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Tazuko van Berkel receives Ammodo Science Award 07 March 2023
University lecturer Tazuko van Berkel is one of this year's laureates of the Ammodo Science Award. The award includes a sum of 350,000 euros that she ...
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Successful Open Day for Humanities: ‘Here you feel how it really works’ 06 March 2023
Full lecture halls, a crowded information fair and a queue for coffee in the basement: during the Open Day, the Faculty of Humanities was inundated wi...
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NWO Open Competition for replication research: 'Deals with fundamental question in my field' 02 March 2023
Innovation through repetition. That is how university lecturer Jurriaan Witteman describes his research on the automatic processing of angry voices in...
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Hossam Ahmed: ‘Listen to your students’ 02 March 2023
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. Lecturer Hossam Ahmed is one of them. What does he think makes ...
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund 28 February 2023
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other proj...
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Edmund Flett wins J.C. Baak Thesis Prize 2023 28 February 2023
Edmund Flett, alumnus of the International Relations master's programme, has won the 2023 J.C. Baak Prize for his thesis ‘Settlements now, settlement ...
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The spirit of Leiden in Brussels: successful fourth alumni event 27 February 2023
Another successful edition (the fourth!) of the Leiden Alumni in Brussels event took place on 23 February. With a fully booked registration list, it a...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Alumnus Jonathan works with Ukrainian refugees: ‘They still have a smile on their face’ 24 February 2023
When alumnus Jonathan Katzman started his master's programme in Russian and Eurasian Studies, he didn't foresee how useful those skills would be in th...
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Markus Davidsen: 'We need to implement ideas that improve an entire programme' 23 February 2023
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. University lecturer Markus Davidsen is one of them. What does h...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023
A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Want to contribute to educational innovation? Then the Comenius grant is for you 22 February 2023
Do you have an innovative idea on how to improve education, but don't know what steps to take next? The Comenius programme offers a range of grants fo...
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Jeroen Touwen has started his second term as Vice-Dean: ‘We’re in an upward trend’ 20 February 2023
Jeroen Touwen has been reappointed as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 January. ‘The Faculty Board’s role is to serve the organisation: w...
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Grants to build large-scale research facilities 20 February 2023
Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...