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Millions for Leiden
physicists and education specialists in Gravitation
programme
Leiden
physicists and education specialists are involved in three
national partnerships that are to receive millions in research
funding from the Ministry of Education for a ten-year research
programme. These are part of the Gravitation subdsidies for
leading national consortia. In total, six projects have
been selected that will together receive 167 million
euro.
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From film fan club to
politics
A
politician with the status of a film star, or conversely: a
film star turned political leader. Movies and politics are
closely connected in India. PhD student Roos Gerritsen carried
out field research on film fan clubs in Southern India and saw
how, at local level, film fans have political ambitions and
how they use their movie heroes for their own PR. Defence 8
November.
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iSPEX team wins 2012
Academic Year Prize
The
iSPEX team ‘Measuring particulates with your smartphone’ in
which Leiden University is a participant, has won the 2012
Academic Year Prize. The team beat their two competitors, both
from Groningen, at the finale on 25 October in Leiden's
Concert Hall.
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Third oldest Papiamento text
discovered
Leiden
University researchers have discovered by chance a note from
1783 in Papiamento. They are working on a linguistic study on
confiscated Dutch letters. The ‘Letters as loot’ project is
headed by Professor Marijke van der Wal.
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