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• grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language News - 17 July 2024

  '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.

• Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China News - 23 September 2025

  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.

• Frank Pieke on BBC: ‘Corruption charges have become Xi's main basis of power’ News - 17 March 2026

  Professor emeritus Frank Pieke speaks on BBC and BBC Vietnamese about Xi Jinpings ongoing fight against corruption within the Communist Party.

• Sulakshana de Mel in The Examiner: ‘When you look at food as a lens of your analysis, there’s so much you can read’ News - 7 April 2026

  PhD candidate Sulakhana de Mel discusses the link between geography, trade and food in Sri Lankan newspaper The Examiner.

• Willemijn Waal in Hecho en California: Greek alphabet may be older than we think News - 26 May 2026

  Hecho en California highlights associate professor Willemijn Waal’s research on the history of the Greek alphabet.

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  Sophie Starrenburg Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Danny Jol Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Leiden students help with primary school language lessons News - 22 April 2025

  De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, Education and Child Studies students help primary school children practise their Dutch.

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  Letty ten Harkel Assistant professor

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  Katrien Klep Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• School pupils introduced to languages during profile choice afternoon News - 26 January 2026

  Last Tuesday, the Herta Mohr building was filled with secondary school pupils. During the profile choice afternoon, they were introduced to various aspects of language studies. 'It’s really exciting to be here.'

• Three PhD defences in one day on religious coexistence in Ghana News - 5 June 2026

  Last Tuesday was a special day: three researchers defended their PhD dissertations in succession as part of the same project. Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta investigated how people of different religions coexist in Madina in Ghana.

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  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Eric Storm in several Spanish media about his book Nationalism News - 15 January 2026

  Several Spanish media paid attention to associate professor Eric Storm’s new book Nationalism.

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  Dilara Erzeybek PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Daphne Wong-A-Foe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Nurul Huda Binte Abdul Rashid Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Dennis Braekmans Associate professor

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  Alessandro Aleo
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  Merlijn van Weerd Lecturer

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  Marlena Antczak-Mackowiak Guest

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  Monique Arntz Guest researcher

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  Marika Keblusek Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Elizabeth den Hartog University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karsten Wentink Postdoc/ Guest

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  Yunnan Ye
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  Johan Rooryck

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hylke Hettema PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yifan Hu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Saskia Cohen-Willner Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Finn Lindo-Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ton van Haaften Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karin de Wild University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Svetlana Kharchenkova investigates translated non-fiction and Chinese censorship: ‘I am curious to see what considerations authors make with News - 17 March 2026

  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.

• Alumnus Adrian Young gives lecture on cultural heritage to AHK students News - 19 May 2022

  On Monday 9 May, IIASL alumnus Adrian Young gave a very satisfying cross-disciplinary session between law and the arts, on the preservation of heritage in space.

• What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer News - 30 October 2023

  A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pablo Isla Monsalve Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tessa Mearns Assistant professor

  ICLON

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  Saskia Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco Assistant professor

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  Fei Bai PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martijn Lemmen PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mert Yazan PhD candidate / self funded

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  Jiawen Qi PhD candidate

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  Maria van der Schaar
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  Martin Kroon Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yumeng Wang PhD candidate

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  Jaap de Jong University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities