1,893 search results for “language culture and world vries” in the Student website
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Colours and symbols to support dyslexic students
In the very first Korean class that teacher Eun-ju Kim taught, there were already students with dyslexia. With a background in special education and clinical developmental psychology, she developed a new method to help them, partly based on teaching methods from Dutch first language education.
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Research-Concert: Songs and Languages across hemispheres
Music concert
- Teaching East Asian Languages (TEAL): Challenges, Ideas and Innovations
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say
The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a study released Monday. Leiden archaeologist Dr Andrew Sorensen, not involved in the study, reacts on the find in a news article by NBC News.
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A better world begins with bringing together economic law, environmental law and human rights
Economic law, environmental law and human rights are important fields of law for sustainable development. But they do not interact sufficiently, which makes it difficult to implement sustainable development.
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Sjef Barbiers appointed Scientific Director: 'LUCL is unique in the world'
The LUCL has a new Scientific Director. Professor Sjef Barbiers took over the reins from Lisa Cheng with effect from 1 January. 'This is a great opportunity to contribute to a wonderful institution.'
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Mubarika NugraheniFaculty of Humanities
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Primacy and collapse in intonational melodies: Insights from imitation
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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PRINS introduces students to the world of practice: ‘I’m now even considering a career at the Ministry’
The successful PRINS (PRactising INternational Studies) project offers International Studies students an introduction to the world of practice. In the last semester of their bachelor’s programme, they work as consultants for real-life clients, ranging from Rabobank to Greenpeace. We took a look at the…
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'If you think astronomy is a man's world, then it's your job to make a change'
During her master's thesis, Nashanty Brunken (24) worked in a team with five other women. With this female team, they discovered the largest molecule so far identified in a disc. 'I have learned so much and because we are all women, it is incredibly empowering. It's very cool to see how far we've come…
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‘There are great similarities between drama as an art form and the legal world’
The Lucia de Berk case or the suicide of Slobodan Praljak at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: certain trials keep popping up in media. In her dissertation, Tessa de Zeeuw examines the cultural appeal of such cases and analyses artistic responses. ‘Artworks sometimes have…
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Lennart Kruijer wins Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize with thesis on ancient Commagene
The prestigious Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize is annually awarded to the five best dissertations published in the year before in the fields of Humanities, Social sciences and Law. During a festive ceremony in Utrecht Lennart Kruijer received the award from the hands of professor Bas ter Haar…
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Can Generative AI Generate Culture?
Debate
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production
Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen production and looked ahead to 2050. They published their work in Energy & Environmental Science.
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experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world
How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoyi Wang, PhD candidate at the Mathematical Institute, worked on a specific mathematical model that can describe the growth of microorganisms and many other…
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Uzbek mathematician refines world-famous theory: ‘So many things are connected’
Predicting the collective behaviour of systems, like a large group of people electing one of the parties, is no easy task. But there’s a theory that scientists have been using for decades to do just that: the theory of Gibbs measures. Last week, mathematician Mirmukhsin Makhmudov earned his PhD for…
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Janine PrinsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah BozuwaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah SmithSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Wiebe RuijtenbergFaculty of Law
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Mariska Moreu-de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emily Elizabeth GdulaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Eric MulderFaculty of Archaeology
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Irna HofmanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roxane HeidenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Misato OkaneyaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Merlijn van WeerdFaculty of Science
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
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Rik LettanyFaculty of Archaeology
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Mink van IJzendoornFaculty of Archaeology
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Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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NWA grant for health law as part of NWA Cure4life
Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish a best practice of how society can best deal with these therapies. For example with guidelines on how to regulate, reimburse and make these therapies…
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LLX roundtable on coronavirus relief fund NextGenerationEU
On Friday 21 May, the Europa Institute held an online roundtable on the European Union’s coronavirus relief fund NextGenerationEU. The roundtable was organised in the context of the Leiden Law Exchanges (LLX). Their aim is to facilitate an exchange of ideas on current legal issues between academics,…
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Computational approaches to diachronic language micro-variation
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Monique ArntzFaculty of Archaeology
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Jos BazelmansFaculty of Archaeology
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Sabrina AutenriethFaculty of Archaeology
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David Pieter SchaperFaculty of Archaeology
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Ashleigh Morris
Faculty of Archaeology
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Stephen HarrisFaculty of Humanities
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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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Descriptive Linguistics: Interactive idea sharing session
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistic Seminars
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Claartje Levelt: ' Students sometimes ask questions I have to think hard about'
Claartje Levelt is professor of First Language Acquisition. She researches how babies and toddlers learn their mother tongue. Besides her work, she enjoys being involved with music.