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Ronny Boogaart wins LOT-Populariserings Award08 February 2016At the Taalgala the award for best popular scientific publication was awarded to linguist Ronny Boogaart for his book 'Een sprinter is een stoptrein z...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Petra Sijpesteijn18 January 2016Arabist and papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for her research on the early Islamic ...
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H2020grant awarded to Leiden team as part of a European network to research the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood strategy11 January 2016What should the EU do to support Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova? How can the European Union adapt its policies towards these countries in a very difficu...
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ERC Grants for five Leiden researchers06 January 2016The European Research Council has awarded five Leiden researchers an ERC Consolidator Grant. These subsidies of up to a maximum of two million euros w...
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Markus Altena Davidsen wins the Gerardus van der Leeuw Dissertation Award 201604 January 2016Markus Altena Davidsen, university lecturer in the sociology of religion at LUCSoR, has been awarded the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award...
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Dies Natalis 201604 January 2016Leiden University will celebrate its 441st anniversary on Monday 8 February 2016 in the Leiden Pieterskerk. Everyone is welcome to attend or follow th...
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Hall of Fame 201524 December 2015Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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Bareez Majid wins IISG thesis prize with study on torture museum04 December 2015
This year’s “best master’s thesis in the area of national or international history” was written by Bareez Majid, who has completed a research master's...
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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory17 November 2015Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 B...
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Honours Academy Star awarded to Jan Sleutels09 October 2015The third Honours Academy Star was awarded to Jan Sleutels during the opening ceremony of the academic year of the Honours Academy on Tuesday 6 Octobe...
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Gerda Henkel grant to dr. Alanna O'Malley16 September 2015
Dr. Alanna O’Malley, from the Institute for History, has been awarded a research grant of €12,000 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, based in Dusseldor...
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PhD and prize winner: filmmaker Itandehui Jansen talks about her work28 August 2015Itandehui Jansen graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam and is currently making films as part of her PhD project at L...
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Emma de Vries receives Fulbright Grant and Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Scholarship25 August 2015
Emma de Vries, PhD researcher at LUCAS, has been awarded with a Fulbright Grant and Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Scholarship. From September 2015 onwar...
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Wilt Idema receives Special Book Award of China25 August 2015This year professor emeritus Old Chinese Literature Wilt Idema receives the Special Book Award of China. The Chinese government awards this prize to t...
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour28 July 2015
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in...