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Bitcoins demand a huge amount of electricity 31 March 2016Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency to date but it is starting to have some serious physical effects on the environment. A study shows that i...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Bernhard Hommel 31 March 2016Prof. Bernhard Hommel has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With this grant of 2.5 million euros the cognitive ps...
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‘How much damage has Palmyra actually suffered?' 31 March 2016Peter Akkermans, Professor of Archaeology of the Middle East, cannot say for certain how much damage the destruction by IS has caused in Palmyra.
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Dr. Charlene Kalle and Dr. Tim van Erven awarded TOP-grants 30 March 2016Dr. Charlene Kalle and dr. Tim van Erven, both assistant professors at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University have received a TOP grant for P...
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Prof. dr. Joost Batenburg awarded with Vici grant 2015 30 March 2016The NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) awarded prof. Joost van Batenburg with the Vici grant 2015 for his research project ‘Re...
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An Interview with Kiri Paramore, Author of Japanese Confucianism 24 March 2016For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the...
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History and Linguistics in Leiden #19 and #28 in QS ranking 2016 22 March 2016In QS’s World University Rankings of 2016, Leiden University’s History and Linguistics programme rank #19 and #28, respectively. This makes the Histor...
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Prof. dr. Ronald Cramer interviewed about data security by Volkskrant 15 March 2016Saturday 13 February 2016 the daily newspaper Volkskrant published an article based on interviews with Professor Ronald Cramer and Harry Buhrman.
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In memoriam: Professor Cees Fasseur 14 March 2016It is with great sadness that Leiden University has learned of the death of Professor Cees Fasseur (11 December 1938–13 March 2016).
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LACDR female professors amongst reveilation Senate Chamber 09 March 2016On International Women’s Day 2016 the portrait photos of LACDR female Science Professors were unveiled amongst 89 other female Professors of Leiden Un...
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Fulbright Archival Research Trip in New York (October 2015 – January 2016) 24 February 2016Joris van den Tol spent three months doing archival research in Albany in the USA. Read on how he experienced his stay.
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Graduate film Marleen Oostenrijk on local television 19 February 2016‘Over leven in Aarlanderveen’ , the film that Master's student Marleen Oostenrijk made for her graduation project of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...
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The Bigger Picture 19 February 2016Hope for New Life - Warren Richardson, World Press Photo of the Year 2015
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Speckmann prizes 2016 16 February 2016On Monday 15 February 2016 the annual Speckmann Prizes were granted at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. BA-studenten ...
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In memoriam Prof. Galjart (1933 -2016) 15 February 2016Prof. Benno F. Galjart, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University, has passed away l...