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Stijn Bussels appointed professor of Art History pre-1800 16 January 2018
On 1 November, Stijn Bussels assumed his role as professor of Art History, especially before 1800 at Leiden University. The chair is located at the Le...
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Nadine Akkerman elected member of the Young Academy 13 November 2017
Nadine Akkerman has deciphered the correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, and studied 17th-century spies. Her fascinating historiograph...
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Read about Middle Ages on new Leiden research blog 13 October 2017
The Middle Ages are becoming increasingly more popular: just look at the popularity of such ‘medievalist’ TV series as Game of Thrones and Vikings, an...
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Still learning from the Ancient Greeks 09 October 2017
There are still things we can learn from the Ancient Greeks. How they managed to make sure that innovations were accepted, for example. A group of cla...
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From catwalk to book gala 20 September 2017
Sander Kok (35) was a hit as a model for Armani and he is now making a name for himself as a writer. His philosophically tinted first novel 'Smeltende...
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New publication Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt 15 September 2017
Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt have both contributed with an article in the book of Caroline van Eck: Idols to Museum Pieces. The Nature of Scul...
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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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Veni award for Anna Dlabačová 31 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers at Leiden University. One of them i...
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Veni awards for four Leiden Humanities researchers 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to four Humanities researchers in at Leiden University. This award...
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Ineke Sluiter appointed Corresponding Fellow British Academy 24 July 2017
Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, has been appointed Corresponding Fellow by the British Academy. Every year the Academy sel...
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Sybille Lammes new professor of New Media and Digital Culture 18 July 2017
Sybille Lammes is leaving Warwick University in Britain to research digital culture in daily life at Leiden University. She will start as professor Ne...
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NWO KIEM Grant for LUCAS researchers 05 July 2017
Together with the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and creative partner Big Orange, Laura Bertens, Sara Polak, Yra van Dijk, and Thony Visser will investiga...
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Prof. Visser reappointed as LUCAS Academic Director 22 June 2017
On Tuesday 20 June 2017, the Humanities Faculty Board decided to reappoint Prof. Anthonya Visser as Academic Director of Leiden University Centre for ...
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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...