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From ent to orc: how Tolkien recycled medieval sources 02 June 2016
Besides being the author of such a classic work of literature as The Hobbit, Tolkien was also Professor of English Language and Literature in Oxford. ...
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Introducing Robbert Striekwold 19 April 2016
Robbert Striekwold started his PhD project at LUCAS and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in March 2016. His PhD project is part of ‘A New History of Fis...
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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies 16 March 2016
While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...
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Introducing Didi van Trijp 11 March 2016
Didi van Trijp started her PhD project at LUCAS in October 2015. Her PhD project is part of A New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in...
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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Digitally leafing through invisible books 14 December 2015
Researchers from Leiden and Delft have found a way to look inside early-modern bookbindings. An x-ray technique has allowed them to search for remains...
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Secrets of 17th-century letters finally laid bare 10 November 2015
The archive of a 17th-century postmaster has been discovered in the Museum for Communication in The Hague. Using new scanning techniques, the internat...