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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’25 July 2022American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues uni...
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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships20 July 2022Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic...
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Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants14 July 2022
Various researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. Nine social sciences and humanitie...
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Newscheckers wins European Citizen Award07 July 2022The fact-checking initiative Nieuwscheckers has won the Dutch round of the European Citizens Award. This prize is awarded annually to projects and ini...
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Veni grant for research on ‘lost pearl’ in Buddhist philosophy07 July 2022University lecturer in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy Jingjing Li has been awarded a Veni grant for her research on feminist theories within the B...
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins04 July 2022It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lectur...
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Lauren Lauret receives D.J. Veegens Prize 202230 June 2022University lecturer Lauren Lauret has been awarded the D.J. Veegens Prize 2022 for her dissertation on the meeting practices of the States General dur...
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Composition by Aart Strootman awarded Black Pencil in Schokland Prize30 June 2022The composition Popular Archeology: Volca #1 (for percussion) by composer and ACPA PhD researcher Aart Strootman, has been awarded the Black Pencil in...
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University30 June 2022An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them...
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?28 June 2022Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a g...
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A blue or gold background? NICAS grant awarded for research on restoration27 June 2022Should the background of the painting remain blue or be restored to its original gold colour? PhD candidate Liselore Tissen will be using 3D prints an...
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Honorary degree for Peter Dejans09 June 2022On 15 June 2022 an honorary degree will be awarded to the director of the Orpheus Institute Peter Dejans for his significant contribution to the insti...
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Steven Lauritano awarded Comenius Teaching Fellow grant to improve hybrid education in object-oriented classes06 June 2022University lecturer Steven Lauritano has been awarded a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. Lauritano will use the grant of 50,000 euros to improve hybrid...
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Scientific journal for and by students: 'We have to break habits'02 June 2022Associate Professor Paz González had two things she wanted to improve for students: collaboration and publication opportunities. Her solution? A scien...
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Salvador Santino Regilme awarded fellowship at NIAS25 May 2022Salvador Santino Regilme has been selected for a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Amsterdam. From September 2022, ...