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Alice Twemlow wins Simon Mari Pruys prize for design criticism28 November 2019On Saturday November 16 Alice Twemlow was awarded the Simon Mari Pruys prize for design criticism for her essay ‘Conflicting Definitions of Key Terms’.
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KNAW Early Career Award for Carolien Stolte06 November 2019Carolien Stolte has received an Early Career Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). She received this award for her res...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for three Leiden researchers05 November 2019Three young researchers from Leiden have received an Early Career Award from KNAW for their innovative research. The award consists of the sum of 15,0...
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Victor Gijsbers new fellow of Leiden University Teachers’ Academy15 October 2019Victor Gijsbers, university lecturer in Philosophy, has been chosen as a fellow of the Leiden University Teachers' Academy. Over the next five years a...
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Frank Chouraqui wins Faculty Teaching Prize13 September 2019Frank Chouraqui, University Lecturer of Philosophy, received the Faculty Teaching Prize during the Opening of the Faculty Year in the City Auditorium....
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Krista Murchison receives Veni grant for ‘Righting and Rewriting History’12 September 2019Krista Murchison, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, received a Veni grant of 250.000 euros. Her Veni-projec...
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Leonard Blussé receives prestigious Fukuoka Prize in Japan11 September 2019Leonard Blussé, Professor Emeritus of History of European-Asian Relations, was awarded the 13th Fukuoka Prize in Japan on 10 September.
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant09 September 2019Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Knighthood for Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt09 September 2019Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on Friday 6 September 2019 for his services to the study of Ind...
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Manioc and Amazonian Prehistory: Veni grant for Konrad Rybka04 September 2019How did manioc, a poisonous root, become the staple of Amazonia and change the lives of prehistoric Amazonian peoples? Veni grant recipient, Konrad Ry...
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Faculty Teaching Prize nominees in the spotlight02 September 2019Who will win this year's Teaching Prize of the Faculty of Humanities? On Thursday September 12th, we will find out during the faculty party in the Sta...
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Two Leiden professors ‘top of the class’ according to ScienceGuide02 September 2019Professors Remco Breuker and Barend van der Meulen are ‘top of the class’ for academic year 2018-2019 according to ScienceGuide. This science magazine...
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Thijs Porck wins LUS Teaching Prize 201902 September 2019Lecturer in Old and Middle English Thijs Porck was awarded the annual Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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Benjamin Suchard receives Veni grant for research on Nabataean Aramaic as a spoken language12 August 2019Was Nabatean also a spoken language? And if so, for how long? These are just two questions that historical linguist Benjamin Suchard will address in h...
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‘Old English is super cool’08 August 2019With his dance routine and YouTube clips, he even manages to make grammar fun. His infectious enthusiasm and innovative teaching methods have won Thij...