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16 January 2012  
 
 
 
 
 
  Excellent evaluation for International Relations and Diplomacy
The International Relations and Diplomacy master’s degree programme, a two-year Political Sciences programme, has received an extremely positive visitation appraisal. The evaluations ranged from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’.
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  Major European subsidy for research into Amerindian languages
Willem Adelaar, Professor of Amerindian Languages and Cultures, is to receive European funding worth 2.6 million euro for research into the relations between Central and South American Amerindian languages. His aim is to structure the enormous language diversity in the region and shed light on the history of the American population.
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  Astronomers map dark matter
An international team of astronomers, including Prof. Koen Kuijken and Dr Henk Hoekstra, has managed for the first time to map the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe.
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  And the winners are ...
Prizes, scholarships, subsidies and honours of all kinds for Leiden University for starting researchers to world experts. A selection of the prizewinners from 2011 gives an impression of the scope of scientific research at Leiden University.  
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  Leiden through the eyes of an international student
What is it like to just pack your suitcases, leave your friends and family behind, and come to study in Leiden? You can find the answer on The Leidener, a blog for and by international students. Blogger Laurence McGivern: ‘We want to show people that Leiden is more than a weird place full of Dutch people.’
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  Research abroad with a Rubicon grant
Promising young Leiden researchers Wouter van den Bos, Tim van Erven and Wouter Halfwerk are going to conduct research at foreign universities. A Rubicon grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research is making this possible. Two academics who completed their PhD degrees abroad are coming to Leiden.
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More news
Long-term increase in mortality rate after thrombosis
Transplantation can learn from egg cell donation
LUC The Hague signs agreement with National Taiwan University
Residence time of medication on target molecule more important than affinity
Agreement signed between CML and Mulawarman University
Chemical toolkit in the fight against cancer

  View from abroad
Merlijn van Deen: 'In Paris everything is in French!'
 

  International Students
Open Day Leiden University College The Hague 21 January 
Application deadline for LExS Scholarships - 1 March 
Register for the two-day Introduction Programme in February
Dates for your diary: Open Days for master's programmes
 

  International Staff
P&O News 20 December 2011
3FM Glass House in Leiden a great success
 

  Coming events
16 January: LUCIS conference 'Prince of Physicians, Avicenna's Legacy in the Modern Islamic Societies'
26 January: Practicum Musicae concert (page in Dutch)
6 February: LIBC lecture 'The clock in our brain: circadian rhythms, aging and Alzheimer's disease'
6 and 7 February: International Conference on Archaeology, Architecture and Liturgy
8 February:  Dies Natalis of Leiden University
 

 
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