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Want to contribute to educational innovation? Then the Comenius grant is for you 22 February 2023
Do you have an innovative idea on how to improve education, but don't know what steps to take next? The Comenius programme offers a range of grants fo...
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Jeroen Touwen has started his second term as Vice-Dean: ‘We’re in an upward trend’ 20 February 2023
Jeroen Touwen has been reappointed as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 January. ‘The Faculty Board’s role is to serve the organisation: w...
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Grants to build large-scale research facilities 20 February 2023
Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...
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On exchange without leaving your student room: ECOLe teaching grant makes it possible 16 February 2023
Working from your Leiden room with students from the United States: Univeristy Lecturer Dario Fazzi’ students will soon be able to take up this challe...
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Introducing: Sarah Nelson 16 February 2023
Since 1 October 2022, Sarah Nelson is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for History. Below she introduces herself.
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A year of war against Ukraine: What now? 16 February 2023
After a year of war against Ukraine, professors André Gerrits, Antoaneta Dimitrova and Frans Osinga look back at Russian aggression and Western unity ...
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How music shaped a Cabo Verdean community in Rotterdam 10 February 2023
No migrant community in the Netherlands wrote as many songs about the place they migrated to as the Cabo Verdean one. PhD candidate Seger Kersbergen s...
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’ 07 February 2023
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate f...
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Analysis of 2,000 French newspapers reveals criticism of Third Republic 06 February 2023
‘Politicians act only in their own interests. The common man does not interest them at all.’ And, ‘The debate in parliament was a sorry sight and demo...
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Bruno Verbeek: 'If your teaching is going well, you have to innovate' 06 February 2023
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Qualification in Education (SKO) this year. University lecturer Bruno Verbeek is one of them. What does...
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Dr Carwyn Morris awarded the British Academy Global Convening grant 03 February 2023
Dr Carwyn Morris (LIAS) was awarded the British Academy Global Convening grant, as part of an international consortium with 19 colleagues.
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023) 01 February 2023
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Le...
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Tom Groot Haar works for Foreign Affairs: ‘every important issue comes by our desks’ 31 January 2023
Working as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: for many students it would be their dream. Alumnus Tom Groot Haar is busy making it a reali...
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‘Radicalisation is the logical consequence of how we live together’ 31 January 2023
With radicalisation, most people will think of individuals who carry out terrorist attacks as part of a certain ideology. Professor of Radicalisation ...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers 31 January 2023
From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...