati, and Wayne Modest

For this hybrid RCMC event at museum Volkenkunde, Carolyn Hamilton presents her work on 'refigurings of archives and epistemological futures'. Masimba Hwati and Wayne Modest are respondents, and Carine Zaayman functions as a moderator.

Sun 12 March 2023

RMO Lezing | De Content Collectie

In deze topstukkenlezing spreekt Ruurd Halbertsma, conservator collectie Klassieke wereld, over de recent aangekochte cameeëncollectie van het museum, de ‘Content Collectie’. Hij vertelt over de gesneden stenen en de afbeeldingen die te zien zijn op deze objecten.

Thu 16 March 2023

KITLV Symposium | Inward Outward: Witnessing/Care & the Archive

On March 16&17, the third edition of Inward Outward takes place at Framer Framed Amsterdam as a series of presentations, conversations and a workshop. The symposium focuses on Witnessing/Care & the Archive and the active nature of archival work.

Sun 19 March 2023

RMO Lezing | De Egyptische scheppergod Chnoem

Daniel Soliman, conservator collectie Egypte, vertelt over het reliëf van de Egyptische scheppergod Chnoem. De enigszins mysterieuze inscriptie die op het reliëf staat, is vermoedelijk geïnspireerd op een veel ouder beeld. Waarom is dat zo gedaan?

Mon 20 March 2023

Lecture | Media, Race and the Infrastructures of Empire

How do modern (social) media, racial debates and information infrastructures impact the current geopolitical relations? This lecture by Dr. Miriyam Aouragh discusses a wide range of topics to answer this general question.

Thu 23 March 2023 - Sun 2 April 2023

Event | Week van de Klassieken

Met de jaarlijkse Week van de Klassieken wil de organisatie, waar oa het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden deel van is, een breed Nederlands publiek kennis laten maken met allerlei aspecten van de (klassieke) oudheid. Het thema voor deze editie is Revoluties en de oudheid.

Thu 23 March 2023 - Sat 25 March 2023

NINO Conference | The kingdom of Kizzuwatna

The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) at Leiden University hosts a conference on 'The kingdom of Kizzuwatna: Recent developments in research' from Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th of March 2023 in Leiden. 

April 2023

Thu 20 April 2023

ASCL Seminar | Girls’ Education, Neoliberal Subjectivity, and Sacrifice in Niger

This seminar discusses key questions on the educational future and potential of girls in Niger, the world’s least educated nation. The seminar is given by sociocultural anthropologist Adeline Masquelier of Tulane University.

July 2023

Mon 17 July 2023 - Thu 20 July 2023

NINO Conference | Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

The 68th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, the annual conference of the International Association for Assyriology, is hosted by Leiden University. The theme of the conference is “Inequality in the Ancient Near East”.

August 2023

Sun 6 August 2023 - Sat 12 August 2023

Conference | 13th International Congress of Egyptologists

This bid for the 13th International Congress of Egyptologists is made jointly by the Leiden University Department of Egyptology, the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO), the Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO) and the Papyrologisch Instituut.