452 search results for “english language and culture” in the Staff website
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Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme wint EFNIL-scriptieprijs
Good news for Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme, who has won the thesis prize awarded by the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL). ‘I emailed my thesis supervisor right away.’
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Can Generative AI Generate Culture?
Debate
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Liesbeth Minnaard
Faculty of Humanities
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Martina Revello Lami
Faculteit Archeologie
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
- AI Mixer: Can Generative AI Generate Culture?
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Programme accreditation
Degree programmes must be assessed and accredited once every six years to ensure they provide a high standard of education. You may be asked to speak to the assessment panel.
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Modern Dance - Improvisation, Composition, Performance
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
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Quantity expressions on nominal and verbal domain in underrepresented languages spoken in Brazil
Lecture
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Public lecture: On the Diversity and the Formation of Creole Languages
Lecture
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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’
How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Being outlines the University’s plans to promote student well-being in the coming years.
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Events Office: our portfolio
To give you some idea of the options, below are some examples of events that the Events Office has organised.
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Hossam Ahmed: ‘Listen to your students’
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. Lecturer Hossam Ahmed is one of them. What does he think makes for good education?
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik Danen
Science
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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Fan Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lecturer Michael Newton has been awarded a NIAS subsidy to reconstruct the lives of three of these families.
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Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop
K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University lecturer Mirae Kim explains why these songs are so difficult to translate in the video series "The World of Korean Wave'.
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.
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Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films
What makes South Korean films successful? In the first part of the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', University Lecturer Peter Verstraten discusses the recent success of South Korean cinema.
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Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans
Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide their hair color. In the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', PhD candidate Flora Smit takes a closer look at this relationship.
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Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t
What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.
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Pitfalls for Advanced Writers of Academic English & Word Order (Graduate School FSW)
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities
Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Language and Culture, Greek and Latin Language and Culture, Latin American Studies, Ancient Near East Studies, Religious Studies and Russian Studies.
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Six top rated programmes at humanities
The bachelor programmes German Language and Culture, Classics, Dutch Language and Culture, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious studies and Linguistics have received the predicate top rated programme from the Keuzegids.
- Have your say on the quality of our teaching (in English)
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Turning the tide from language endangerment to ethnolinguistic vitality
Inaugural lecture
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Digital Analyses: Old English Poems and Modern Comics
Lecture
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Digital assessments
Tests and assessments give you a better idea of how well students are doing. Keep reading to find out which ICT resources are available for the various assessment methods.
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Standing up for yourself, while keeping good relations (Effective communication)
Communication, Working effectively
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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Opening LeidenGlobal Photo Exhibition: Crafting Cultures
Exhibition
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Simposio Internacional Violencia, Género y Producción Cultural
Conference
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Heritage languages in the Netherlands: Scholars, teachers, and students in dialogue
Lecture, Workshop
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LUCDH Workshop: An Introduction to Large Language Models in the Humanities
Lecture
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Exhibitions LeidenGlobal 'Crafting Cultures' and '3 Leidsche Mondialen'
Arts and culture
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Revolutionary Parents: Intimate Cultural Memories of the Arab Left
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’