497 search results for “anatomy language family” in the Student website
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‘Homo sapiens is too arrogant: call us Homo faber, the toolmaker’
We need to dispel the arrogant and misguided idea that modern humans are superior to earlier human species. It is thanks in part to all our predecessors such as Neanderthals that we are who we are today. This is what Marie Soressi, Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology, will argue in her inaugural…
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…
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eLaw panel on Art and Algorithmic Accountability at CPDP 2021
In January 2021, eLaw joined the Computers Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference that is about privacy and data protection. The group on Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University put together a panel that combined perspectives on Art, Society, & Technology.
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Marieke TollenaarSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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CMP Somatic Dance (mixed level)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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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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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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The development of the Tocharian accent
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
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Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world
Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.
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After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’
They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debating society of the German Studies programme. Former chair Hans van der Veen looks back on his student days.
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Aafje de Roest: ‘As an expert in Dutch Studies you have the right skills to research hip hop’
Aafje de Roest turned her hobby into her job. She went from a teenager who enjoyed listening to hip hop music to a PhD candidate who focuses on how Dutch hip hop music shapes the cultural identity of young people in the Netherlands.
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Paneldiscussie: Een Rijkdom aan Talen
Debate, Paneldiscussie
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LUS Publecture
Lecture
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Wenxuan PengFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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Rint SybesmaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Cynthia VialleFaculty of Humanities
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Claartje LeveltFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Irina MorozovaFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Joni OysermanFaculty of Law
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Inflection in Kaaɓooje
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Descriptive Linguistics: Interactive idea sharing session
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistic Seminars
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From INsight to inSIGHT: Understanding prosodic adaptation in speech perception
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Reducing or Reinforcing Gender Bias? A Study on the Application of ChatGPT in Translation from a Feminist Perspective
Lecture, Leiden Translation Talks
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Portrait/Figure drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Leiden Essay Film Festival
Festival
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Nathaniel MartinFaculty of Science
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Anne-Laura van HarmelenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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International Translation Day 2024
Lecture, Discussion
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Opera Viva: Ah, l'Amor
Arts and culture, Opera lecture
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India - Pakistan: Een grensconflict met diepe wortels
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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Louis VerrethFaculty of Humanities
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Rutger HoekstraFaculty of Science
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Carel ten CateFaculty of Science
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Yiya ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Ariëlle ReitsemaFaculty of Humanities
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities