534 search results for “language culturele and worldviews” in the Student website
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Summer School in Languages and Linguistics
Course, summer school
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Save the Date: Day of Languages and Cultures
Festival
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Gaining insight through listening: ‘Creole languages should be taken seriously’
Creole languages have long had a bad reputation. They were thought to be simpler than other languages and therefore less worthy of study. Lecturer Benjamin Storme and PhD candidate Tristan Chopinez want to change that perception.
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Restoring the reputation of the Javanese tradition of the Uttarakāṇḍa: ‘If you ignore one of the traditions, you ignore information about the
For almost a millennium, it was rewritten time and again: the Old Javanese literary prose work Uttarakāṇḍa. The tradition soon split into two major branches: a Javanese and a Balinese one. However, until now, scholarly editions have focused solely on the Balinese version. Unjustly so, argues PhD candidate…
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Suzanne AdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Renate DekkerFaculty of Humanities
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55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics
Conference
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Jörn SoerinkFaculty of Humanities
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Ineke SluiterFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Louis Verreth -
Inge Kraus
Faculty of Humanities
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Thomas KluitenburgFaculty of Humanities
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Bert van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China
The number of books by U.S. authors released in China has drastically decreased in recent years. Assistant professor Svetlana Kharchenkova wrote an article about this for the Diplomat.
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Frank Pieke on BBC: ‘Corruption charges have become Xi's main basis of power’
Professor emeritus Frank Pieke speaks on BBC and BBC Vietnamese about Xi Jinpings ongoing fight against corruption within the Communist Party.
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Sulakshana de Mel in The Examiner: ‘When you look at food as a lens of your analysis, there’s so much you can read’
PhD candidate Sulakhana de Mel discusses the link between geography, trade and food in Sri Lankan newspaper The Examiner.
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Willemijn Waal in Hecho en California: Greek alphabet may be older than we think
Hecho en California highlights associate professor Willemijn Waal’s research on the history of the Greek alphabet.
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Eric Storm in several Spanish media about his book Nationalism
Several Spanish media paid attention to associate professor Eric Storm’s new book Nationalism.
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Bob van VelthovenFaculty of Humanities
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Henric JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Kees GelukFaculty of Humanities
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Hubert MooimanFaculty of Humanities
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Lisa ChengFaculty of Humanities
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New podcast on one of Europe's oldest Muslim communities
For over six centuries, the Tatars have been part of Poland’s social and cultural fabric. In this 8-episode series, released weekly, professor Maurits Berger and assistant professor Ewa Górska explore how this Muslim minority has maintained its identity across generations, how Islam is practiced in…
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Svetlana Kharchenkova investigates translated non-fiction and Chinese censorship: ‘I am curious to see what considerations authors make with
When a foreign book is translated for the Chinese market, there is a good chance that not all of the text will make it into the new version. With an NWO XS grant, university lecturer Svetlana Kharchenkova will investigate how foreign authors deal with this censorship.
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Anna van Ark is doing an internship at the Rijksmuseum: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a curator’
Master’s student Anna van Ark has landed her dream internship at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For three months, she’ll be shadowing the curator and conducting research on Japanese prints for the acquisitions team.
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Aholi So, one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show what it means to be a researcher’
Lecturer and PhD candidate Aholi So is one of the KNAW’s new Faces of Science. By offering a glimpse into his life as a young scientist, he hopes to inspire young people and encourage their enthusiasm for science.
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
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‘Literature is our compass in a turbulent world’
Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Master's students organise graduate conference ‘Who is Asian?’
Master's students Adam El Amraoui, Eesha Sheel, Frieda Chen and Lawrence Kurowski are organising a graduate conference. On March 26, students will gather to ponder definitions of belonging both within Asia and among Asian diasporic communities.
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Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages
What does it sound like when you create your own words in Chichewa? Can you decipher hieroglyphs after just one workshop? Visitors found answers to these and many other questions during the first edition of the Evening of Languages, held in the brand-new Herta Mohr Building. With a sold-out programme,…
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion
It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Useful links for language support
At the Writing Lab we will help you in all stages of the academic writing process, whether you would like help with planning or structuring your text, for example. We do not check grammar and spelling, however. For those who would like help in these areas, we here provide several useful links. We have…
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Renske JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Infinite love in a finite life: why, according to philosopher Errol Boon, we promise each other ‘eternal’ love
In love, we like to use great words. We promise to love each other ‘forever’ and praise the beloved as nothing less than ‘the one’ . Meanwhile, we know very well that we don’t live eternally and that we may find our ‘true love’ one day on the opposite side of the divorce table. So why do we continue…
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Anneke WurthICLON
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Ans de Rooij-van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Ying-ting WangFaculty of Humanities