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Leo Lucassen admitted as KNAW member 25 April 2019
Leo Lucassen was selected by KNAW on the basis of his academic achievements. Lucassen studied socio-economic history in Leiden, where he earned a PhD ...
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First LUCAS Public Prize goes to Hugo Koning 17 April 2019
Hugo Koning, an expert in Greek mythology, has won the Lucas Public Prize because he has brought his research to the attention of the general public i...
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'I get to continue my academic career': archaeologist who fled Damascus for Leiden 09 April 2019
Ghazwan Yaghi was a leading archaeologist and researcher in Damascus but had to flee in 2014 because of the war. An NWO 'Refugees in Science' grant ha...
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Jaira Sona Chin: ‘My goal is to help families break out of the circle of poverty’ 03 April 2019
Jaira Sona Chin (24) is a second-year student of the bachelor’s programme International Studies in The Hague. Three years ago, she founded her own NGO...
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Crowdfunding for Nieuwscheckers a huge success: ‘Fact checking matters more than ever’ 02 April 2019
Nieuwscheckers, the fact-checking initiative at Leiden University, will check the claims made by politicians during the European elections. Lots of in...
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Dutch involvement in labour exploitation in North Korea, China and Pakistan 02 April 2019
Clothes by big Western brands that are on sale in Dutch shops are sometimes made by North Korean workers. The Dutch state is co-financer of a motorway...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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33 sayings highlight multilingual The Hague 25 March 2019
Since March 5th, the road between Holland Spoor Station and the old city centre of The Hague (also called the “Loper Oude Centrum”) features 33 saying...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019
Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Leiden Islam Academy launches online course ‘Islam in de klas’ for teachers 20 March 2019
‘Islam in de klas’ is a new course targeting primary school teachers to go online on 18 March by the Leiden Islam Academy (LIA). The online course aim...
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Mark Westmoreland and Francesco Ragazzi receive a Seed Grant 20 March 2019
Dr. Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Dr. Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science) have b...
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One million euros for research on migrant cultures in European Cities 07 March 2019
Dr. Sara Brandellero, expert in Lusophone literatures and cultures and member of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, will lead a res...
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Studying abroad: Erik and Donna are doing an internship in Uganda 04 March 2019
Erik van der Zanden and Donna de Weijer, both MA African Studies students, traveled all the way to Uganda’s capital Kampala in order to start their in...
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Tessa Askamp: new project director Taalmuseum 26 February 2019
As of February, Pepijn Reeser steps down as the project director of the Taalmuseum (the Language Museum). Exhibition designer and project manager Tess...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen science 11 February 2019
How many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...