871 search results for “languages and cultures of latin america” in the Staff website
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Bert van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Manfred HorstmanshoffFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Hugo KoningFaculty of Humanities
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Joan BoothFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Video series: Why Latin America matters
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challenges, Latin America can indeed show the way forward inspiring for positive change. Working together with Latin American institutions, our researchers…
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Ben ArpsFaculty of Humanities
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Berry DongelmansFaculty of Humanities
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
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Development of broad Languages and Cultures BA programme to change to ‘Renewing and Strengthening Language Programmes’
As you may know, a draft profile for a broad BA programme in Languages and Cultures has been in development for some time. On 21 December 2021, the Faculty Board decided to end the design process of that broad bachelor’s degree programme. However, as the Faculty Board and partners in the discipline…
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Wim TiggesFaculty of Humanities
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‘We are destroying our own planet' (and Latin America pays the price)
The whole world gets raw materials from Latin America, but at the expense of nature. Håvar Solheim researches the role of organised crime in this environmental crime and Soledad Valdivia researches sustainable urban initiatives in Latin America. What do these university lecturers think the future of…
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Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last)
The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Julia SzirmaiFaculty of Humanities
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Paul HoftijzerFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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From Latin America to Africa: 'I always say I ended up on the wrong continent'
During her study of Latin America, Tineke Floor laid the intercultural foundation that has served her well in her career. Floor currently works as Director Europe at African Parks, an NGO that promotes nature conservation in Africa. How does she look back on her studies? And why the leap to another…
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Programme innovation at Dutch Language and Culture
In 2018, the undergraduate programme Dutch Language and Culture embarked on sweeping programme innovations to educate its students ‘in a way that focusses more on the challenges of Dutch Studies in a 21st century society’. What does this entail and what was the approach? Esther Op de Beek, university…
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Call for proposals: second meeting of Cultures of Victimology
Research
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Aad van Mastrigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Daniela Vicherat MattarFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Amalia Campos DelgadoFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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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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Diana Davila GordilloFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Pablo Isla MonsalveFaculty of Humanities
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Museum Matters 2022: Egyptian and Sudanese Collections in Latin America and the Caribbean (23 April 2022)
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Pilar Jimenez GalindoFaculty of Humanities
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Masterclass: The Lores of Flatbush: Dutch Storytelling in Colonial North America
Lecture, Histories Connected: Masterclass
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Launch and Discussion: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America
Lecture, Book Launch and Discussion
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News on Languages & Cultures domain
Education
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Fokelien KootstraFaculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Language courses offered by the Academic Language Centre
Language
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Dick SmakmanFaculty of Humanities
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.