Dit project onderzoekt de professionalisering van universiteitsbibliotheken in de negentiende en vroege twintigste eeuw, door de lens van het middeleeuwse handschriftenbezit. Met de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek als uitgangspunt werpt het licht op de veranderende praktijken rond het conserveren, behandelen…

Door geavanceerde kwantitatieve benaderingen te combineren met meer traditionele boekhistorische benaderingen, biedt dit nieuwe boek de eerste geschiedenis van de vernietiging van middeleeuwse manuscripten in Engeland van de middeleeuwen tot heden.

Op donderdag 16 november 2017 heeft Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri haar proefschrift ‘The Right to Travel by Air of Persons with Disabilities’ verdedigd. Haar promotoren zijn Prof.dr. P.M.J. Mendes De Leon en Prof.mr.dr. A.C. Hendriks.

From 2 to 4 September 2024, the University of Fribourg organizes a three-day graduate course on multilingual manuscripts in the middle ages. Apply before: April 8, 2024.

The catalogue includes some of the most famous early medieval manuscripts, decorated with luxury materials and exceptionally beautiful script, ornament and illustrations.

The School of Celtic Studies (DIAS) is organizing a conference on medieval multilingual manuscripts. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on medieval bilingual or multilingual sources from a variety of linguistic backgrounds, geographical areas, and literary genres. It will…

This two-day international conference organised by the 'Innovating Knowledge' Project aims to bring together researchers applying network analysis to premodern manuscripts and manuscript texts.

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position within the project ‘Libraries as Links in Learning: Making the Meaning of Manuscripts’ (1.0 fte, 4 years). The PhD candidate will track changing professional and scholarly practices and attitudes towards…

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Prof.dr. C.A. Mandemakers, Co-Promotor: G. Bloothooft

Solliciteer nu voor de LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world. De summer school vindt plaats in Leiden van dinsdag 15 augustus 2017 tot en met vrijdag 25 augustus 2017. Solliciteren kan tot vrijdag 16 juni 2017.

We are living in an information era where the amount of image and video data increases exponentially.

CT scanning of skeletal remains can tell us about how strong or weak a persons bones were and we can relate that back to diet, activity, and reproductive factors.

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Natural history collections provide invaluable sources for researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, aspiring to study the geographical distribution of flora and fauna across the globe as well as other evolutionary processes.

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

Het Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) onderzoekt beeldende kunsten, design, film, fotografie, digitale media en literatuur in de westerse wereld.

African oral literatures, new media and technologies: challenges for research and documentation

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This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sanctification of (liberal) democracy and its rule of law.

In this work, we attempt to answer the question:

This dissertation explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can effectively and responsibly contribute to complex decision-making processes. By combining AI and human intelligence, Hybrid Intelligence (HI) emerges, allowing the strengths of both humans and machines to be utilized.

Make use of this time to improve your language skills by signing up for custom-made online language classes.

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Op 7 februari 2019 verdedigde Helena Ursic-Vrabec haar proefschrift 'Uncontrollable: Data subject rights and the data- driven economy'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. S. van der Hof.

In het academisch jaar 2023-2024 biedt het interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma Sociale Veerkracht en Veiligheid vier vakken aan voor studenten die beginnen met het derde jaar van hun bachelor. Deze vakken zijn te volgen binnen de ruimte voor keuzevakken. Je kunt de vakken afzonderlijk als keuzevak…

Een volledige academische studie bestaat uit een bachelor én een master. De Universiteit Leiden stimuleert studenten om na hun bachelor door te gaan met de master.

This symposium (May 22) will explore topics such as the loss of and damage done to medieval manuscripts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through an interdisciplinary set of papers. Speakers will highlight projects aimed at identifying and rehabilitating damaged manuscripts and archives, and…

When you have decided to participate in a Summer School of Leiden University, there are some matters you need to know before arrival. Please take a few minutes to read through the information here to find out what you can do from your side to smooth the process.

Hybrid Symposium: Medieval miniatures from Byvanck to the RKD. 18 March 2025, Den Haag.

The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).

Zes avonden lang gingen gerenommeerde kunstenaars en wetenschappers met elkaar in gesprek over autonomie, maatschappelijke relevantie en drijfveren in kunst en wetenschap. Elke avond is vastgelegd op video en nu integraal terug te kijken!

The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) is excited to announce the launch of a new Summer Research Program for early PhD or early PhD-track students. The 2022 Summer Research Program will convene over Zoom, over the course of six weeks in July and August. The Summer Research Program will culminate with…

On 18-20 November the Huizinga Institute organizes an online double Masterclass: ‘From Creation to Destruction: Shedding Light on the Lives of Medieval Manuscripts (c.1300 – 1550)’.

The Huizinga Institute offers an online masterclass that explores how material, visual, and paratextual elements in manuscripts and printed books developed between 1400 and 1600, and how this influenced the ways in which readers navigated the book and experienced the text it contained. Deadline for…

Mmmonk and Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (UGent) will host the second edition of Mmmonk school in the autumn of 2023. Mmmonk School offers lessons for advanced beginners about the medieval book. It is an interdisciplinary practice-focused programme about medieval Flemish manuscripts.…

The University of Lille offers four postdoc positions in the ERC Advanced Grant 2020 AGRELITA Project, « The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories shaped the identity of European communities »,…

Op woensdag 12 oktober worden vier lezingen gehouden over een opmerkelijke verzameling aantekenboekjes uit de vroege elfde eeuw, thans bewaard in Leiden. Ze zijn vervaardigd door de Franse monnik Ademar van Chabannes. Ad van Els schreef er een diepgravende studie over: A Man and his Manuscripts. De…

It is time for the fifth lecture in the series Manuscript Mondays. We shall have two speakers. Jesse Keskiaho (University of Helsinki, Finland) will start with a talk about the soul. In the second talk Evina Steinova will tell us more about the medieval encyclopaedia. The talks will be followed by a…

Op uitnodiging van de onderzoeksgroep Connecting in Times of Duress (Vici Mirjam de Bruijn) was de Zuid-Afrikaanse arabist en historicus Shamil Jeppie (universiteit van Kaapstad) in september een week te gast op de Universiteit Leiden.

A temporary position of Senior Researcher in Medieval Studies is available at the Department of Conservation, Archaeology, and History, University of Oslo. The successful candidate will become a member of the project team and will be linked to MINiTEXTS’ Sub-project 3 (The Christian Norm & Liturgical…

Met steun van uitgevers en particuliere stichtingen verwelkomen de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (UBL) en het Scaliger Instituut circa 15 tot 20 Fellows en gastonderzoekers per jaar om materiaal in de Bijzondere Collecties te raadplegen en te onderzoeken. Ook dit jaar ontving het Scaliger Instituut…

The ERC project ‘Healthscaping Urban Europe’ will hold a concluding plenary event on 30 September, where three experts will explore the history of premodern public health and especially reflect on possible future directions within this research field. All are welcome to join in person in the Doelenzaal.…

On Thursday the 17th of February, from 13h00-17h00, Chris Wickham (Oxford University) and Leslie Brubaker (University of Birmingham) will give two lectures at the Radboud University. This will be an in-person event, held at the Thomas van Aquinostraat 1, room 1.10.06 in Nijmegen. For those unable to…

The chair of Ancient and Medieval History at Radboud University Nijmegen is organizing a new lecture series. In the RAM-lectures, a great variety of scholars in the fields of Antiquity and the Middle Ages will discuss their research. Students, PhD’s and staff are most welcome to attend. The lectures…

On May 30 and 31, a workshop will take place at the Dutch Art Historical Institute in Florence (NIKI). This workshop aims to further our understanding of how late medieval societies reconciled the partially contradictory ideals and expectations of Ecclesia and Iustitia at a collective and individual…