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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’ 23 September 2019
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’ 12 September 2019
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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Midterm elections: surprising results, or not so much? 07 November 2018
In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...
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The 2018 Teaching Prize for the Humanities 30 August 2018
Who will win this year’s Teaching Prize in the Faculty of Humanities? Who will the students honour with this coveted token of their appreciation? Read...
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Rubicon grant for Sara Polak 13 July 2016
The NWO has awarded Sara Polak a Rubicon grant. In September, she will start a 12-month period of research at the International Graduate Centre for th...
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Four Rubicon grants for Leiden researchers 13 July 2016
Four young Leiden researchers have been awarded a Rubicon grant to conduct research abroad. They will be working in Germany, the UK and the US study...
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NWO grant Yra van Dijk for international Holocaust research 30 June 2016
Yra van Dijk obtained a NWO 'Internationalisation in the Humanities' grant. Together with Ernst van Alphen she will collaborate with 8 European and Is...
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Veiled references to the Armenian genocide 09 May 2016
No 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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Exhibition on the many functions of academic portraits 25 April 2016
A 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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Frederik Knegtel awarded with Bourse Descartes grant 07 April 2016
Each 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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From bioart to a biobased economy 02 March 2016
After studying Life Science and Technology, David Louwrier conducted his PhD research at LUCAS about bioart and societal debates around biotechnology....
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Last Week’s Hype: On the Blackstar album and death of David Bowie 22 January 2016
Can David Bowie’s death be seen as a carefully staged hype, just one last version of the musician’s ever-surprising public persona? Cultural Studies r...
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Start project A New History of Fishes 28 January 2015
The NWO just announced the results of the Vrije Competitie proposals. Paul Smith, professor at the French department is, as a member of LUCAS, one of ...