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5,616 search results for “language and culture of the world” in the Public website

• Languages and Cultures of the world

  When it comes to languages and cultures, Leiden University is the university. The global expertise present places our university at the top. In Leiden and The Hague, we study languages and cultures from all regions of the world and from prehistory to the present day. In this way we create a broad view…

• Crossing language borders Research project

  How do speakers adapt to multilingual contexts?

• 
  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language Research project

  This project investigates properties of quantity expressions across languages from the perspective of how quantity is represented in the human brain.

• The Silk Road Language Web Research project

  A linguistic prehistory of the Tarim Basin in Northwest China

• 
  Joanne Stolk University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Carmen van den Bergh University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Tocharian Trek Research project

  A linguistic reconstruction of the migration of the Tocharians from Europe to China

• New perspectives on English in Scotland Research project

  Exploring the language of the lower classes in the nineteenth century

• 24th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics Event - 6 June 2027

  Conference

• A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion Research project

  The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks

• 
  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

• Does the human brain process angry voices automatically? Research project

  Using brain imaging to discover the area in the brain that recognizes emotion.

• 
  Nancy Kula Professor African Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Olaf Kaper Professor of Egyptology

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Victoria Nyst Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• French Language and Culture (BA)

  France isn't just a country of great writers, thinkers and the well known 'savoir-vivre', economically it is also of great importance to the Netherlands and the rest of the world. Study the French language and culture and acquire skills that provide great opportunities for an international career!

• 
  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Language and Culture Education

• Italian Language and Culture (BA)

  Ti amo Italia! Immerse yourself in the country of Michelangelo, Dante and Prada. Study one of the most popular languages in the world and discover why Italy has filled an exemplary role for so many centuries and still does. As a graduate of the Bachelor's programme Italian Language and Culture you will…

• English Language and Culture (BA)

  From Great-Britain to the United States and from Australia to South Africa: people around the whole world speak and write English. In Leiden you will broaden your knowledge of the English language and the rich Literature and culture of the global English world on academic level.

• English Language and Culture English Language and Culture (BA)

• History, Arts and Culture of Asia (MA) (60EC)

  The MA in History, Arts and Culture of Asia is designed for students interested in taking a humanities-related approach to the study of countries or regions in pre-modern, modern or contemporary Asia.

• 
  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Peter Bisschop Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

• Women Writing Mexico (WWM) Research project

  Women Writing Mexico (WWM) is a network of women and men concerned with the human rights crisis in Mexico and more specifically, with the impact of structural forms of poverty, everyday violence, and discrimination based on gender, race, social class, and ethnicity, that particularly have an impact…

• Dutch Language and Culture (BA)

  In the Bachelor's programme Dutch Language and Culture at Leiden University you will learn to analyse how people use the Dutch language, culture and media and to place it in an international perspective.

• Persian Language and Culture (BA)

  Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

• Turkish Language and Culture (BA)

  Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

• Arabic Language and Culture (BA)

  Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

• Hebrew Language and Culture (BA)

  Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

• German Language and Culture (BA)

  Germany has an important position in Europe, both economically as well as politically and culturally. In the Bachelor's programme German Language and Culture you will dive into the rich language, history and literature of this influencial country and discover what it has to offer!

• 
  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Egbert Fortuin Professor Russian Language and Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

• South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon Research project

  This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.

• Language and Culture Education: English

• Language and Culture Education: German

• Language and Culture Education: Dutch

• Language and Culture Education: French

• Syria, one year after the revolution: The role of women and minorities Event - 8 December 2025

  Lecture, Workshop

• FEATHERS Research project

  When we read a text, we think we know who wrote it, but in the early modern period, manuscript production was often a collaborative or ‘socialised’ enterprise involving secretaries and scribes who physically wrote what the author dictated.

• Languages, cultures and worldviews

  Studying one another’s languages and cultures fosters understanding between groups of people, which leads to more equality, along with increased economic, administrative, and cultural cooperation.

• Language variation at home and abroad: the case of P'urhepecha in Mexico and its US diaspora Research project

  By documenting lexical and morpho-syntactic patterns among P’urhepecha speakers in Mexico and the US diaspora, this project will investigate the sources of language variation. The ensuing online dialect atlas will serve as an online resource for speakers, learners and researchers of the language.

• Online Experience English Language and Culture Event

  Study information, Online Experience

• Experience Day English Language and Culture Event - 28 November 2025

  Study information

• Languages as Lifelines: The Multilingual Coping Strategies of Refugees from the Early Modern Low Countries Research project

  From ca. 1540 to 1600, thousands fled the war-stricken Southern Low Countries to the British Isles, Germany, and the Northern Low Countries. Research on this displacement crisis, central to the formation of the Netherlands and Belgium, reflects 21st-century debates on migration and language: language…

• 
  Rogier Creemers Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Winged Words Research project

  The prehistory of communication metaphors