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Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’ 17 May 2022
Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how...
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Aafje de Roest: ‘As an expert in Dutch Studies you have the right skills to research hip hop’ 10 May 2022
Aafje de Roest turned her hobby into her job. She went from a teenager who enjoyed listening to hip hop music to a PhD candidate who focuses on how Du...
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Comenius teaching grants for four Leiden lecturers 03 May 2022
Four lecturers from Leiden University will receive a 50,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. This will enable them and their team to realise an ed...
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Call for Papers for LUCAS Conference 'Practices in Comparative Medievalism' on 23 September 2022 25 April 2022
Medievalism is the area of academic study that investigates the reception and reconstruction of the medieval past since the Middle Ages came to an end.
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Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference - Call for Papers 20 April 2022
This is a call for papers for the upcoming tenth issue of the Journal of the Lucas Graduate Conference (JLGC), intended to be published by the end of ...
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Four Leiden researchers awarded Rubicon grants 14 April 2022
Four promising young researchers will be able to conduct two years of research at a university abroad thanks to a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Researc...
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022! 13 April 2022
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant 11 April 2022
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens 07 April 2022
A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn...
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From a rapper to an elegy: students of Italian make videos for a wide audience 07 April 2022
A course that concludes with a video pitch, instead of a paper or examination: Italian Language and Culture students each recorded their own knowledge...
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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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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund 04 February 2022
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclu...
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Humanities researchers publish a new journal issue inspired by times of crisis 03 February 2022
The ninth issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference has been published. This time the theme is ‘Reinventing Boundaries in Times of Crisis.’
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Newly appointed Art History professor, Minna Valjakka: 'Art teaches us more than you may think' 02 February 2022
On 1 January Minna Valjakka was appointed Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory from a Global Perspective. Valjakka sees her appointment as...
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Warja Tolstoj wins Ted Meijer prize 02 February 2022
Warja Tolstoj, alumna Art History, has been awarded the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. Named after the former director of the KNIR (Royal Nether...