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Royal honour for Korrie Korevaart 26 April 2021
Korrie Korevaart, a former director and lecturer in Dutch language and culture at Leiden University, has been made a member of the Order of Orange-Nas...
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers 22 April 2021
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established princip...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication 22 April 2021
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Dr. Mattias Brand receives the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award 19 April 2021
This March, LUCSoR alumnus Dr. Mattias Brand received the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award from the Dutch Association for the Study of Re...
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’ 22 March 2021
Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on ...
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Suzanne Bloks wins Leiden University MA Thesis Prize 08 March 2021
What is the best electoral system for a democracy? First place at the Leiden University Thesis Awards 2021 is for those who have added a cleverly subs...
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Philosophy student Eline van Slijpe wins J.C. Baak Prize 16 February 2021
Eline van Slijpe wrote her Master of Philosophy thesis on intergenerational justice: does the current generation have obligations towards future gener...
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Thijs Porck elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society 12 January 2021
Thijs Porck, university lecturer of medieval English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal H...
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LIAS alumnus Dr Ruixuan Chen awarded Ernst Waldschmidt Prize 21 December 2020
Dr Ruixuan Chen, an alumnus of the LIAS and now assistant professor in Buddhist Studies at Heidelberg, has been awarded the Ernst Waldschmidt Prize. T...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects 21 December 2020
A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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NIAS fellowship for Maria Boletsi 16 December 2020
Maria Boletsi has received a fellowship from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) within the framework of the Theme Group Project The P...
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ACPA PhD candidate Michael Drapkin receives PRJC Grant 03 December 2020
Clarinetist and ACPA researcher Michael Drapkin recently received an Eastman School of Music Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research Grant for...
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Tazuko van Berkel receives Vidi for research into economics and anthropology in ancient Greece 05 November 2020
University lecturer Tazuko van Berkel has obtained a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. This will enable her to research the image of man that emerges from ...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers 04 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Royal distinction for linguist Ingrid Tieken 11 September 2020
Professor of Sociohistorical Linguistics Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade was appointed Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 11 Septembe...