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Who is the best lecturer in 2017? 13 June 2017
Three lecturers have beennominated for the LUS Teaching prize: Florian Schneider, Thijs Porck and Christine Espin. The prize, an initiative of the Lei...
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Sharing platform for language teachers launched 09 June 2017
The new Language Learning Resource Centre was launched today at Leiden University. The LLRC is an initiative to unite all language teaching profession...
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1200 North Korean posters in one database 08 June 2017
Korea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for resear...
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars 01 June 2017
5 talented Leiden humanities scholars have received a Vidi research subsidy of 800.000 euros to set up or expand their own line of research.
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Vidi for LIAS researcher Lara Weiss 01 June 2017
Eleven talented Leiden researchers with several years of research experience have been awarded a Vidi subsidy to set up or expand their own line of re...
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LUCIS funding continued from 2018-2020 30 May 2017
We are delighted to announce that the funding of the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) will be continued from 2018 u...
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Leiden builds stronger bonds with China and South Korea 09 May 2017
‘China has become an academic powerhouse, which is good reason for Leiden University to expand our partnerships with universities there.' A delegation...
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Ron Sela will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in May 2017 02 May 2017
Ron Sela, Associate Professor of Central Asian History in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington, will be the ...
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Call for Applications | LUCIS Summer School | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World 11 April 2017
Apply now for the LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world, which will take place from Tuesday 15 August until Friday 25...
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Three ERC Advanced Grants for Leiden researchers 04 April 2017
Archaeologist Frans Theuws, Buddhism specialist Jonathan Silk and mathematician Ronald Cramer have each been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 mill...
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Papyri: the written residue of daily life during the formative period of Islam 30 March 2017
How did people experience Islam on a day-to-day basis in the early centuries of Islam? That's where the papyri come in, says professor of Arabic Petra...
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Ron Sela will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in May 2017 29 March 2017
Ron Sela, Associate Professor of Central Asian History in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington, will be the ...
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The art of control without repression 21 March 2017
How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will b...
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Anime as a source of human knowledge 13 March 2017
Japanese animated films are often fantastic to watch. What's less known is that anime often has a political message. Mari Nakamura researched this phe...
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History and Religious Studies #1 and #2 in The Netherlands in QS World University Rankings 2017 08 March 2017
History and Religious Studies in Leiden rank # 17 and #32 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. With this, History in Leiden ranks as the be...