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Vidi grant for seven researchers from Leiden University14 July 2021From malaria parasites as a vaccine to how top-level bureaucrats reach their decisions: seven researchers from Leiden University have received a Vidi ...
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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal12 July 2021Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotte...
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 202005 July 2021The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. Th...
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona02 July 2021Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair wou...
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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry24 June 2021The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The...
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PhD Researcher Anastasia Nikulina Wins Nick Ryan Bursary Award 202123 June 2021To honour the work of its longstanding chair Nick Ryan, CAA International provides the annual Nick Ryan Bursary Award. The Nick Ryan Bursary Award win...
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Network on Greek Sanctuaries Leads to New Perspectives on Antiquity23 June 2021A group of experts on ancient Greek religious practices has joined forces in the form of the HIERON network. In a grassroots fashion, they decided to ...
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Psychology lab embraces open science14 June 2021‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijse...
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The wisdom of the Nahua10 June 2021Indigenous philosophies have been ignored for too long. This prompted Osiris González Romero to study the wisdom of the Nahua in Mexico. Their philoso...
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Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe08 June 2021Generations of Leiden students and academics have done archaeological research into the early medieval history of Oegstgeest. This makes this old sett...
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How to start with Open Science: ‘It has increased my workflow efficiency enormously’02 June 2021Bjørn Peare Bartholdy is Archaeology’s representative in the Open Science Community Leiden (OSCL) . We spoke with him about the value of Open Science ...
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Heritage expert Martin Berger honored as a member of the Young Academy Leiden27 May 2021Our own Dr. Martin Berger has been accepted as a member of the Young Academy Leiden! He is thrilled with his appointment. ‘I am honored to be accepted...
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Starting grant for the investigation of the forgotten landscapes of World War II25 May 2021PhD candidate Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart has received the Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds grant from the Leids Universiteits Fonds (LUF) to work on...
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Caribbean archaeology in times of corona: ‘Instead of fieldwork, our students worked on an online exhibition’25 May 2021Recently, in the midst of coronavirus situation, Professor Corinne Hofman and her team became part of the NWO project Island(er)s at the Helm. Both th...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch17 May 2021Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...