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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...
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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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Erik Kwakkel confesses his love of Medieval books 09 May 2017
As Scaliger professor, Erik Kwakkel is responsible for the academic context of the complete Special Collections of the Leiden University Library. His ...
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€ 18.8 million grant for research into innovation processes in antiquity 04 May 2017
Successful innovation requires more than technological progress alone. Every new concept must first be firmly anchored into an existing context. At le...
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Fifth issue JLGC published 27 January 2017
On 27 January 2017 the fifth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference, titled 'Breaking the Rules: Artistic Expressions of Transgression'...
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Leiden University to partner with Roosevelt Institute for American Studies 13 December 2016
Leiden University and the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) in Middelburg, previously the Roosevelt Study Center, will sign an agreement...
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NWO grant awarded for research shipwreck 08 December 2016
Dr Helmer Helmers (University of Amsterdam) and Dr Nadine Akkerman (Leiden, LUCAS) have been awarded an NWO grant to do historical research on the shi...
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Chinese export paintings undervalued 16 November 2016
Chinese export paintings have a much greater cultural-historical and artistic value than was previously thought in the Netherlands, according to exter...
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Two new English-taught bachelor’s programmes 05 October 2016
An English-taught bachelor’s programme is a perfect way to prepare for the international job market! Starting in September 2017, two new English-taugh...
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Hyperlinks to antiquity 13 September 2016
Until the 18th century, Latin annotations of well-known classical texts were an important source of scientific knowledge, but over the course of time ...
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Marion Boers wins Humanities Education Award 2016 07 September 2016
Art history lecturer Marion Boers was awarded the Humanities Education Award at the opening of the academic year this afternoon. Every year, the most ...