278 search results for “frans literature” in the Student website
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Investigating the Europe-wide connections of early medieval commoners with an ERC Synergy Grant
A large research group involving Leiden University as corresponding Host Institution has been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on how Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire with special attention to the yet underexplored but undoubtedly important…
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Astronomy for beginners: new minor opens up the universe to everyone
From telescopes to science fiction: in just one semester, students with no background in physics or astronomy get to explore the universe. The first group of students started last month in the new minor Our Universe.
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Anna Dlabacova receives ERC Starting Grant for research on late medieval prayer books
Assistant Professor Anna Dlabacova has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. She will use this grant of around 1.5 million euros to conduct research on the Dutch vernacular ‘book of hours’.
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Alisa van de Haar: ‘People with linguistic skills have always played a very important role in society’
Who was professionally involved in language between 1550 and 1650? And what were the financial returns of this language sector? Assistant Professor Alisa van de Haar has received an ERC Starting Grant to map out the situation in Northwest Europe between 1550 and 1650.
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Katinka ZevenFaculty of Humanities
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Milco WansleebenFaculty of Archaeology
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Zheyu ShangFaculty of Humanities
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Theo van der MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Cas BotmanFaculty of Humanities
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Nathalie HaakFaculty of Humanities
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Joanna Greenland
Faculty of Humanities
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Hylke Hettema
Faculty of Humanities
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Sandra KartenICLON
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
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Daný van DamFaculty of Humanities
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Milan Ismangil
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonie HenkesFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolas TurnerFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah BadwyFaculty of Humanities
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Finn Lindo-DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Anna Ljung Grüner-HeggeFaculty of Humanities
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Marjolein LansingICLON
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Annual Overview 2024
2024 was an eventful year for the Faculty of Humanities. Despite becoming the centre of political discussion and budget cuts as faculty ourselves, exceptional research projects were carried out and new initiatives were launched.
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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of the Ministry of Defence’s ‘International Military Cooperation Course Africa’.
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ fund.
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Yung LinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Machteld van der VlugtFaculty of Humanities
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Lara OffermansFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen Waaijer-LindersFaculty of Law
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’
When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical novel one day. Thirty years later, Gooilust, about Louise Blaauw-Six, has now been published.
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Seeing Stars: Jupiter steals the show in cloudy night skies
After months of preparation, the moment of truth had arrived: would the skies above Leiden clear for the promised glitzy planet-and-star show? The people of Leiden turned out in their hundreds to go star-hunting on 25 September. They became more aware than ever of the effects of light pollution.
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Plants and planets
The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.
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After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’
They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debating society of the German Studies programme. Former chair Hans van der Veen looks back on his student days.
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Writer in residence
Writer in residence Ronald Giphart will explore a number of his own fascinations with Leiden students.
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Join the essay competition: ‘The future of NATO’ and earn a spot in the NAC Crisis Simulation
Education
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices
At the end of the 7th century something curious occurs in Northwestern Europe. Suddenly, people start burying the dead next to their dwellings instead of in communal cemeteries. Professor Frans Theuws recently published a book on this phenomenon. ‘We wanted to know if the study of these farmyard burials…
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Martijn Kitzen has been appointed professor by Special Appointment of Military Science: 'It's time for Europe to make a stand.'
Martijn Kitzen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Military Science at ISGA on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Society for War Studies (KVBK).
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How to Study a Polymath
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, help each other and don’t give up’
The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February 2024
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Alex BrandsenFaculty of Archaeology
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Nick TombergeICLON
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Gergana Vasileva
ICLON
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Jos BrosschotSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Edurne de WildeFaculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Samten YeshiFaculty of Humanities