Leiden Arts in Society Blog

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

LUCAS Explains #11: How would you complain about the weather if you woke up in the Middle Ages?

With the arrival of autumn, the weather has become rainier. Complaining about such bad weather seems to be a Dutch tradition. How would you have complained about it, though, if you had lived in the year 900? Sander Stolk explains how you can find out using newly available digital tooling.

Sander Stolk • 13-10-2020

Classics and Classical Civilisation

LUCAS Explains #10: Why is it so important to us to feel comfortable in our own skin?

In this time of social distancing, physical contact, and therefore our skin, has become the subject of discussion on a global scale. Has the skin always been this important in the social life of human beings? And in what ways? Glyn examines these questions for Greek antiquity.

Glyn Muitjens • 29-09-2020

Medieval and Early Modern Studies · Modern and Contemporary Studies

Looking at the Past: The Task of the Theatre Historian

What would it be like to travel to the past and watch a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Royal Theatre Drury Lane in 1812? Fernanda Korovsky Moura reflects on how the theatre can help us recreate and understand the past – without a time machine!

Fernanda Korovsky Moura • 17-09-2020

Medieval and Early Modern Studies · Modern and Contemporary Studies

LUCAS Explains #9: How come French people all have to know 350 year old poems by heart written for a king?

Summer is over and it is time for children to go back to school, where we expect them to gain basic knowledge and skills. But what makes one book more important than another when creating a national curriculum? Céline rethinks the role of one of the most popular books in the French education.

Céline Zaepffel • 15-09-2020

Modern and Contemporary Studies

LUCAS Explains #8: Stop Staring. How can we change the way disabled bodies fit into the world by changing how we look at them?

When we come across bodies we are unfamiliar with, they may shock us, amaze us, and make us curious what they are like. But different forms of looking, like staring, can have consequences regarding how people are or aren’t included in society.

Andries Hiskes • 14-07-2020

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Meditation on/in the Museum

Last month, museums reopened in the Netherlands. Based on her experience of visiting Museum De Lakenhal, Lieke Smits reflects on the role of museums in mental well-being.

Lieke Smits • 09-07-2020

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