41 search results for “languages and cultures of the world” in the Student website
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
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Ying ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Olaf KaperFaculty of Humanities
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Keiko YoshiokaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
- Leiden City World Walks
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’
The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were introduced to the faculty and language studies. ‘I had no idea that Hebrew and Arabic were similar.’
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How do our language rules come about?
Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Florian SchneiderFaculty of Humanities
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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Leiden Tolkien Talks: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Anticipation of “The War of the Rohirrim”
Lecture
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International Translation Day 2024
Lecture, Discussion
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Li Manshan: Portrait of a Folk Daoist
Film screening
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Asia Academy #18: ChatGPT vs Deepseek: China's Rise as AI Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Telling the story of Gaza
Lecture, Book presentation and Q&A
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Discover the Realities of North Korea: An Evening with Defectors Lee Young-Hyeon and Lee Byung-Lim
Lecture
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Herta Mohr lecture 2025: TT 217, the tomb of the sculptor Ipuy
Lecture, Herta Mohr Lecture
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Asia Academy #15: North Korea's Gamble
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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The End of Democracy? Latin American Perspectives on a Global Crisis
Debate, Panel discussion
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Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
- Herta Mohr lecture
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The Historical Topography of Medina: Faith, Power, and Memory in Early Islamic Arabia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series