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Brechtje Paijmans appointed as endowed professor at Leiden University25 October 2022Stichting Onderwijsgeschillen (Foundation for Educational Disputes) is pleased to announce that it has established an endowed chair ‘Conflictoplossing...
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Archaeologist Wei Chu explores Carpathian caves with Gerda Henkel grant25 October 2022Recently, archaeologist Dr Wei Chu received a grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for an excavation in the Carpathian Mountains. Originally planning ...
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Three Leiden researchers receive ERC Synergy Grant25 October 2022Leiden researchers Arjen Doelman, Tom Huizinga and Manfred Wuhrer have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants worth millions of euros for their research on p...
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Rens Tacoma wins Research Prize Italian Studies Working Group24 October 2022Associate professor Rens Tacoma has won the 2021 Research Prize for Historical Sciences. The prize is awarded annually by the Italy Studies Working Gr...
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Thea Hilhorst on her second appointment as a LDE professor20 October 2022The Humanities Faculty welcomes Thea Hilhorst as a professor. Due to the cooperation between the universities in Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, she ...
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Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation20 October 2022Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Prese...
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in its full depth'19 October 2022Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and...
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LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant awarded to two researchers18 October 2022Anke Smits and Lucien van Beek have been awarded a Praesidium Libertatis Grant this year. Smits is an assistant professor at the LUMC and Van Beek at ...
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Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202217 October 2022Each year, supervisors within the Institute of Political Science are asked to nominate exceptional theses for the annual Thesis Prize. This resulted i...
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award14 October 2022Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the...
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Replicated molecules reveal hiding method of bacteria13 October 2022Specific fatty acid-sugar molecules allow leprosy bacteria, among others, to hide from our immune system. How exactly is not entirely clear. Hessel va...
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Alex Reuneker awarded Frans van Eemeren prize13 October 2022University lecturer Alex Reuneker has won the Frans van Eemeren Prize for his paper 'Assessing classification reliability of conditionals in discourse'.
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Marlou Schrover on her second appointment as LDE professor13 October 2022Professor Marlou Schrover will receive a second appointment as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professor. In addition to her current position as professor of Mig...
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler11 October 2022Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives the Niels Bohr medal07 October 2022Leiden professor of molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry Ewine van Dishoeck was presented with the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal on Friday ...