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MCS Scholarship for collection-oriented research: 'There can be a whole story behind something unimportant'03 May 2023Would you like to do collection-oriented research, but do not have sufficient resources? Every year, the Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) resear...
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers02 May 2023When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20...
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet28 April 2023Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-base...
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Two Leiden professors appointed KNAW members25 April 2023The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) announced on 25 April that it has appointed 18 new members. These include Leiden professors ...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna receives the NVFA Incentive Prize: ‘I try to push osteology into the public eye as much as I can’24 April 2023PhD candidate Maia Casna received an Incentive Prize from the Dutch Association for Physical Anthropology (NVFA). She was rewarded this honor for her ...
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Online curiosity explored: 'We are more likely to accept information uncritically if it answers a question'19 April 2023What do people wonder about on social media? University lecturer Matthijs Westera is the recipient of an NWO grant to investigate what people are curi...
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‘This prize is a great push for my self-esteem and motivation’19 April 2023Not only does she excel at her research, she is also active in outreach and started a collaboration outside her own field during her PhD. Yevheniia Ch...
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Lily Booter wins Moot Court Challenge Cup18 April 2023This is the eleventh time that the Moot Court Challenge Cup has been awarded! This time for best counsel in academic year 2022-2023.
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Horizon Europe grant for research into personalised treatment for high blood pressure18 April 2023Professor Thomas Hankemeier and his international research team HYPERMARKER have received a 10m-euro grant from Horizon Europe and UK Research and Inn...
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Rubicon grant for Leiden physicist: why do leaves of a tree always grow in the same shape?13 April 2023PhD candidate Ludwig Hoffmann will spend two years at Harvard University in the US thanks to a Rubicon grant he won on April 11. Using theoretical mod...
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Dorine Schellens and Peter Verstraten win the LUCAS Public Engagement Award 202312 April 2023The LUCAS Impact Committee, consisting of Jan van Dijkhuizen, Rick Honings, Casper de Jonge, Angus Mol, Thijs Porck and Aafje de Roest, has offered th...
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Steven Verburg wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 202211 April 2023Steven Verburg wins the 2022 Hugo Weiland Prize for best thesis in Central European Studies; Caroline Schep and Anneke Romijnders awarded “Honorable M...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 6th in QS World University Ranking05 April 2023It is the seventh year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universi...
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer04 April 2023The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other? Bart Barendregt, Professor...
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Speckmann Awards 2023 for Queer Joy in Motion report and Imogen Cooney28 March 2023The Fieldwork NL report prize goes to the “Queer Joy in Motion” report, by bachelor students Dorota Olsavska, Marthe Baalbergen, Rielly Puchalski, and...