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How worshipping your grandfather ensures your social status 17 July 2024
In Ancient Egypt, prominent families engaged in ancestor worship to maintain their high standing. Renata Schiavo researched this link between religion...
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Veni grant for Leiden researchers 17 July 2024
The Veni grant is awarded annually by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). This year, multiple researchers from Leiden University a...
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University 17 July 2024
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Graduation MIRD Class of 2024: 'The world is better off with students like this' 17 July 2024
On Friday 5 July 2024, the graduation of the two-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) programme was celebrated at Wijnhaven ...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel publishes volume on democracy as a cultural phenomenon 17 July 2024
In collaboration with Routledge, Hans-Martien ten Napel recently published a volume entitled 'Culture, Secularization and Democracy: Lessons from Alex...
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Kathleen Gregory receives Veni grant for research on the sustainability of open data infrastructures 17 July 2024
Data about COVID-19 were everywhere during the pandemic, but how will all this data continue to be managed and kept open so that it is usable in the f...
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Veni grant for research on how AI is transforming science 17 July 2024
Artificial Intelligence is changing many fields of science. The project ‘Beyond “Ground Truth”: An Anthropology of AI at the Limits of Scientific Know...
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Alumnus Marlon Titre: ‘Film is often the start of a conversation’ 17 July 2024
Marlon Titre (1982) studied at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, did his PhD and studied at Leiden University, earned several other qualifications and is...
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Want to help develop a Serious Game at Psychology Lab on Wheels? 16 July 2024
Psychology Lab on Wheels makes science accessible for everyone. E-Virt is aiming at being a Serious Game that on its later stages will serve as a tool...
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Half a million for X-ray research to conserve masterpieces 16 July 2024
Professor of Computer Science Joost Batenburg has received half a million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to improve the conservation of h...
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Joris Larik gives keynote address on the EU and multilateralism 15 July 2024
Dr Joris Larik, Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute and Leiden University College, was invited to give a keynote address in Brussels. He gave ...
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KIEM grant for 'CARMA: Community Archive and Repository for Multimodal and Artistic Research' 15 July 2024
Andrew Hoffman (CADS), Mark Westmoreland (CADS) and Yasmin Ismail (CADS) have received a KIEM grant of € 10.000 for their project 'CARMA: Community Ar...
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KIEM grant for 'Picturing Scholasticide' 15 July 2024
Matthew Canfield (LAW/VVI), Nadia Sonneveld (Law/VVI), Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela (CADS) and Elisa Da Vià (HUM) have received a KIEM grant of € 10.00...
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Leiden University hosts successful Matra Rule of Law Training Programme 15 July 2024
Between 18 and 29 March 2024, a group of 28 civil servants and policymakers from pre-accession countries participated in the Matra Rule of Law Trainin...
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KIEM grant for 'Making up Migrants' 15 July 2024
Wiebe Ruijtenberg (Law/VVI), Nadia Sonneveld (Law/VVI), Paul van Trigt (Institute for History) and Jasmijn Rana (CADS) have received a KIEM grant of €...