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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Getting your master's thesis published in a prestigious journal: alumni Matthieu did that27 January 2023After completing one bachelor’s and two master’s programmes at Leiden University, alumnus in Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy Ma...
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Lucien van Beek receives LUF grant: 'It is a great feeling to be able to work on my ideas'20 January 2023University lecturer Lucien van Beek has been awarded a LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant. He will use the sum of 75,000 euros to research the thinking o...
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European grant to research Tibetan collection: 'Tibetans' literary output was and is huge'17 January 2023As a student, university lecturer Berthe Jansen fell under the spell of the Van Manen collection: a collection full of Tibetan writings and objects. A...
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Regilme wins a 2022 Human Rights Publication Accolade from American Sociological Association16 January 2023Salvador Santino Regilme received Honorable Mention for the 2022 Best Scholarly Article Award from the Sociology of Human Rights Section of the Americ...
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'10 January 2023When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried ...
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Rachel Beckles Willson appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Music is interwoven with the big questions of our time’13 December 2022Rachel Beckles Willson started her career as a concert pianist but was later captivated by the Middle Eastern stringed instrument called the oud. On 1...
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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant22 November 2022Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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Matthew Broad wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 202218 November 2022At the latest Institute Council meeting in November, the institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded. The award is named after Carla Musterd, ...
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Edison Jazz Oeuvre Prize for ACPA alumnus Dick de Graaf10 November 2022In 2017 saxophonist Dick de Graaf obtained his PhD degree with his thesis 'Beyond borders : broadening the artistic palette of (composing) improvisers...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’08 November 2022Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Lara Offermans and Marijn Bethlehem win the LUCSoR thesis prizes (2019-2021)31 October 2022The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prizes each year, one...
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group24 October 2022Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Gr...
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Thea Hilhorst on her second appointment as a LDE professor20 October 2022The Humanities Faculty welcomes Thea Hilhorst as a professor. Due to the cooperation between the universities in Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, she ...
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LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant awarded to two researchers18 October 2022Anke Smits and Lucien van Beek have been awarded a Praesidium Libertatis Grant this year. Smits is an assistant professor at the LUMC and Van Beek at ...