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Veni grant for research on ‘lost pearl’ in Buddhist philosophy 07 July 2022
University lecturer in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy Jingjing Li has been awarded a Veni grant for her research on feminist theories within the B...
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins 04 July 2022
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lectur...
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Lauren Lauret receives D.J. Veegens Prize 2022 30 June 2022
University lecturer Lauren Lauret has been awarded the D.J. Veegens Prize 2022 for her dissertation on the meeting practices of the States General dur...
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Composition by Aart Strootman awarded Black Pencil in Schokland Prize 30 June 2022
The composition Popular Archeology: Volca #1 (for percussion) by composer and ACPA PhD researcher Aart Strootman, has been awarded the Black Pencil in...
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University 30 June 2022
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them...
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from? 28 June 2022
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a g...
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A blue or gold background? NICAS grant awarded for research on restoration 27 June 2022
Should the background of the painting remain blue or be restored to its original gold colour? PhD candidate Liselore Tissen will be using 3D prints an...
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Honorary degree for Peter Dejans 09 June 2022
On 15 June 2022 an honorary degree will be awarded to the director of the Orpheus Institute Peter Dejans for his significant contribution to the insti...
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Steven Lauritano awarded Comenius Teaching Fellow grant to improve hybrid education in object-oriented classes 06 June 2022
University lecturer Steven Lauritano has been awarded a Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. Lauritano will use the grant of 50,000 euros to improve hybrid...
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Scientific journal for and by students: 'We have to break habits' 02 June 2022
Associate Professor Paz González had two things she wanted to improve for students: collaboration and publication opportunities. Her solution? A scien...
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Salvador Santino Regilme awarded fellowship at NIAS 25 May 2022
Salvador Santino Regilme has been selected for a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Amsterdam. From September 2022, ...
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Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’ 17 May 2022
Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how...
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Alex West awarded Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Award 2022 12 May 2022
Alex West’s dissertation, "Bujangga Manik or, Java in the Fifteenth Century: An Edition and Study of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS jav. b. 3. (R)" (Lei...
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Maghiel van Crevel elected KNAW member 12 May 2022
Maghiel van Crevel has been elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The professor of Chinese Language and Literat...
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers 26 April 2022
From 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...