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ERC grants for four Leiden scientistsFour scientists from Leiden University have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant, worth up to two mil...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nomineesEvery year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Sharing platform for language teachers launchedThe 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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Laura Migliori receives scholarship from KNIRLaura Migliori receives a research scholarship from the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR, Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome).
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Michaël Peyrot elected member of the Young Academy of EuropeMichaël Peyrot is elected member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE: http://yacadeuro.org).
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Jiang Wu receives NWO scholarship for PhD project
Jiang Wu receives an NWO scholarship for his PhD project "Tracking Malay migration history through the genealogy of vernacular Malayic varieties". His...
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars5 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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3 Humanities scholars receive Special Recognition AwardThe international World Cultural Council (WCC) has awarded Nadine Akkerman, Victoria Nyst and Alicia Schrikker with Special Recognition Awards given t...
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The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has chosen Prof. Dr. Lisa Cheng as a memberThe prominent members of KNAW, are chosen on their academic and scientific achievements and the membership is for life. The academic members will be ...
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First Campus Fryslân -Science prize for Bosma
Evelyn Bosma, researcher at the Fryske Akademy and LUCL, is the winner of the first science prize Campus Fryslân.
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Maarten Kossmann appointed as professor for Berber StudiesThe University Executive Board has appointed Maarten Kossmann as professor for Berber Studies as of April 1, 2017. The Leiden University Centre for Li...
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Jurriaan Witteman to receive the Keetje Hodshon PrijsThe KHMW (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) has decided to grant the Keetje Hodshon Prijs voor Taalwetenschappen to LUCL’s Jurri...
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Janet Grijzenhout appointed as Professor English LinguisticsDr. Janet Grijzenhout (Universität Konstanz) was appointed Professor English Linguistics and will be working at the Leiden University Centre for Lingu...
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Jenny Doetjes appointed Professor of Semantics and Language VariationDr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on char...
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Students help Facebook in battle against fake newsLeiden master's students of Journalism and New Media are going to help Facebook bar fake news from the social medium.