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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 ...
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Historical research helps biodiversity in Leiden city centre 22 July 2024The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does...
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How worshipping your grandfather ensures your social status 17 July 2024In Ancient Egypt, prominent families engaged in ancestor worship to maintain their high standing. Renata Schiavo researched this link between religion...
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University 17 July 2024An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Alumnus Marlon Titre: ‘Film is often the start of a conversation’ 17 July 2024Marlon Titre (1982) studied at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, did his PhD and studied at Leiden University, earned several other qualifications and is...
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Stephanie Noach wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize 16 July 2024Assistant professor Stephanie Noach has won the Dissertation Prize of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. She is receiving this prestigious prize for ...
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’ 16 July 2024Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping ...
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‘Swipen voor een kwarrel’: alumni write about dating jargon 15 July 2024Online dating is hard enough on its own, but these days you also need to know what terms like ‘zombieing’ and ‘prela’ mean. Alumni Milou Andree and Vi...
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Why do we always have room for pudding? 15 July 2024In De Kookshow, Universiteit Van Nederland explores the scientific world behind food. Ever wondered which senses influence how tasty you find somethin...
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KIEM grant for 'Making up Migrants' 15 July 2024Wiebe Ruijtenberg (Law/VVI), Nadia Sonneveld (Law/VVI), Paul van Trigt (Institute for History) and Jasmijn Rana (CADS) have received a KIEM grant of €...
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia? 15 July 2024Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and S...
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The dean Mark Rutgers speaks at penultimate session of flash campaign 15 July 2024After the new government announced its plans to cut expenditure on academic education, the Faculty of Humanities launched the flash campaign ‘Stop the...
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Integrative learning to improve connection with labour market: 'Digital skills are badly needed' 15 July 2024Many humanities graduates find work in digital heritage, but a good pedagogical model to match education is lacking. University lecturers Karin de Wil...
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Bas van Rijn wins Fritz Stolz-Preis 2024 10 July 2024
LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn was awarded the Fritz Stolz-Preis on 7 June 2024 for his PhD Dissertation “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research:...
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Ready for the digital future: The Humanities Hub 08 July 2024The future is digital. That is why the new Humanities Hub for Digital Research Skills, and Media (in short: Humanities Hub) will soon open its doors i...