I, Mary of Guelders Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen presents the exhibition 'I, Mary of Guelders'. Who was this 'Máxima of the fifteenth century'? Lieke Smits • November 15, 2018
Digging Deeper Why spend your summer digging and carrying dirt? Because it’s both educational and incredibly worthwhile, that’s why. Renske Janssen talks about participating in the Kinneret Regional Project’s excavations at Horvat Kur (Israel). Renske Janssen • October 25, 2018
̶M̶o̶n̶k̶'̶s̶ Nun's work Andrea Reyes Elizondo has taken two research stays at Mexican archives. Here she talks about the challenges encountered and discoveries made during those visits. Andrea Reyes Elizondo • October 11, 2018 • 1 comment
One hundred and eleven drawings identified as the work of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder The scoop every project is hoping for. Dirk Geirnaert • October 04, 2018 • 2 comments
The Descent into Darkness Discovering the Deep-Sea Fauna (1800–1930) Until the nineteenth century encounters with deep-sea fishes were more or less accidental, but by the beginning of that century naturalists developped an acute awareness that deeper waters house strange creatures... Robbert Striekwold • September 28, 2018
Fish out of Water: Collecting Aquatic Animals in the Early Modern Period Day 6 of the Fish & Fiction week: fish out of water, on how fish became fashionable collectables in Early Modern cabinets Marlise Rijks • September 25, 2018
LUCAS 2019 Graduate Conference - Animals: Theory, Practice, Representation On April 4th and 5th, 2019, Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society (LUCAS) will be hosting a conference called Animals: Theory, Practice, and Representation. Sophia Hendrikx • September 13, 2018 • 1 comment
A Gold road paved with good intentions? What Plan S implies for Humanities OA book publishing Eleven European countries, the Netherlands among them, have formulated a plan to enforce Open Access for all research publications by 2020, and so curb Big Publishing’s profits. It risks crushing smaller initiatives in Humanities monographs in its march... Fleur Praal • September 06, 2018 • 1 comment
The Green Academic Plastic cups and bags, air travel, and conference goodies: some ethical dilemmas for researchers (and everybody else). Andrea Reyes Elizondo • August 30, 2018
