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Classics and Classical Civilisation

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).

Medieval and Early Modern Studies · Modern and Contemporary Studies

̶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.

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

One hundred and eleven drawings identified as the work of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder

The scoop every project is hoping for.

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...

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

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

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.