News
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PhD survey results announced 18 September 2023
The Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities conducted a survey of its PhD candidates and their supervisors in spring 2023. What is going well? An...
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1K Z1E J3 benches at Faculty of Humanities 18 September 2023
As part of Leiden University’s aim to be a safe and healthy environment for all staff and students, several activities and lectures were organised in ...
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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things' 15 September 2023
Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme...
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Florian Herrendorf wins Fruinprijs 2023 15 September 2023
Florian Herrendorf has won the Fruin Prize 2023. His thesis was chosen out of 11 nominees as the best master's thesis in history studies.
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Zelensky addresses students: 'Live your own life, but do so together with others' 12 September 2023
A standing ovation. A wave and a smile from the president. A final selfie. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed students in the Netherland...
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Carla Cisternas Guasch receives research grant of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation 12 September 2023
Carla Cisternas Guasch, PhD candidate at the Leiden Institute for History, is one of the winners of the 2023 call of the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foun...
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‘India in the World’: An Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda 12 September 2023
Rahul Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, was on the Hague Campus on 10 September. Gandhi was accompanied by his advisor, Sam Pi...
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Michaël Peyrot appointed professor: 'We have a bright future ahead of us' 11 September 2023
Michaël Peyrot has been appointed professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics with retroactive ...
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The New Scholar: Let’s Make an Impact! 11 September 2023
The New Scholar, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University, is launching its first issue, and how? ...
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Olja Karmanova wins Faculty Teaching Prize 2023 11 September 2023
The Humanities Faculty Teaching Award has been won by Olja Karmanova. The Russian lecturer was presented with the award during the opening of the facu...
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Faculty year opened in the Hortus 11 September 2023
It has become tradition: the opening of the faculty year in the Hortus Botanicus. This year, too, staff and students of the Faculty of Humanities gath...
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention 08 September 2023
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material show...
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Assessor talk: Nova Verkerk succeeds Anne Wellink as assessor 06 September 2023
For the past year, Anne Wellink represented students' interests on the Faculty Board. As of September, Nova Verkerk will take over. In this interview,...
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Master's student of Arts and Culture develops own exhibition: 'A very enriching experience' 06 September 2023
Many students dread writing a thesis. Master’s student Laura Robustella's practice-based thesis shows that it is well worth the effort. She developed ...
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers 05 September 2023
Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...