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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory 17 November 2015
Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 B...
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Honours Academy Star awarded to Jan Sleutels 09 October 2015
The third Honours Academy Star was awarded to Jan Sleutels during the opening ceremony of the academic year of the Honours Academy on Tuesday 6 Octobe...
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Gerda Henkel grant to dr. Alanna O'Malley 16 September 2015
Dr. Alanna O’Malley, from the Institute for History, has been awarded a research grant of €12,000 from the Gerda Henkel Foundation, based in Dusseldor...
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PhD and prize winner: filmmaker Itandehui Jansen talks about her work 28 August 2015
Itandehui Jansen graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam and is currently making films as part of her PhD project at L...
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Emma de Vries receives Fulbright Grant and Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Scholarship 25 August 2015
Emma de Vries, PhD researcher at LUCAS, has been awarded with a Fulbright Grant and Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Scholarship. From September 2015 onwar...
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Wilt Idema receives Special Book Award of China 25 August 2015
This year professor emeritus Old Chinese Literature Wilt Idema receives the Special Book Award of China. The Chinese government awards this prize to t...
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour 28 July 2015
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in...
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Veni grant Lucien van Beek 23 July 2015
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Lucien van Beek a Veni grant. This grant offers young researchers the possibilit...
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Elisa Goudriaan wins Ted Meijer Prize 09 July 2015
The KNIR has awarded Elisa Goudriaan the Ted Meijer Prize for her dissertation The Cultural Importance of Florentine Patricians. Cultural Exchange, Br...
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Wim van Anrooij appointed to member KHMW 09 July 2015
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen invited Wim van Anrooij to join as a member. That does not happen to everyone!
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NWO funding for history research into Siva Religion in Asia 06 July 2015
Professor Peter Bisschop, lecturer in Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia, has been awarded a grant by the NWO Free Competition to fund his re...
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2015 Roberta D'Alessandro elected Member of the ICSU Committee 25 June 2015
As of this October, linguist Roberta D'Alessandro is appointed as Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Committee on Freedom and Resp...
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Literary Award for Ali Al Tuma 21 May 2015
Ali Al Tuma, PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History, has won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for his play ‘Yusuf Melik Esp...
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Bareez Majid nominated for ECHO Award 21 May 2015
Iraqi-Kurdish student of Middle Eastern Studies Bareez Majid has been nominated for the ECHO Award. ‘She has a strong personality, though she may appe...
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Linguist Willem Adelaar receives royal decoration 22 April 2015
Linguist Willem Adelaar was appointed to Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion on October 1st. On that very same day he celebrated his 43-year connect...