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Dorota Mokrosinska receives ERC Starting Grant16 December 2014Assistant professor Political Philosophy Dorota Mokrosinska has received the ERC Starting Grant for her project Democratic Secrecy: A Philosophical St...
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Marian Klamer receives NWO Vici-grant01 October 2014
Linguist Marian Klamer, associated with Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, is one of the 31 scientists to receive a NWO Vici-grant for her rese...
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Leiden Humanities ranks high in QS World University Ranking17 September 2014Humanities Faculty Leiden occupies a 49th place in the field of Arts & Humanities in the QS World University Ranking. Especially the subject areas Lin...
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Jeff Fynn-Paul named co-recipient of Spanish government research grant09 September 2014
In August it was announced that Jeff Fynn-Paul was named co-recipient of a 15,000 EUR grant given by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitivid...
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NWO Veni grant for Thomas Fossen07 August 2014Dr Thomas Fossen (Institute for Philosophy) has been awarded with an NWO Veni grant for his research project 'Critical moments: How do events affect h...
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Researchers Humanities receive Veni grants01 August 2014
Three scholars of the Faculty of Humanities, Ahmad Al-Jallad, Thomas Fossen, and Tsolin Nalbantian, have received a Veni grant to implement their rese...
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Marie Curie – ITN Project ‘ForSeaDiscovery’23 July 2014Catia Antunes is one of the main partners in the ‘ForSeaDiscovery – Forest Resources for Iberian Empires: Ecology and Globalization in the Age of Disc...
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VICI winner Cwiertka: ‘I am contrary by nature’08 July 2014
Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden Professor of Modern Japan Studies, was already the recipient of a VENI and a VIDI grant. Now she has also been granted a VI...
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Fulbright award for MA student Çağlar Köseoğlu18 June 2014Çağlar Köseoğlu, MA student Literary Studies, has received the Fulbright Graduate Student Grant intended for students who want to study for a master’s...
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Yannis Kyriakides awarded first prize in International Rostrum for Composers06 June 2014
Yannis Kyriakides, PhD student at Academy of Creative and Performing Arts , has received the prestigious International Rostrum for Composers award, in...
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Roberta D'Alessandro granted Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia04 June 2014
Professor Roberta D’Alessandro, Chair of Italian Language and Culture at the Leiden University, has been awarded one of Italy’s highest honors: she is...
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Alwin Kloekhorst receives Vidi grant23 May 2014
Alwin Kloekhorst, working at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, has received a Vidi grant for his research on the break-up of the Indo-Euro...
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Composer and ACPA researcher Yannis Kyriakides awarded first prize in the International Rostrum for Composers23 May 2014
Former student of Leiden University professor Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Cyprus-born ACPA researcher Yannis Kyriakides,...
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Anglicist Ingrid Tieken appointed new member of KNAW21 May 2014
Leiden Anglicist Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade is one of the seventeen new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tieken is Pr...
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer wins Libris Literature Prize20 May 2014
Classics alumnus Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has won the Libris Literature Prize this year with his book La Superba. The Libris Literature Prize is one of ...