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NIAS fellowship for Mike Schmidli17 May 2021Mike Schmidli has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). From September 2021, he will spend 5 months at NIA...
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KNAW subsidy for the project ‘Religious studies in secondary education'12 May 2021Markus Altena Davidsen and colleagues Michaël van der Meer, Maurits Berger and Kim Beerden received a subsidy from the KNAW-Pilotfund. They will use t...
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Royal honour for Korrie Korevaart26 April 2021Korrie Korevaart, a former director and lecturer in Dutch language and culture at Leiden University, has been made a member of the Order of Orange-Nas...
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers22 April 2021The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established princip...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Dr. Mattias Brand receives the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award19 April 2021
This March, LUCSoR alumnus Dr. Mattias Brand received the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award from the Dutch Association for the Study of Re...
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’22 March 2021Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on ...
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Suzanne Bloks wins Leiden University MA Thesis Prize08 March 2021What is the best electoral system for a democracy? First place at the Leiden University Thesis Awards 2021 is for those who have added a cleverly subs...
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Philosophy student Eline van Slijpe wins J.C. Baak Prize16 February 2021Eline van Slijpe wrote her Master of Philosophy thesis on intergenerational justice: does the current generation have obligations towards future gener...
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Thijs Porck elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society12 January 2021Thijs Porck, university lecturer of medieval English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal H...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects21 December 2020
A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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NIAS fellowship for Maria Boletsi16 December 2020Maria Boletsi has received a fellowship from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) within the framework of the Theme Group Project The P...
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ACPA PhD candidate Michael Drapkin receives PRJC Grant03 December 2020Clarinetist and ACPA researcher Michael Drapkin recently received an Eastman School of Music Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research Grant for...
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Tazuko van Berkel receives Vidi for research into economics and anthropology in ancient Greece05 November 2020University lecturer Tazuko van Berkel has obtained a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. This will enable her to research the image of man that emerges from ...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers04 November 2020Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...