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Indigenous people as essential research partners 16 November 2017The knowledge held by indigenous people is essential if you want to study the history or the language of a particular region. Leiden archaeologists an...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden 09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Right brain hemisphere also important for learning a new language 16 October 2017Novel language learning activates different neural processes than was previously thought. A Leiden research team has discovered parallel but separate ...
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Poems in sign language 04 September 2017Will Leiden be the first city to have wall poems in sign language? It will, if sign language researcher Victoria Nyst has her way. She recently starte...
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Florian Schneider wins LUS Teaching Prize 04 September 2017Florian Schneider has earned the title of Leiden University Lecturer of the Year. Sinologist Schneider was nominated by his students and crowned winne...
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Why Brainpower can hold his own against Harry Mulisch 22 August 2017In terms of the breadth of their vocabulary, many Dutch rappers can easily match leading authors. This is the surprising conclusion drawn by language ...
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ERC grants for four Leiden scientists 14 August 2017Four scientists from Leiden University have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant, worth up to two mil...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees 07 August 2017Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Sharing platform for language teachers launched 09 June 2017The new Language Learning Resource Centre was launched today at Leiden University. The LLRC is an initiative to unite all language teaching profession...
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Laura Migliori receives scholarship from KNIR 07 June 2017Laura Migliori receives a research scholarship from the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR, Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome).
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Michaël Peyrot elected member of the Young Academy of Europe 07 June 2017Michaël Peyrot is elected member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE: http://yacadeuro.org).
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Jiang Wu receives NWO scholarship for PhD project 07 June 2017
Jiang Wu receives an NWO scholarship for his PhD project "Tracking Malay migration history through the genealogy of vernacular Malayic varieties". His...
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars 01 June 20175 talented Leiden humanities scholars have received a Vidi research subsidy of 800.000 euros to set up or expand their own line of research.
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3 Humanities scholars receive Special Recognition Award 01 June 2017The international World Cultural Council (WCC) has awarded Nadine Akkerman, Victoria Nyst and Alicia Schrikker with Special Recognition Awards given t...
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The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has chosen Prof. Dr. Lisa Cheng as a member 16 May 2017The prominent members of KNAW, are chosen on their academic and scientific achievements and the membership is for life. The academic members will be ...