606 search results for “africa language” in the Student website
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jos DamenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her thesis “They think we can eat the condominium”. Chronicles of Economic, Social and Political Practices in Addis Ababa’s Condominiums.
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Rijk van DijkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2022: Robert Okello
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2022 is Robert Okello for his thesis on rural women’s legal empowerment through digital technology in Northern Uganda. Robert did his Master in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Jesse Wichers SchreurFaculty of Humanities
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Willemijn HeerenFaculty of Humanities
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Natasja DelbarFaculty of Humanities
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Ola UttenweilerFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin SuchardFaculty of Humanities
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Arnout KoornneefFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Ben ArpsFaculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language
'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa
Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.
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When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Marc BuijnstersFaculty of Humanities
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Arend QuakFaculty of Humanities
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Berry DongelmansFaculty of Humanities
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
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Tian YangFaculty of Humanities
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Anouschka van DijkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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I-Fan LinScience
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Jing YuFaculty of Humanities
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Liza van den BoschFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Manfred HorstmanshoffFaculty of Humanities
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Jiaqi WangFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia Dunn
Faculty of Humanities
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Suzan VerberneScience
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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent'
In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that you heard it through someone else. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal has been awarded a Vici grant to investigate whether the way people do this is…
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I-Hsien LinFaculty of Humanities
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Fokelien KootstraFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed
Communication is the transmission of information. All day long we are busy explaining and making things clear to each other, but exactly how we do that varies from language to language. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal delved into African Bantu languages for a Vidi project.
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
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