606 search results for “anatomie language family” in the Student website
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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The forgotten deaths of fifteen Chinese workers during the Second World War
On 15 April 1942, members of the Dutch military police on Curaçao shot and killed fifteen Chinese Shell workers. Assistant Professor Vincent Chang has been awarded an NWO XS grant to investigate how this happened and why these Chinese seamen are now being commemorated again after decades of being fo…
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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back'
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.
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European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages
Festival
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
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Marianne van Dijken
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas KluitenburgFaculty of Humanities
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Bert van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Make a difference for asylum seekers: sign up to be a (language) buddy!
Education, Social
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Casper WitsFaculty of Humanities
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Helen PluutFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare
For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful communication in the consulting room. ‘It’s very important to stress that you are always there supporting the person, even if there’s no cure.’
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Samantha VermeulenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marja CozijnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hannah DorsmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fleur MommersteegFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Coralijn Nas
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willemien van den DorpelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language
'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
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Negation in Dutch Sign Language
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
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LLRC conference 2026: Language teacher research
Conference
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Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge
How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s…
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History and change in Sign Language Phonology
Lecture
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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Students of Russian Studies use language skills to help Ukrainian refugees
What started as a call for help in a Facebook group turned into a permanent group of students from the Bachelor's in Russian Studies and the Master's in Russian and Eurasian Studies who regularly help the Ukrainian refugees. They act as the link between the refugees and aid workers at various reception…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…