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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible10 May 2022Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of ...
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Owada Chair should bring together nations, cultures and individuals09 May 2022Dominique Moïsi, a professor at King’s College London, will be the first holder of the Owada chair. ‘In the present international context of polarisat...
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Becoming a terrorist provides income, safety and identity06 May 2022How do people become involved in terrorist organisations? Liesbeth van der Heide sought the answer to this question in a Malian prison, where she inte...
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Humanities and AI: A fruitful combination06 May 2022What do a linguist, an artist, a Professor of Conservation and Restoration, and a lecturer at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science have i...
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Comenius teaching grants for four Leiden lecturers03 May 2022Four lecturers from Leiden University will receive a 50,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. This will enable them and their team to realise an ed...
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers26 April 2022From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leid...
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Lecture and roundtable discussion with Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski22 April 2022On 21 April 2022, Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski visited Leiden. The theme of his visit was the role of law and historiography in shaping collecti...
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Comenius Senior Fellow grants for three Leiden lecturers21 April 2022Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme....
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Leiden Slavist in Ukraine: ‘My love for Russia has faded’19 April 2022To read Chekhov in the ‘original’. That was what motivated Arie van der Ent to study Slavic languages and literature with Karel van het Reve at Leiden...
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The Linguistics Olympiad final is coming up soon: ‘The questions shouldn’t be too easy’14 April 2022On Saturday 16 April, secondary school pupils will once again have a chance to sink their teeth into the hardest language-related questions during the...
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!13 April 2022On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant11 April 2022Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens07 April 2022A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn...
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Ten lessons on making an impact: ‘What dilemmas will you face?’04 April 2022In the booklet ‘Research with Windows Wide Open’, eight professors in the social sciences and humanities advise colleagues who want to make an impact ...
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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare29 March 2022The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s s...