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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 2020A 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...
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Royal distinction for linguist Ingrid Tieken11 September 2020Professor of Sociohistorical Linguistics Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade was appointed Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 11 Septembe...
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Lotte Fikkers wins Faculty Teaching Prize 202002 September 2020Lotte Fikkers, university lecturer in English literature, received the Faculty Teaching Prize at the opening of the faculty year. ‘She is clearly very...
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A whole new (computational) world08 June 2020Historical linguist Lauren Fonteyn is awarded a substantial Digital Infrastructure grant as well as being selected as member of the prestigious Young ...
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Classicist Ineke Sluiter KNAW president01 June 2020Leiden professor Ineke Sluiter was appointed president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) on 1 June. She was presented with ...
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Nine Leiden projects awarded first NWO Science Diplomacy Fund19 May 2020The projects of nine researchers at Leiden University have received funding through the new NWO Science Diplomacy Fund. The Fund is for scientific act...
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Three Comenius teaching grants for young Leiden lecturers18 May 2020Three young lecturers are to receive a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant of 50,000 euros. The grant will allow each of them to implement an innovation pr...
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Understanding (the value of) machine translation14 May 2020Leiden University Lecturer Lettie Dorst wins a prestigious Comenius Senior Fellow grant for a project about machine translation and its use in higher ...
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Three new Leiden members of KNAW30 April 2020
KNAW has elected eighteen new members, including two professors at Leiden University and one who studied and obtained his PhD in Leiden. The New Acade...