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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers16 July 2019From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden Universit...
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Prestigious Japanese Fukuoka Prize for Leonard Blussé27 June 2019Leonard Blussé, emeritus Professor in the History of European and Asian relations, will receive the prestigious Japanese Academic Fukuoka Prize. Bluss...
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Historian Jeroen Duindam receives Austrian Cross of Honour for Arts and Sciences first class17 June 2019On June 14th, Jeroen Duindam, Professor of History at the Faculty of Humanities, was awarded an exceptionally high distinction for his achievements in...
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MA Translation awarded European Master’s in Translation label07 June 2019The MA Linguistic’s specialization in Translation has now been admitted to the prestigious European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network.
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Rick Honings receives Vidi grant for Voicing the Colony03 June 2019University lecturer of modern Dutch literature Rick Honings, associated with the Faculty of Humanities, has received a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. Th...
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Dorota Mokrosinska receives Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship at Princeton28 May 2019Dorota Mokrosinska, University Lecturer of philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy has been selected for a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty ...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers23 May 2019From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW23 April 2019Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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First LUCAS Public Prize goes to Hugo Koning17 April 2019Hugo Koning, an expert in Greek mythology, has won the Lucas Public Prize because he has brought his research to the attention of the general public i...
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Mark Westmoreland and Francesco Ragazzi receive a Seed Grant20 March 2019Dr. Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Dr. Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science) have b...
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Melody in speech. Vici grant for Yiya Chen07 March 2019Unlike Dutch and English, most languages employ melody not only to add nuance to sentences but also to differentiate between words. How languages do t...
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One million euros for research on migrant cultures in European Cities07 March 2019Dr. Sara Brandellero, expert in Lusophone literatures and cultures and member of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, will lead a res...
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Andrew Shield and Ann Marie Wilson receive seed grant for their project 'Transnational Gay/Lesbian Activism since the 1960s'28 February 2019Andrew DJ Shield (History) and Ann Marie Wilson (Leiden University College) have been awarded a seed grant for their project, “Transnational Gay/Lesbi...
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Early-modern vices: why are they still around? Vici grant for Herman Paul26 February 2019Over the past few hundreds of years, the world has changed radically. However, cultural stereotypes from the 17th century are still alive and well tod...
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Andrew Gawthorpe wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 201809 January 2019At the Institute’s Council meeting of last December the Institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded.