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

The sound of silence: WW II memory in present and past

In her research, Yra van Dijk works on memory culture and digital memory of the Shoah. In the context of our 'Arts in Society' theme, she discusses the difficulties around remembrance as 4 May (Dutch Remembrance Day) approaches.

Yra van Dijk • May 02, 2019 • 6 comments

A PhD, Like Life, Is A Process

For Leonor Veiga, a PhD is a metaphor for life. It is an exercise of resilience, a journey, a process with many up and down moments, and fast and slow phases. Through this balance, she feels, writing surges. In this post, Leonor reflects on her experience.

Leonor Veiga • April 30, 2018

Happy Birthday Blog

To celebrate the blog's first birthday, this post looks back on some of the highlights so far.

Sophia Hendrikx, Lieke Smits, Nynke Feenstra, Tessa de Zeeuw, Robbert Striekwold and Céline Zaepffel • April 06, 2017

Helena Spanjaard: “Hey, this is funny, they make modern art here”

In this post Dutch art historian Helena Spanjaard recounts her journey to become the first Dutch art historian on Indonesian modern art in the Netherlands, and the unfolding of the discipline of modern Indonesian art history in her country.

Leonor Veiga • July 21, 2016

Interview Helena Spanjaard: “Indonesian modern art should be studied by art historians”

For the first post on the field of Indonesian art in the Netherlands, the LUCAS member Leonor Veiga interviewed the renowned Dutch art historian Helena Spanjaard, who recently launched a new book.

Leonor Veiga • June 30, 2016 • 1 comment

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