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The utopia is not a utopia for everyone 19 September 2024
A perfect world, who doesn't want that? But what is perfect is debatable. What is great for one person is disastrous for another. PhD student Zeynep A...
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Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize 16 July 2024
Assistant professor Stephanie Noach has won the Dissertation Prize of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. She is receiving this prestigious prize for ...
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’ 16 July 2024
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping ...
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Integrative learning to improve connection with labour market: 'Digital skills are badly needed' 15 July 2024
Many humanities graduates find work in digital heritage, but a good pedagogical model to match education is lacking. University lecturers Karin de Wil...
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Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates beyond it’ 02 July 2024
For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circul...
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Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems 27 June 2024
The underwater world around present-day Indonesia has changed greatly in recent centuries as a result of human activity. University lecturer Johannes ...
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Out now! LEAP # 4: Subject: Matter 21 June 2024
The editorial board of the Leiden Elective Academic Periodical (LEAP) is proud to announce the release of the fourth edition, titled “Subject: Matter”!
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Presentation of Greek-Dutch dictionary: ‘In the end, you have to decide what to do’ 10 June 2024
After a process of more than two decades, the new Greek-Dutch dictionary was presented on Wednesday 5 June. University lecturer Lucien van Beek acted ...
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English version podcast ‘Scandal and controversy in Russian literature’ launched 04 June 2024
Following the success of the Dutch version, the podcast 'Scandal and Controversy in Russian Literature' is now also available in English. Senior Unive...
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In search of hidden voices 06 May 2024
Nearly all documents from the 16th and 17th centuries were written by more than one person but attributed to only one author. Professor Nadine Akkerma...
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Andries Hiskes: 'The disabled body is too often ignored’ 15 April 2024
Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. For his PhD, Andries Hiskes researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring.
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Cultural contacts between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the early Middle Ages 12 March 2024
With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Afric...
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’ 11 March 2024
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that mo...
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Liselore Tissen appointed ambassador for network of congress ambassadors 08 March 2024
External PhD candidate Liselore Tissen has been appointed ambassador for Leiden City of Science. As the youngest member and the only non-professor in ...
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play 05 March 2024
A team with Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage. They are resea...