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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeFaculty of Humanities
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Aleksandra UttenweilerFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages
What does it sound like when you create your own words in Chichewa? Can you decipher hieroglyphs after just one workshop? Visitors found answers to these and many other questions during the first edition of the Evening of Languages, held in the brand-new Herta Mohr Building. With a sold-out programme,…
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Casper WitsFaculty of Humanities
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Deborah OyuuFaculty of Humanities
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'Language is part of your identity’
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to set up research on language vitality. ‘People almost never give up their mother tongue entirely voluntarily.’
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Programme
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Natasja DelbarFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin SuchardFaculty of Humanities
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Hilde GunninkFaculty of Humanities
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Debora Campos WanderleyFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’
The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were introduced to the faculty and language studies. ‘I had no idea that Hebrew and Arabic were similar.’
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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Fenna PoletiekSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Study adviser or coordinator
Your study adviser or coordinator is an expert on all aspects of your study programme. If you have any questions or concerns about your programme, whether they be of a practical or academic nature, you can contact your study adviser.
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Roderick GeertsFaculty of Archaeology
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Bouke van der MeerFaculty of Archaeology
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Merlijn VeltmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Marc BuijnstersFaculty of Humanities
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Tijmen PronkFaculty of Humanities
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Gijsbert RuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn HeerenFaculty of Humanities
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Arnout KoornneefSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Inocêncio Joao Raul ZandamelaFaculty of Humanities
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Tian YangFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Mahmood YenkimalekiFaculty of Humanities
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Paz Gonzalez GonzalezFaculty of Humanities
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Suzan VerberneFaculty of Science
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
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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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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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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.