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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022
Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ 08 November 2022
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop 03 November 2022
K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University ...
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Lara Offermans and Marijn Bethlehem win the LUCSoR thesis prizes (2019-2021) 31 October 2022
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prizes each year, one...
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Month of Tutankhamun: Egypt's most legendary pharaoh 28 October 2022
November marks exactly 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. To celebrate this special discovery, the Faculty of Humanities, together w...
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans 27 October 2022
Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide thei...
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea 20 October 2022
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explai...
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Four migration professors doubly appointed in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus network 11 October 2022
Four professors specialising in migration will soon be appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professors: Professor Thea Hilhorst and Professor Peter Schol...
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up 06 October 2022
The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior Un...
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Translation Award for Anne Sytske Keijser, Mark Leenhouts, and Silvia Marijnissen 04 October 2022
Anne Sytske Keijser, Mark Leenhouts, and Silvia Marijnissen have won the 2022 FILTER Translation Award for De droom van de rode kamer
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Nira Wickramasinghe receives grant to research forgotten Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World 04 October 2022
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe will research forgotten lineages with an NWO Open Competition grant, in particular the afterlife of Dutch slavery in the...
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that 01 September 2022
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was suppos...
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In Memoriam: Prof.dr. Henk Bodewitz (1939-2022) 24 August 2022
On August 18, 2022, Henk Bodewitz, distinguished Indologist and emeritus professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University, passed away in his hometown of Ut...
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 23 August 2022
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL), one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France, has elected professor Petra Sij...
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022
An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...