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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...
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KNAW Early Career Award for Alisa van de Haar: ‘I want to take a more positive approach to migration and multilingualism’ 22 February 2024
Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature...
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Bioart plays with genetic building blocks 12 February 2024
Biotechnological developments are moving fast. From genetically modified plant varieties we are now moving to cultured meat. These developments requir...
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? 07 February 2024
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje...
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A princess’s psalter recovered? Pieces of a 1,000-year-old manuscript in Alkmaar book bindings 11 January 2024
A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: a number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript f...
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century' 01 December 2023
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own v...
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'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important' 27 November 2023
The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will ta...
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer 30 October 2023
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant t...
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'Curators are ordinary people who sometimes find themselves in extraordinary circumstances' 27 October 2023
Ruurd Halbertsma combines his work as a curator and professor by special appointment with writing thrillers. 'I'd rather respond to the discussion on ...
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent' 23 October 2023
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks universi...
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A meaningful view of diversity? You'll find it in art 20 October 2023
What does it mean to be a migrant in a big city? According to assistant professor Kamila Krakowska Rodrigues, artists have the answer to that question...