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Saga Sjöberg and Thijs Brinksma win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2024 21 October 2024All students receiving their bachelor diploma in Political Science last week had a reason or two to celebrate. Two of them especially so: they won the...
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Democracy in action: Horizon grant for policy-oriented research on grassroots culture and democracy 21 October 2024Dr. Sara Brandellero and Dr. Kamila Krakowska Rodrigues from Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society will lead a collaborative research proje...
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos 17 October 2024This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behavio...
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Larissa van den Herik sworn in as Deputy Judge 16 October 2024Larissa van den Herik, Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, was sworn in as a Deputy Judge at ...
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Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award 10 October 2024This September, Adina Akbik received the Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Maste...
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Honorary doctorates for Eliot Higgins, Kelly Chibale and Bonnie Honig 08 October 2024Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder an...
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Professor Joanita Vroom investigates medieval Greece with The Packard Humanities Institute grant 07 October 2024In 2024, Professor Joanita Vroom received a substantial grant from the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) in support for her Hinterlands of Medieval C...
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ 02 October 2024A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. ...
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Sarah Cramsey's "Uprooting the Diaspora" wins the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies 27 September 2024Sarah Cramsey's first book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946, has won the ...
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Honorable mentions for Hannah Appel and Kimmy Shah (LDT) at VPR/VPRA Scriptieprijs 2024 26 September 2024On Friday 20 September, the Dutch associations for Privacy Law (VPR) and for Privacy Law Attorneys (VPR-A) announced their annual thesis award winner ...
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Letizia Lo Giacco winner of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for best article 24 September 2024Dr Letizia Lo Giacco is the recipient of the 2024 Rosalyn Higgins Prize for her article titled 'When a Dispute Exists: The Emerging Evidentiary Practi...
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PhD-Student Maia Casna receives two awards for osteoarchaeological research 23 September 2024PhD-student Maia has received multiple awards regarding her research on the impact of tobacco on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations.
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Three Leiden students in the running for an ECHO Award 23 September 2024Three Leiden students are in the running for the annual ECHO Award. This prize is for students from non-Western backgrounds who are actively engaged i...
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry linked to Naturalis as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet 23 September 2024Starting September 2024, Amanda Henry has started a new role as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet at Naturalis Biodi...
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Modderman Prize 2024 awarded to Elco Nab 19 September 2024The Modderman Prize for the years 2022-2023 is to be awarded to Elco Nab. This prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field ...