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From archaeologist to chatelaineMarijke Brouwer started as an archaeologist, excavating Iron Age settlements in the Dutch polder regions. Today she is the director of medieval Huis B...
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Major European subsidy for Nadine Akkerman and detective work into old, handwritten documentsNadine Akkerman has received a subsidy of two million euros from the European Research Council (ERC) for research into 16th and 17th century English m...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for four Leiden researchersThe European Research Council has awarded ERC Consolidator Grants to four researchers from Leiden. These grants of up to 2m euros will enable them to ...
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art?Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the ...
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Developing out of a solid base: Sybille Lammes new academic director of LUCASAs of November 1st 2019, Sybille Lammes, Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, will be the new academic director of the Leiden University Centre...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film FestivalA film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...
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What politicians can learn from Cicero and Dionysius'How do you write a slogan to win an election?' Steven Ooms answers this question in his PhD research into ideas about good prose in the time of Caesa...
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Lecture series ‘Museum Talks’ kicked offMajor renovations, much-discussed exhibitions and current museum related questions. ‘If you want to know what is happening in the art and museum secto...
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Charlotte Jacobs, first female pharmacist in the Netherlands and the Dutch East IndiesExternal PhD candidate Annette Jenowein investigated how women have changed the meaning of gender by claiming their place in traditionally male-domina...
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Heritage institutions for everyoneHow can heritage institutions make their organisations, collections and exhibitions more inclusive and accessible? University lecturer Eliza Steinbock...
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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’The proceeds of the Leiden University Science Run on 28 September will go to Scholars at Risk, a section of the UAF that assists refugee scholars. One...
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Krista Murchison receives Veni grant for ‘Righting and Rewriting History’Krista Murchison, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, received a Veni grant of 250.000 euros. Her Veni-projec...
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Gabriel Inzaurralde: ‘Literature lets you live four times as long'As a young boy, Gabriel Inzaurralde, lecturer and researcher in Latin American studies, wanted nothing more than to become a writer. He still writes a...
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Pieter ter Keurs new professor of Museums, Collections and SocietyThe Executive Board has appointed Pieter ter Keurs as professor of Museums, Collections, and Society as of 1 September 2019. The chair will be part o...