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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected Fellow of the British Academy 05 September 2024Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been elected as an International Fellow of the British Academy, a prestigious recognition that highlights her exceptio...
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs' 04 September 2024Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD ...
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants 03 September 2024Ten scientists from Leiden University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to launch their own proje...
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Linguistic time travel 03 September 2024A love of puzzles and the patience of a saint: these are two essential traits for linguists wishing to explore the Indo-European language family. Fort...
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Pieter Slaman wins 2024 LUS Teaching Prize 02 September 2024Pieter Slaman, Assistant Professor at the Institute of History and the University’s university historian, has won the 2024 LUS Teaching Prize.
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Santino Regilme’s Article Named Finalist for the BJPIR John Peterson Best Paper Prize 2023 02 September 2024The peer-reviewed article by Salvador Santino Regilme, titled “Crisis Politics of Dehumanisation during COVID-19: A Framework for Mapping the Social P...
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International Studies students receive their diploma 30 August 2024On 30 August 2024, 330 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic Pie...
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Launch D&I Calendar 2024-2025 30 August 2024The Faculty of Humanities is proud to launch its new D&I Calendar for the academic year 2024-2025. This calendar is an effort to build awareness and c...
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International recognition for our 'Leiden did not forget you' days 30 August 2024The Alumni Office is happy and proud: the 'Leiden did not forget you' days of spring 2023 have won an award from the Council for Advancement and Suppo...
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’ 30 August 2024In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today...
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Camil Staps receives Rubicon grant: What does ‘that’ mean? 29 August 2024PhD student Camil Staps is continuing his academic career in Berlin. He receives a Rubicon grant to do research there on demonstrative pronouns.
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Leiden’s Austria Centre traveled to Budapest, Hungary for the Annual Convention of Austria Centers 05 August 2024The sixteenth Annual Convention of Austria Centers took place in Budapest, Hungary in June 2024. There, colleagues gathered from around the world, com...
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Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way 01 August 2024Two Leiden University science communication projects have been awarded a WECOM grant through the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). One project is a study o...
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Launch Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN) 26 July 2024On July 3rd the Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN) has officially been launched. The network welcomes all who are interested in ...