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Vidis for nine Leiden researchers 01 June 2018
Nine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and Dying 15 May 2018
The Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial confer...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAW 18 April 2018
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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Bas van Rijn wins the Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award 2018 13 April 2018
The Dutch Association for the Study of Religion (NGG) has decided to award the Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award 2018 to LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn for ...
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Ariadne Schmidt appointed professor of the Cultural History of Leiden 06 April 2018
Ariadne Schmidt will be appointed professor by special appointment of the Magdalena Moons chair at Leiden University. From 1 September 2018 she will ...
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Former Leiden Colleague Sven Vleeming honored with ‘Festschrift’ 21 February 2018
On February 2nd, 2018, Professor Sven P. Vleeming of Trier University was presented with a ‘Festschrift’ to celebrate his retirement last summer. The ...
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Leonie Henkes wins the OIKOS thesis award 14 February 2018
Leonie Henkes will be honored with the OIKOS Thesis Award 2017!
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Hall of Fame 2017 22 December 2017
Many 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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Jenny Audring runner-up for The Sebeok-Love Award 22 November 2017
The Sebeok-Love Award is awarded annually by the editorial board (a selection of articles is shortlisted by editors) of Language Sciences, for the bes...
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Ton Koopman wins Edison Achievement Prize 17 November 2017
Emeritus Professor Ton Koopman has been awarded the 2017 Edison Classical Achievement Award. He was presented with this prestigious Dutch music award ...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017
Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Introducing: Camilo Erlichman 26 September 2017
Camilo Erlichman is a historian who recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in the International Studies programme. He introduces hims...
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Victor Gijsbers wins the 2017 Faculty Education Award 06 September 2017
Philosophy lecturer Victor Gijsbers has been awarded the 2017 Faculty Education Award. The Faculty Education Award is given each year to the Faculty’s...
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year 04 September 2017
One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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Veni award for Anna Dlabačová 31 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers at Leiden University. One of them i...