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Veni grant Lucien van Beek23 July 2015
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Lucien van Beek a Veni grant. This grant offers young researchers the possibilit...
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Elisa Goudriaan wins Ted Meijer Prize09 July 2015
The KNIR has awarded Elisa Goudriaan the Ted Meijer Prize for her dissertation The Cultural Importance of Florentine Patricians. Cultural Exchange, Br...
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Wim van Anrooij appointed to member KHMW09 July 2015
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen invited Wim van Anrooij to join as a member. That does not happen to everyone!
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NWO funding for history research into Siva Religion in Asia06 July 2015
Professor Peter Bisschop, lecturer in Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia, has been awarded a grant by the NWO Free Competition to fund his re...
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2015 Roberta D'Alessandro elected Member of the ICSU Committee25 June 2015
As of this October, linguist Roberta D'Alessandro is appointed as Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Committee on Freedom and Resp...
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Literary Award for Ali Al Tuma21 May 2015
Ali Al Tuma, PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for History, has won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for his play ‘Yusuf Melik Esp...
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Bareez Majid nominated for ECHO Award21 May 2015
Iraqi-Kurdish student of Middle Eastern Studies Bareez Majid has been nominated for the ECHO Award. ‘She has a strong personality, though she may appe...
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Linguist Willem Adelaar receives royal decoration22 April 2015
Linguist Willem Adelaar was appointed to Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion on October 1st. On that very same day he celebrated his 43-year connect...
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Film by Itandehui Jansen chosen for Cannes09 March 2015
The short documentary film was selected to the short film corner of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Using an ERC grant to study languages with beans and millet04 March 2015
Japanologist and linguist Martine Robbeets is going to use her newly acquired ERC Consolidator Grant to study the origins and spread of Trans-Eurasian...
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A musical celebration of the 440th dies natalis02 March 2015
On the occasion of the 440th DIES NATALIS, celebrated on Monday 9 February, Leiden University proudly awarded an Honorary Doctorate to William Christi...
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William Christie - Honorary Doctor proposed by the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts19 February 2015
The Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts will be proudly awarding an Honorary Doctorate within the upcoming 440th Dies Natalis.
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Jan Oster wins the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching 201402 February 2015
At the Institute’s Council meeting of last December the first Institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded. The award is named after Carla Must...
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Start project A New History of Fishes28 January 2015The 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 ...
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Vrije Competitie Grant for Lisa Cheng and Anikó Liptak07 January 2015
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded LUCL researchers prof.dr. Lisa Cheng and dr. Anikó Liptak a Vrije Competitie gr...