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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden13 May 2016
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeolo...
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Veiled references to the Armenian genocide09 May 2016No criticism is allowed in Turkey of the mass murder of Armenians that took place a century ago. PhD candidate Alaettin Carikci examined how contempor...
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Ineke Sluiter receives Academy Professor Prize28 April 2016Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, has been awarded the Academy Professor Prize by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and S...
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Exhibition on the many functions of academic portraits25 April 2016A portrait can inspire, intimidate or reassure the viewer. Leiden University has many portraits of professors and students, from the foundation of the...
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Farewell interview with Lia ten Brink20 April 2016On the fourth of May, after 16 years, Lia ten Brink is leaving her work as a secretary at LUCAS . She gave up her job, sold her house and will face th...
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Introducing Robbert Striekwold19 April 2016Robbert Striekwold started his PhD project at LUCAS and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in March 2016. His PhD project is part of ‘A New History of Fis...
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Maria Boletsi receives Visiting Research Fellowship Princeton19 April 2016The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University annually offers a limited number of Visiting Research Fellowships for scholars in the h...
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Call for Papers Graduate Conference LUCAS 201714 April 2016On 26 and 27 January 2017, the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society will be hosting an international graduate conference entitled ‘Lands...
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Vacancy at LUCAS: PhD The Illustrated Aesopian Fable in Education in France 1500-2010 (1.0 fte)13 April 2016The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) is looking for a: PhD The Illustrated Aesopian Fable in Educatio...
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Frederik Knegtel awarded with Bourse Descartes grant07 April 2016Each 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 blog29 March 2016On 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 subsidy24 March 2016Thijs 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 studies16 March 2016While 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 Trijp11 March 2016Didi 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 economy02 March 2016
After studying Life Science and Technology, David Louwrier conducted his PhD research at LUCAS about bioart and societal debates around biotechnology....