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Interview with Markus Davidsen on his Comenius project12 April 2024Assistant professor Markus Davidsen has received the Comenius grant, with which he wishes to improve secondary education on religion. In this intervie...
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Wouter Kalf and Niels van Doesum win a Seed Grant19 March 2024To support interdisciplinary research on today's world-scale changes and governing challenges, the GTGC programme awards a number of seed grants to sc...
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Santino Regilme Wins International Studies Association's Best Book in Human Rights - Honorable Mention, 2023-202414 March 2024Salvador 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 diplomacy07 March 2024With 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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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'06 March 2024When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Ed...
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play05 March 2024A team with Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage. They are resea...
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University29 February 2024From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the...
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KNAW Early Career Award for Alisa van de Haar: ‘I want to take a more positive approach to migration and multilingualism’22 February 2024Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature...
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Meet Louise van der Vlugt, Co-winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award15 February 2024In December 2023, Louise van der Vlugt was announced as Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award. She sat down to answer some questions ...
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'08 February 2024Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, ...
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Mild Intellectual Disability and Loneliness: 'We Need to Handle the Discomfort Better'06 February 2024Individuals with a mild intellectual disability often experience loneliness more frequently than others. In a new NWA project, social history lecturer...
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Meet Max Farasat, Co-Winner of the 'Best Thesis in Jewish Studies' Award30 January 2024In December 2023, Mr. Max Farasat (B.A. Religious Studies) was announced as Co-Winner of the "Best Thesis in Jewish Studies" Award. He sat down to ans...
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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 conference19 January 2024On 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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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy17 January 2024Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, th...