1,217 search results for “language and culturele of the world” in the Student website
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’
The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the most sustainable university in the world by 2030. Students Janey Franssen and Job Kemperman are two of the paper’s authors. How do they want to achieve…
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Keara TheFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jorre The
Faculty of Science
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Richard Barrett: 'To me, music is a way of understanding the world'
A new chair has been added to the partnership between Leiden University and the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Richard Barrett has been appointed Professor of Research in Creative Music (ACPA) as of 1 December 2020. 'For me it is important that music and academia are not placed in an ivory tower.'
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan VerberneFaculty of Science
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except that it was used in rituals to protect against spirit possession. PhD candidate Sigrid van Roode has explored its history and discovered that the jewellery…
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Pragmaticalization or grammaticalization? A multidimensional model of the evolution of pragmatic markers
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Jenny DoetjesFaculty of Humanities
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Claire SmuldersICLON
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In the Spotlight: Summer School in Languages and Linguistics
After having been cancelled in 2020, this year the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics is going online. From 12 – 23 July, language and linguistics enthusiasts from all over the world can once again learn about a variety of rare languages and linguistics topics. Director Sasha Lubotsky tells…
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Yuchen LianFaculty of Science
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government's communicative practice in colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century in southern Africa
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Lucien van BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Inge VeldhuisFaculty of Humanities
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Myra ArendsFaculty of Humanities
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Marjolein HagemanFaculty of Humanities
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Chiara RavinettoFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Joost GrootensFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
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Gestures to signs around the world
Conference, Workshop
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Jonathan OuelletFaculty of Archaeology
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Language both connects and divides
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them together.
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Jennifer SweridaFaculty of Archaeology
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages'
On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother Language Day. Under the banner of 'a bit of fun and many serious topics,' language took centre stage.
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That is the basis for the language lessons for primary education that Alisa van de Haar, university lecturer of French, collaborated on. ‘Deans from different…
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Development of broad Languages and Cultures BA programme to change to ‘Renewing and Strengthening Language Programmes’
As you may know, a draft profile for a broad BA programme in Languages and Cultures has been in development for some time. On 21 December 2021, the Faculty Board decided to end the design process of that broad bachelor’s degree programme. However, as the Faculty Board and partners in the discipline…
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Tom KouwenhovenFaculty of Science
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Yee Man NgFaculty of Science
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Mistaken Identities
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Michael KerschnerFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Sealing and bookkeeping practices in Hittite Anatolia
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Chuang Liu
Faculty of Humanities
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Yuyang WeiFaculty of Humanities
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Eric Olijdam
Faculty of Archaeology
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Ilone de Vries-LemaireFaculty of Archaeology
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Peter VerhaarFaculty of Humanities