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NWA grants for interdisciplinary consortia 21 March 2022
Several consortia in which Leiden University is involved have been awarded Dutch Research Agenda funding. Leiden is the coordinator of five of these c...
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’ 18 March 2022
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers 17 March 2022
Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enab...
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Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other' 10 March 2022
During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storyt...
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Three new Leiden bloggers for Faces of Science 07 March 2022
What is life like as an academic? Twelve PhD candidates will report on their daily work in videos and blogs on the Faces of Science website (in Dutch...
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Streaming the Sagas: a live role play in the North-European Age of Heroes 21 February 2022
Hwæt! You've heard of the adventures of the mighty Beowulf. You've heard of the brave folk standing beside him, and the awe-inspiring foes standing ag...
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards 17 February 2022
Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independe...
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A quick call about Ukraine: 'Putin wants to be taken seriously' 15 February 2022
Suddenly there they were, the Russian soldiers near the border of Ukraine. Since then, reports of tensions between Russia on the one hand and the Unit...
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Students Sander, Linde and Melle create an online exhibition for the University Library 15 February 2022
With a recently published major research project and an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, the struggle for independence in Indonesia has been thrusted ba...
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Opposing the French participle clause 10 February 2022
The Dutch phrase ‘ijs en weder dienende’ (literally, ‘ice and weather serving’) is a good example of what is known as a participle clause and is perha...
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam 07 February 2022
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University 03 February 2022
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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Markus Davidsen wins 2021 Impact Prize 24 January 2022
Markus Davidsen, assistant professor of Religious Studies, is the winner of the 2021 Impact Prize. He is receiving the prize of 1,000 euros for the ma...
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"Storia de Nhas Pais" interviews’ collection officially handed over to Rotterdam City Archive 07 January 2022
A collection of interviews from the oral history project "Storia de Nhas Pais" ("Story of my Parents") was handed over to the Rotterdam City Archive o...
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Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network created 10 December 2021
Last week, the 'Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network' was created, based on the network event 'Leiden Anthropology of and in Asia' on 8 December 2021. ...