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New super server at humanities 25 September 2023When you think of humanities, you may not immediately think of a new super server. Yet one has just been commissioned. University lecturer Jelena Prok...
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference 12 June 2023Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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'The use of online translation machines in healthcare settings may involve certain risks' 16 March 2023Researcher and lecturer Susana Valdez investigates how migrants make use of online translation technology in medical situations. Her research suggests...
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Digital Winter School: Time to brush up on those digital skills! 09 March 2023The 2023 Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium and Digital Winter School took place, 30 Jan – 2 Feb 2023.
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Tazuko van Berkel receives Ammodo Science Award 07 March 2023University 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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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’ 10 November 2022For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin ...
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Neurolinguists investigate the brain: not two, but three options for brain functional categories 01 September 2022Based on the results of a language-switching experiment, PhD candidate Fatemeh (Simeen) Tabassi Mofrad MA and Professor Niels Schiller have discovered...
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’ 28 July 2022How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University 30 June 2022An 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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A blue or gold background? NICAS grant awarded for research on restoration 27 June 2022Should 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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Comenius Senior Fellow grants for three Leiden lecturers 21 April 2022Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme....
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022! 13 April 2022On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Tazuko van Berkel new member The Young Academy 09 December 2021The Young Academy has gained a new Leiden humanities scholar as a member. University lecturer Greek language and literature Tazuko van Berkel will be ...
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Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize 08 November 2021Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanq...
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A new Digital Lab@Veth! 29 October 2021The Digital Lab is open! This new lab is meant for staff and students who are looking for a place to work, experiment, and find support for their digi...