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Internist-infectiologist Meta Roestenberg and Arabist Petra Sijpesteijn elected as members of KNAWRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 07 May 2026The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected 16 new members, including two academics from Leiden. Internist-infectiologist ...
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Louie Buana receives Philippus Corts Fund grant04 May 2026Louie Buana, a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, has been awarded the 5th Philippus Corts Fund grant, together with Wengki Ariando and Adria...
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Dr Jake Benson wins J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award15 April 2026Dr Jake Benson, who completed his PhD in Persian Studies at Leiden University in 2024, has been awarded a prestigious international prize for the best...
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Rafal Matuszewski elected to the Board of the Young Academy of Europe14 April 2026Rafal Matuszewski has been unanimously elected to the Board of the Young Academy of Europe.
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Karwan Fatah-Black appointed as UNESCO Chair holder13 April 2026Karwan Fatah-Black, a historian at Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities and senior researcher at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southea...
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Rafal Matuszewski receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research AwardAward 09 April 2026Assistant professor Ancient History Rafal Matuszewski has been honored with the prestigious 2026 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alex...
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From walking sticks to guide dogs: Krista Milne charts the lives of medieval people with disabilitiesVIDI-beurs 24 March 2026What was life like for people with disabilities in the Middle Ages? University lecturer Krista Milne delved into medieval manuscripts and found more t...
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Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Selth winners of first H.S. Versnel PrizeAward 17 March 2026Master's students Eden Dijkstra and Rosemary Snelth are the first winners of the H.S. Versnel Prize for best master's or research master's thesis in t...
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Svetlana Kharchenkova investigates translated non-fiction and Chinese censorship: ‘I am curious to see what considerations authors make with regard to censorship in China.’NWO XS grant 17 March 2026When a foreign book is translated for the Chinese market, there is a good chance that not all of the text will make it into the new version. With an N...
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Carolien Stolte appointed visiting professor at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome16 March 2026Associate Professor Carolien Stolte has been appointed visiting professor at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). Stolte will continue her ...
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’NWO grant 10 March 2026How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been aw...
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Replication study on sentence comprehension: what role does the frontal lobe play?Beurs 05 March 2026What role does the frontal lobe play in understanding sentences? Assistant professor Jurriaan Witteman has received a grant to replicate a leading stu...
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Joëlle Kraaijeveld wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize03 March 2026Joëlle Kraaijeveld has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for history with her master's thesis.
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Ben Arps receives Indonesian Culture Award26 February 2026Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture Ben Arps has received the Anugerah Kebudayaan Indonesia (Indonesian Culture Award) from the ...
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Puck Rouffaer wins the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize26 February 2026Puck Rouffaer has won the Volkskrant-IISG thesis prize with her master's thesis on psychiatrist Coen van Emde Boas. Leiden University student Nina Wit...