News
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Andrea Cortellari wins the best MA thesis prize in Turkish Studies 18 August 2021
Andrea Cortellari, a 2020 graduate of the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, wins the best MA thesis prize...
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In memoriam Sjoerd van Koningsveld (1943-2021) 02 August 2021
We are saddened by the news of the unexpected passing of prof.dr. Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld on 28 July 2021.
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Digital guest lectures for secondary school students: 'The interdisciplinary collaboration gives me energy' 26 July 2021
Can a robot perform a religious ritual just like a monk? And what exactly is a religious ritual? Robots and religion seem to be two different subjects...
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Bastiaan Rijpkema appointed Professor by special appointment of Tolerance 30 June 2021
Bastiaan Rijpkema has been appointed Professor by special appointment of the new chair Tolerance at the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 July ...
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Skandapurāṇa Project Interview for New Books Network 29 June 2021
This interview features Drs. Peter Bisschop (Leiden University) and Yuko Yokochi (Kyoto University) and their work on the monumental Skandapurāṇa proj...
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NWO and ERC grant for research on Chinese infrastructure 21 June 2021
In the coming years, Hilde De Weerdt gets to spend over three million euros. She received grants from both the European Research Council (ERC) and the...
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Eight researchers to travel abroad on Rubicon grant 21 June 2021
Eight young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will allow them to conduct re...
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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations' 14 June 2021
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and ...
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KNAW subsidy strengthens cooperation between Leiden religious scholars and secondary school teachers 11 June 2021
Markus Altena Davidsen was 'extremely happy' when he heard that he and his colleagues had been awarded a grant from the KNAW pilot fund for science co...
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ 31 May 2021
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is t...
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Mattias Brand awarded Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Award 2021 20 May 2021
Mattias Brand’s dissertation, The Manichaeans of Kellis: Religion, Community, and Everyday Life (Leiden, 2019) has been selected for one of the five p...
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 20 May 2021
Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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NWO grant for four humanities projects 18 May 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted four grants to Leiden humanities scholars. They get to spend this money on research on a topic of their c...
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In Memoriam: Wilfred van Soldt (1947-2021) 17 May 2021
We regret to share the news that our colleague, friend, and former professor of Assyriology at Leiden University, passed away on 15 May 2021.
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The Skandapurāṇa Volume V published 17 May 2021
Skandapurāṇa V presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 92-112 from the Skandapurāṇa, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.