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Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great' 05 July 2024
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers 11 June 2024
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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Herman Paul new KNAW member: ‘Challenges enough’ 07 June 2024
Herman Paul (professor of History of the Humanities) has been elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He will b...
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Rafal Matuszewski awarded grant for workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives 28 May 2024
When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this quest...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Esther Captain, Gert Oostindie and Valika Smeulders win Die Haghe Prize 2024 14 May 2024
Researchers Esther Captain, Gert Oostindie and Valika Smeulders have won the Die Haghe Prize 2024. They were awarded the prize for their book The colo...
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Rafal Matuszewski awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 24 April 2024
Dr. Rafal Matuszewski, assistant professor at the ancient history department of the Institute for History, has been awarded an Early Career Partnershi...
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Santino Regilme Wins International Studies Association's Best Book in Human Rights - Honorable Mention, 2023-2024 14 March 2024
Salvador Santino Regilme received an honorable mention from the Human Rights Section at the International Studies Association (ISA) for his book, Aid ...
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Sigrid Kaag avant la lettre: Women played a significant role in eighteenth-century diplomacy 07 March 2024
With her Veni research, investigator Rosanne Baars from the Institute of History aims to demonstrate that women played a role in the eighteenth-centur...
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Mild Intellectual Disability and Loneliness: 'We Need to Handle the Discomfort Better' 06 February 2024
Individuals with a mild intellectual disability often experience loneliness more frequently than others. In a new NWA project, social history lecturer...
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Santino Regilme wins Cecil B. Currey Book Award for ‘Aid Imperium’ 22 January 2024
Salvador Santino Regilme, Jr. Associate Professor of International Relations and Program Chair of MA in International Relations, has been honored with...
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Rector Bijl presented the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association first annual conference 19 January 2024
On December 6, 2023, Rector Hester Bijl welcomed participants at the Leiden Jewish Studies Association’s First Annual Conference 'Jews at Home: From C...
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Two new Leiden members of The Young Academy 16 January 2024
Leiden researchers Fenneke Sysling (Institute for History) and Joris van der Voet (Institute of Public Administration) will be admitted to the Royal N...
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Florian Herrendorf wins Fruinprijs 2023 15 September 2023
Florian Herrendorf has won the Fruin Prize 2023. His thesis was chosen out of 11 nominees as the best master's thesis in history studies.
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Carla Cisternas Guasch receives research grant of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation 12 September 2023
Carla Cisternas Guasch, PhD candidate at the Leiden Institute for History, is one of the winners of the 2023 call of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foun...