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Alexandra Nagel nominated for the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Research Prizes 2021 17 December 2020
The Faculty of Humanities has nominated Alexandra Nagel with her research thesis for the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Research Prizes 2021. The Priz...
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Lotte Fikkers wins Faculty Teaching Prize 2020 02 September 2020
Lotte 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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Tim Meijers: 'There are so many questions I still want to ask’ 21 August 2020
The fact that Tim Meijers ended up becoming a philosopher came as no surprise. Even as a child, the university lecturer endlessly asked questions to h...
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Susanna Lindberg new Professor of Continental Philosophy 18 August 2020
On 1 September, Susanna Lindberg will start as Professor of Continental Philosophy at Leiden University. Lindberg will teach and research in the areas...
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Shortlist Hypatia-price 2020 07 July 2020
We are pleased to announce that prof. Renée van Riessen is named on the shortlist for the Hypatia-price with her book 'Van zichzelf bevrijd'.
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Hao Liu: ‘Doing a PhD is a challenge but can also be a lot of fun’ 11 May 2020
Hao Liu moved from China to Leiden to do her PhD trajectory at the Institute for Philosophy. What is it like to do a PhD so far from home?
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How do you prevent viral outbreaks? By protecting animal health 08 May 2020
Many dangerous diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and Q fever have jumped from animals to humans. But it is not only because of these diseases that we s...
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‘Even Ancient and Medieval ideas can help the Modern World’ 14 April 2020
Ahab Bdaiwi, University Lecturer of Islamic history, religion and philosophy, was received the first Faculty Impact Award. His interest lies in ‘every...
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Margaret Moore will give the annual Centre for Political Philosophy lecture 26 February 2020
On Thursday 3 March , Prof. Margaret Moore will give the annual Centre for Political Philosophy lecture.
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Three tips on how to celebrate World Philosophy Day 21 November 2019
The UN has christened 21 November World Philosophy Day, a day on which ‘the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for eac...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival 29 October 2019
A film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...
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Victor Gijsbers new fellow of Leiden University Teachers’ Academy 15 October 2019
Victor 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 Prize 13 September 2019
Frank 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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Tim Meijers receives a Veni for research into obligations to future generations 23 July 2019
What do we owe to future generations? And how do we fairly share the costs of complying with these obligations , knowing that the world is full of ine...
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These are the seven Veni laureates of Humanities 17 July 2019
No less than seven scholars of the Faculty of Humanities were awarded a Veni grant. Veni grants are aimed at excellent researcher who recently obtaine...