932 search results for “cultural heritage” in the Staff website
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Perpetuating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Jelle Wouters (RTC Bhutan), Erik de Maaker (CADS Leiden) and Radhika Gupta (CADS Leiden) have been awarded a €260.000 grant by the Gerda Henkel Foundation for the research project ‘Perpetuating Highland Heritages of Bhutan’. This 4-year research project focuses on vernacular and unacknowledged heritages…
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Eric van HoofBestuursbureau
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Una Europa webinar: Building Global Networks through Heritage
How can academics build global networks and why is this important? Join this webinar on 22 May at 12 noon CET to hear perspectives and experiences related to these questions from Una Europa, an alliance of 11 leading European research universities. Registration is not required - simply join the…
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Maaike de Waal interviewed on new publication Living (World) Heritage Cities
The LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development has interviewed Dr Maaike de Waal about the new publication of which she is one of the editors. 'Living (World) Heritage Cities explores how World Heritage Cities are dealing with the preservation of their living heritage, with all the challenges and…
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Abstracts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages
Research
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
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Archaeological Heritage Value Mapping in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, a twin-island nation, has over 300 identified archaeological sites that testify to its diverse history, covering pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Many of these sites were discovered by archaeologists in the 20th century and have not been regularly visited and assessed.…
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Strecker (Associate Professor, UCD), has been published by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Siyun WuFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren on reconstructing cultural heritage in the popular video game Minecraft. The result: one virtual 14th-century city gate – and 20 teens with a greater appreciation…
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Call for papers: Graduate workshop Making and Remaking Heritage in Global Context
Research
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Ali ShobeiriFaculty of Humanities
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Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
- Kids Activities @ Middle Eastern Culture Market
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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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Letty ten HarkelFaculteit Archeologie
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Maarten JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Alicia WalshFaculteit Archeologie
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Chinese Calligraphy for everybody
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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News on Languages & Cultures domain
Education
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Marcel CobussenFaculty of Humanities
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculteit Archeologie
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’
In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We give the floor to Dr Martin Berger, who joined…
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Martin BergerFaculteit Archeologie
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Navigating a New Culture as a PhD candidate
Personal development
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How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’
What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has been awarded an NWO grant to study the relationship in more depth.
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PhD candidates: apply now for Una Europa's Heritage of Conflict Winter School
Research
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Marie-leen Ryckaert
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders appointed as Professor of Underwater Archaeology in Leiden
Maritime archaeologist Martijn Manders has been appointed professor of Underwater Archaeology and Maritime Cultural Heritage Management at Leiden University. He will combine his new appointment at the Faculty of Archaeology, which began on 15 July 2022, with his current position at the Cultural Heritage…
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KIEM grant for 'Networking Heritage at Leiden University’
Erik de Maaker, Sybille Lammes, Anke Klerkx, and Michiel van Groesen received a 10k€ KIEM grant for 'Networking Heritage at Leiden University' to boost heritage research.
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Ang LiFaculteit Archeologie
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall?
During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend their territories in continental Europe from an Allied naval invasion. The defensive line went right through the Dutch city of The Hague. The material remains…
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René van WalsemFaculty of Humanities
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Graduation ceremony bachelor programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Erik de MaakerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Culture Change Process
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Video | Heritage in the Himalayas: The Karakorum Rescue Project
The Leiden Archaeology Social Media Team (LUFASM) proudly presents their second mini-documentary in the series on Leiden Archaeology projects. The Karakorum Rescue Project is run by Marike van Aerde and Abdul Ghani Khan, and is a collaboration between archaeologists in Pakistan and the Netherlands.
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The Cultural Network: Javanese Imaginings of Indonesia, 1918-1966
PhD defence
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series