2,663 search results for “arabic language and culture” in the Public website
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Functional projections in analytic languages
The ultimate aim of the project is to find out whether there are such things as
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities
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From Gesture to Language
Like any language, the natural sign languages (henceforth: SLs) of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that SLs make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…
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Jewish angels who speak Arabic: Yemeni-Jewish vernacular religion in immigration context
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion
The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks
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African languages archives
This collaborative research group (CRG) facilitates the synergies of researchers engaged with African languages and documentation of texts conducted in East Africa, paying particular attention to ‘endangered archives’ and ‘endangered languages’.
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Language Use in Past and Present
The research programme Language Use in Past and Present brings together linguists within LUCL whose central focus is both on actual language data, including language use in earlier stages of the language, and, taking a variationist perspective, on language change in various aspects.
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Weneya´a – “quien habla con los cerros”
This study documents and translates the Saa (Zapotec) cultural heritage of the Bene’ Ya’a/En’ne I’ya peoples, the Zapotec inhabitants of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca.
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The music of language: exploring grammar, prosody and rhythm perception in zebra finches and budgerigars
Promotor: C.J. ten Cate
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Mili Gabrovšek wins Education Award 2015
English Language and Culture lecturer Mili Gabrovšek has won the Education Award 2015. In the report, the jury praised Gabrovšek's humor and enthusiasm. Each year the award is presented to the most inspiring lecturer of the faculty at the opening of the academic year.
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Autumn School in Medieval Languages and Culture 2021
In close collaboration with the Center for Medieval Studies (Fordham), Centre for Medieval literature (Odense and York) and Centre for Medieval Studies (York), the University of Ghent organizes an Autumn School for PhD- and MA-students in Medieval Studies (18-22 October 2021). It will be organized in…
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Language Use, Usage Guides and Linguistic Norms
Language Use, Usage Guides and Linguistic Norms will be of interest to scholars of language use in both the past and the present, as well as to anyone interested in the interplay between actual language use and prescriptive attitudes towards language.
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Thijs Porck wins Faculty Teaching Prize
Thijs Porck, teacher at English Language and Culture, has won the faculty teaching prize. He was lauded for his enthousiasm, his creative ways of teaching, and his commitment to his students.
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Relative pitch in music and language
Knowledge and culture subproject 1:
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Cultural Production
This research network aims to create a shared platform for debate and dialogue on the broader theme of cultural production and exchange across different area specializations and historical periods.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Middle Eastern Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Ying Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Language as a time machine
About 90 per cent of Austronesian and Papuan languages are under threat of soon becoming extinct. Marian Klamer is the only professor in the world who researches both these language groups. She records languages before they disappear and sheds new light on the history of Indonesia. Inaugural lecture…
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Launch Leiden | Islam interview series
Why is Arabic poetry relevant for our understanding of the Arabic-speaking world? Arabist James Montgomery explains this in the first video interview of the Leiden | Islam interview series produced by Leiden Islam Centre LUCIS. 'If there is anything which is going to make the situation worse, it is…
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New perspectives on English in Scotland
Exploring the language of the lower classes in the nineteenth century
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Invisible Agents Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain
Nadine Akkerman's book Invisible Agents is the very first study to analyse the role of early modern women spies. The book foregrounds the agency of early-modern women, offering a corrective to the gender bias implicit in modern historiography.
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Culture and Society in Morocco
Do you want to do your minor in Morocco? Then choose the minor Culture and Society in Morocco! You'll about Moroccan culture, society and languages, and a solid training in ethnographic research methods.
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The comparative biology of language learning
A theoretical project on the insights gained by human (including infant), nonhuman animal and computational studies on artificial grammar learning; identifying the critical questions for future research by developing novel experimental and computational approaches to address these issues.
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Language courses
The Academic Language Centre organises language courses for companies, government agencies, private clients, and students and staff members of Leiden University.
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Five years after the Arab Spring: Is Tunisia the only success?
Five years after the Arab Spring it seems as if the only sign of success is in Tunisia. But is that really the case? The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) is organising a panel discussion on this topic on Friday 12 February.
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The restorations of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe in Egypt: "conservation" or "reinvention" of monuments?
Dina Ishak Bakhoum defended her thesis on 21 January 2021
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The Performative Force of Accented Speech: Language, Body, and Violence
This research examines the social, political, and cultural forces that structure people’s responses towards accented speech, and further uses the accent as a focal point to theorize the interrelation between language and body.
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Language as a time machine
By studying language you can reconstruct the history of different communities, even when no other historical sources, such as written documents, are available. In the coming years, researchers Willem Adelaar and Marian Klamer will be carrying out this kind of reconstruction in areas of great linguistic…
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Language and belonging in the 21st century
What does it take to truly be ‘one of us’ and what role does language play in this process? In short, what is the difference between ‘a language we understand’ and ‘our language’? This is the question Professor Terkourafi will address in her inaugural lecture on Friday 20 April.
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Launch of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
International scholarly publisher Brill has released the most complete and up-to-date reference work on the Chinese language available today. Prof.dr. Rint Sybesma oversaw the project as Editor-in-Chief.
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Roberta D'Alessandro granted Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia
Professor Roberta D’Alessandro, Chair of Italian Language and Culture at the Leiden University, has been awarded one of Italy’s highest honors: she is now a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia). D’Alessandro was presented with the honor on June 2, the…
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Minor Culture and Society in Morocco
During the Autumn semester (September-December), the Netherlands Institute in Morocco (NIMAR) offers a minor that focuses on the study of Morocco from a social sciences and humanities perspective.
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Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Award
On 28 October, Leiden University received the first Javanese Culture Prize from Universitas Sebelas Maret in Solo, Indonesia. The jury praised Leiden University’s extensive collection of Indonesian and Javanese manuscripts.
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Meet English Language and Culture in Rome
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Meet English Language and Culture in London
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Meet English Language and Culture in Milan
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Meet English Language and Culture in Madrid
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Meet English Language and Culture in Athens
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Meet English Language and Culture in Barcelona
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Meet English Language and Culture in Thessaloniki
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A Grammar of Mandarin
A fascinating description of a global language, A Grammar of Mandarin by Jeroen Wiedenhof combines broad perspectives with illuminating depth.
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Engaging Europe in the Arab World: European missionaries and humanitarianism in the Middle East (1850-1970)
From the mid-19th century until the 1970’s, the Middle East witnessed the presence of various European missionaries who played a fundamental role in the birth and the development of humanitarianism. Since these Christian missionaries were well integrated in the local Middle Eastern societies via their…
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Bilingual lectures on Sign Languages and Deaf Studies
Open access, online talks on African Sign Language Studies, in International sign and English
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Female Spies or 'she-Intelligencers': Towards a Gendered History of Seventeenth-Century Espionage
By analysing neglected (continental) spy centres and integrating these groups of female intelligencers into the traditional, male-orientated historical narratives, this project will proceed towards a gendered history of early modern espionage.
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Arabic papyri shed new light on origins of Islam
Research on papyri has provided new insights into the history of the origins of Islam. Petra Sijpesteijns’s book,'Shaping a Muslim State', is based on these ancient Arabic letters and documents. Her new research on a Viennese collection of untranslated papyri is expected to produce more discoveries.
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Languages as Lifelines: The Multilingual Coping Strategies of Refugees from the Early Modern Low Countries
From ca. 1540 to 1600, thousands fled the war-stricken Southern Low Countries to the British Isles, Germany, and the Northern Low Countries. Research on this displacement crisis, central to the formation of the Netherlands and Belgium, reflects 21st-century debates on migration and language: language…
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LeidenGlobal connects research and culture
On 27 November the official opening of LeidenGlobal will be celebrated in the Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde/National Museum of Ethnology. LeidenGlobal is a platform for global expertise that responds to the call from Minister of Education and Culture Jet Bussemakers that academic and cultural institutions…