501 search results for “historical linguistics” in the Staff website
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Leiden Linguistic Diversity Colloquium
Colloquium
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Ghanaian Sign Language(s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology
PhD defence
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden University’s Centre for International Relations (LUCIR) is widely regarded as an expert on civil wars and conflicts. Her new book, Rebels and Conflict Escalation,…
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.
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Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum
Conference, Workshops, masterclass and keynote lecture
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Natasja Delbar
Faculty of Humanities
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Alina Karakanta
Faculty of Humanities
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Henrike Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Hannah De Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
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Dunja Wackers
Science
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S. Valdez
Faculty of Humanities
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Leticia Pablos Robles
Faculty of Humanities
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Irina Morozova
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever'
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been accepted for several decades, the society is still alive and kicking. A retrospective with former presidents Jos Hooghuis and Saskia Leupen.
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Egyptian Diaspora in Paris – Between the Language and Resistance
Lecture, This Time For Africa! series
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Linguistic atlases, and dialect maps
Workshop Series
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Dialect Comparison and Historical Reconstruction
Lecture, Workshop Series
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The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit'
A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do we know when it's time to change turns? University lecturer Johanneke Caspers has been awarded an NWO Open Competition grant to investigate the role of…
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Bert Botma
Faculty of Humanities
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Johanneke Caspers
Faculty of Humanities
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Charlotte van der Voort
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Longming Shichuan
Faculty of Humanities
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Jorge Duran Solorzano
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying-ting Wang
Faculty of Humanities
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Vincent Chang
Faculty of Humanities
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Camil Staps receives Rubicon grant: What does ‘that’ mean?
PhD student Camil Staps is continuing his academic career in Berlin. He receives a Rubicon grant to do research there on demonstrative pronouns.
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Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison'
Last month (February 5-8 2024), the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, hosted a workshop entitled ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison’.
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Talk by Nancy Kula
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Talk by Nancy Kula
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Bringing Archives to Life: Exploring legacy materials, digital tools, and data utilization
Conference, Workshop
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Student Aline-Priscillia: ‘I am an odd academic, I’m not very attached to outcomes’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and academics talk about their passion for their field. Student Aline-Priscillia is particularly curious about how language is processed in the brain.
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The origin of Lithuanian DAUG ‘many’
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Speech levels and Verbal Art in languages of Indonesia
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Speech levels and Verbal Art in languages of Indonesia
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Johan Rooryck receives honorary doctorate from Tromsø University
Professor Johan Rooryck, currently executive director of cOAlition S, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Tromsø for his commitment to open access in science. He will be awarded the honorary doctorate on 1 September.
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Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics 2022
Conference
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10 years of Georgian at Leiden University: Ramaz Kurdadze returns
This year marks a special occasion because it was just ten years ago that the Georgian language was taught for the first time at Leiden University. It is even more exciting that its first professor, Ramaz Kurdadze, will return to Leiden this year to teach students interested in the language. Kurdadze…
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'
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Alette Jansen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Extraction of linguistic atlas/dialect survey data
Lecture, Workshop Series
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to legal textual data from public bodies.
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Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient?
As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram, who jointly teach a course within the MA in Dutch Studies, are entering into a virtual collaboration with the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa to find the…
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Lisa Cheng
Faculty of Humanities