555 search results for “dutch language and culture” in the Staff website
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
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Chi Zhang
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ellen Raven
Faculty of Humanities
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Annemiek Hogendorp new head of HR Humanities
Annemiek Hogendorp has been appointed as head of the HR department of the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January. ‘I’m very proud to be a member of Leiden University’s education and research community.’
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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Chris Flinterman
Faculty of Humanities
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Svetlana Kharchenkova
Faculty of Humanities
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Gijsbert Rutten
Faculty of Humanities
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war
According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take this propaganda seriously.
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Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt: ‘This novel is a plea for human assistance’
Philosophy alumna Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt returns to Leiden University on 20 June to present her latest novel Stemmen (Voices) in Plexus. ‘I wanted to show that things could be done differently in psychiatric care.’
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Elmer Veldkamp
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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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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Gerhard de Kok
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Alvarez Francés
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van Uitert
Faculty of Humanities
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Tinde van Andel
Science
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Peggy Bracco Gartner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruud Koole
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Annemieke Verbaas
Faculteit Archeologie
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In the Spotlight: Summer School in Languages and Linguistics
After having been cancelled in 2020, this year the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics is going online. From 12 – 23 July, language and linguistics enthusiasts from all over the world can once again learn about a variety of rare languages and linguistics topics. Director Sasha Lubotsky tells…
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Gea Hakker: ‘We aim to be the gold standard of language learning’
The Academic Language Centre (ATC) is one of the cornerstones of Leiden University. Director Gea Hakker explains how this organisation is providing quality (online) language courses and meeting new demands.
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Joost Grootens
Faculty of Humanities
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Tom Kouwenhoven
Science
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Tijmen Baarda
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages'
On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother Language Day. Under the banner of 'a bit of fun and many serious topics,' language took centre stage.
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How Cicero’s ruined reputation can be a lesson for politicians today
Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is still used as an intellectual example by politicians and speech writers today. But, he did not go unchallenged in his own day, as a statesman in particular. Classicist Leanne Jansen conducted research into how classical historians judged Cicero’s…
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Zane Kripe
Science
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
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Verena Ly
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fitri Murfianti
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
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Which MPs have Leiden roots?
Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who are they and which degrees are most popular?
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Lunchtime Speaker Series: Between Logic, Language and Information: adventures in understanding large language models in hybrid settings
Lecture
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How seals point to an undocumented prehistoric language
Language can be a time machine: we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? PhD candidate Anthony Jakob investigated whether the languages of prehistoric populations left…
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn
Faculty of Humanities