Sex in Leiden’s Student Culture since the Golden Age How different were students during the Dutch Golden Age? Not that much actually. Tim Vergeer discusses some historical and literary examples of the sexual adventures of some of Leiden’s students in the seventeenth century (and after). Tim Vergeer • November 07, 2019
‘Je kunt me vinden in de Westside’: Expressions of Local Identity in Contemporary Dutch Hip-hop Dutch hip-hop artists continuously invite us to their neighborhoods and districts through their music. What do we hear when we listen to the language of the streets? Aafje de Roest • October 31, 2019
Keep to the Code: Lawless and Lawful Pirates of the Caribbean What a literary close reading can tell you ‘bout those bloody pirates and their (non)-existent morality Merel Oudshoorn • October 24, 2019
The Crux of the Matter: The Truths and Fictions of Crucifixions How did Roman crucifixions work? And did medieval artists depict the Crucifixion accurately? An ancient historian and a medievalist combine forces to shed their light on matters of the cross. Lieke Smits and Renske Janssen • October 17, 2019
The success of art history This October the Vereniging Nederlandse Kunsthistorici celebrates its 80th birthday with a symposium about ‘the success of art history’. What have we achieved in 80 years and what are the challenges? Liselore Tissen • October 10, 2019
#OTD: Cyclical Experiences of Time in the Digital Age Today, 3 October, is the official city holiday Leiden's Ontzet. Why do we care so much about anniversaries of past events, and how are they commemorated on digital media? Lieke Smits • October 03, 2019
The Omval Defaced: Thoughts on Rembrandt’s Anonymous Interlocutor This post examines a curious late state of Rembrandt's etching, The Omval—largely dismissed in the literature as a defacement or mutilation of the copperplate—and asks what we might gain from giving it another look. Jun Nakamura • September 27, 2019
Heroes Are History When Thomas Carlyle presented On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History it was an instant success. The book has more or less disappeared from the bookshelves, but it’s worth a read, and I’ll tell you why. Leanne Jansen • September 19, 2019 • 1 comment
Oldenbarnevelt and Fishes: Satirical Prints from the 12-years Truce What connects fishes with the politics of the Dutch Republic? More than you would think! Jan Waszink • September 12, 2019
