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Frederik Knegtel awarded with Bourse Descartes grant 07 April 2016
Each year, the Institut français and French Embassy award the Bourses Descartes, which are designed to support students or PhD candidates who intend t...
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LUCAS launches blog 29 March 2016
On Wednesday March 23rd, the official LUCAS-blog kick-off took place. On the blog, LUCAS-affiliated PhDs share interesting findings from their researc...
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Thijs Porck receives Bolland Fonds research subsidy 24 March 2016
Thijs Porck has successfully applied for a subsidy for a research project that will study the early correspondence of G. J. P. J. Bolland, an autodida...
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Junius Symposium: exciting new research on Old Germanic studies 16 March 2016
While Old Germanic studies might seem dated and, regrettably, occupies a less than secure position in various academic institutions, exciting new rese...
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Introducing Didi van Trijp 11 March 2016
Didi van Trijp started her PhD project at LUCAS in October 2015. Her PhD project is part of A New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in...
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From bioart to a biobased economy 02 March 2016
After studying Life Science and Technology, David Louwrier conducted his PhD research at LUCAS about bioart and societal debates around biotechnology....
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Global Interactions welcomes five new postdocs in 2016 16 February 2016
In November of last year Global Interactions made offers to five out of nearly 90 applicants for our grant-writing postdocs. We are pleased to announc...
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Doing Gender in The Netherlands: TRANS* approaches, methods & concepts 16 February 2016
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) hosts the annual National Research Day, held this year at the Leiden University Centre for the...
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Vacancy Full Professorship in Classical Archaeology (Byvanck Professor) 09 February 2016
The Faculties of Archaeology and Humanities at Leiden University invite applications for a part time Full Professorship in Classical Archaeology. Appo...
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NWO reports on VIDI project Erik Kwakkel 04 February 2016
In his VIDI project “Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance” (2010-2015) Erik Kwakkel and his team studied...
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Fourth issue JLGC published 02 February 2016
On 1 February 2016 the fourth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference, titled 'Breaking the Rules: Textual Reflections on Transgression'...
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Last Week’s Hype: On the Blackstar album and death of David Bowie 22 January 2016
Can David Bowie’s death be seen as a carefully staged hype, just one last version of the musician’s ever-surprising public persona? Cultural Studies r...
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ERC Grants for five Leiden researchers 06 January 2016
The European Research Council has awarded five Leiden researchers an ERC Consolidator Grant. These subsidies of up to a maximum of two million euros w...
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Digitally leafing through invisible books 14 December 2015
Researchers from Leiden and Delft have found a way to look inside early-modern bookbindings. An x-ray technique has allowed them to search for remains...
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'Dionysus never looked so beautiful' 10 December 2015
The renovated National Museum of Antiquities will re-open for the public on 15 December. Conservator Ruurd Halbertsma, Leiden Professor of Archaeology...