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Lina van Drunen wins best poster prize at the international Flux Society Congress 21 September 2022At the international Flux Society Congress 2022 in Paris, Lina van Drunen won the prize for best poster with her PhD research on how music influences ...
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Critical of the risks: research into the experiences of military observers 20 September 2022For his PhD, historian and army major Dion Landstra researched the effectiveness of observers in peace operations in the Balkans between 1991 and 1995...
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Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law wins Erasmus+ grant 19 September 2022Dr Robert Heinsch and his team of IHL Clinic researchers at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law have won a prestigious Erasm...
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Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click 16 September 2022Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic cli...
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Archaeologist Lennart Kruijer's year: a Cum Laude dissertation, a grant, a fellowship 14 September 2022In May 2022 Lennart Kruijer succesfully defended his PhD, which he wrote as a member of the VICI Project ‘Innovating Objects’, led by prof. Miguel Joh...
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Erasmus+ grant for 13 exchange projects 13 September 2022Thirteen Leiden University exchange projects have been awarded an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant. The total award of around 450,000 euro...
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Three students nominated for an ECHO Award: ‘I want to make the world a better place’ 13 September 2022A more inclusive and diverse society is what Talisha Schilder, Hawra Nissi and Chiraz Hassoumi spend many hours a week working towards. Their hard wor...
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Samatar Botan investigates ancient Aksum with a Mosaic 2.0 grant 12 September 2022In July 2022 our alumnus Samatar Botan received the news that he had received the NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant. This grant enables him to start a PhD research...
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Astrid Van Weyenberg wins Faculty Teaching Prize 2022 12 September 2022University lecturer Astrid Van Weyenberg has won the Faculty of Humanities Teaching Prize. ‘Astrid is a lovely person who can teach well.'
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Iprotics Wins the Venture Challenge Spring 2022 12 September 2022The winner of the 2022 Spring edition of the NWO Venture Challenge was announced during the Dutch Biotech Event. The innovative startup Iprotics has d...
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Modderman Prize 2022 awarded to Hannah Brodersen and Lucas Noyon 09 September 2022The Modderman Prize is awarded once every two years to advance research in the field of criminal law science.
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Leiden Law Op 1 marks the start of a new and innovative academic year 08 September 2022On Tuesday 6 September, the faculty year 2022-2023 got off to a great start with Leiden Law Op 1, our yearly talkshow live from the Kamerlingh Onnes G...
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Wood formation further explored by NWO-XL grant 07 September 2022Leiden researchers, Professor Remko Offringa and co-applicants Salma Balazadeh and Frederic Lens received an NWO-XL grant (2.5 million euros). Togethe...
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Nieuwscheckers win Mr. K.J. Cath Prize and thank Donald Trump 07 September 2022Nieuwscheckers, a team of journalist fact-checkers from Leiden University, received the Mr. K.J. Cath Prize at the opening of the academic year on 5 S...
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Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau 29 August 2022Emeritus professor Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe received the royal award from the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam for her great contribution to the quality o...