News
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Why Brainpower can hold his own against Harry Mulisch 22 August 2017
In terms of the breadth of their vocabulary, many Dutch rappers can easily match leading authors. This is the surprising conclusion drawn by language ...
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ERC grants for four Leiden scientists 14 August 2017
Four 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 nominees 07 August 2017
Every 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 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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Laura Migliori receives scholarship from KNIR 07 June 2017
Laura 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 Europe 07 June 2017
Michaël 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 07 June 2017
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 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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3 Humanities scholars receive Special Recognition Award 01 June 2017
The 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 member 16 May 2017
The 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 08 May 2017
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 Studies 01 April 2017
The 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 Prijs 31 March 2017
The 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 Linguistics 14 March 2017
Dr. 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 Variation 03 March 2017
Dr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on char...