514 search results for “language culturele and worldviews” in the Student website
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Heritage languages in the Netherlands: Scholars, teachers, and students in dialogue
Lecture, Workshop
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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Sjoerd LindenburgICLON
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Sophia NautaFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie SunFaculty of Humanities
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Levina de WolfFaculty of Humanities
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In search of hidden voices
Nearly all documents from the 16th and 17th centuries were written by more than one person but attributed to only one author. Professor Nadine Akkerman wants to rectify this oversight in her research on scribes.
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Building a Dynamic and Integrated Linguistic Engine for Ethio-Semitic Languages
Lecture
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LUCDH Workshop: An Introduction to Large Language Models in the Humanities
Lecture
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Recent developments in understanding the dialectal variation of tonal languages
Lecture
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Workshop: Other Forms of Understanding Language / Andere vormen van taalbegrip / Otras formas de entender el lenguaje
Course, Workshop
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Whose Language Is It, Anyway? Mapping Arabic in Modern Hebrew Literature
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’
Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Language (INT) from 1 September.
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The paradox of extremist families
PhD candidate Layla van Wieringen examined how extremist beliefs are passed on within households. In her dissertation ‘Rotten Trees, Bad Apples? Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Extremism’, she reveals a reality that media and politics rarely address.
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Previous projects
You can find an overview of the projects and a list of all research trainees below.
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Lunchtime Speaker Series: From the Archive to the Internet: digitizing the Language of the Poor in Late Modern Scotland
Lecture
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Research finds WiFi isn’t the only thing connecting us during video calls: so are our bodies
Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronise almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn’t mean we should skip in-person meetings altogether, says researcher Fabiola Diana.
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‘A last-minute challenge became my biggest breakthrough’
Data Science & AI student Nataliia Bagan combines a passion for mathematics, language, and artificial intelligence. Her exceptional bachelor’s thesis on improving reasoning in large language models earned her a nomination for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2025.
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The Walikutuban ritual: from lost heritage to political activism
Sometimes fascination can lead to in-depth research. Such is the case with Wahyu Widodo, who came across the Islamic Walikutuban ritual in Java in 2019, on which he subsequently wrote his PhD dissertation. Widodo: ‘Besides community, it also breeds political loyalty’
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Being an anthropologist in a big company ‘it’s interesting to look at the internal culture of a business'’
With her background in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leonie Siepmans brings a unique perspective to the corporate world. Find out what an anthropologist does in a big company.
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KNIR Course: Excavating National Pasts
Education
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Minister Van Leeuwen gives guest lecture on current global developments
On Monday 8 April, a high-profile guest visited Leiden Law School. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen gave a powerful speech to students about defending our interests in all current global developments.
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For her research and public outreach activities, she has just been awarded the prestigious Stevin Prize, the highest award in the Netherlands for a researcher…
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Secondary school students grapple with Dutch texts: ‘I liked the feminist part best’
University lecturer Olga van Marion invited pupils from Ashram College in Alphen aan den Rijn to take part in a series of Dutch workshops organised at the University. Some the students and workshop leaders reflect on the busy morning.
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Jaqueline Caniguan Caniguan
Faculty of Humanities
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Tirza CramwinckelFaculty of Law
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Sjef BarbiersFaculty of Humanities
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Albert LogtenbergICLON
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Xu Liu
ICLON
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David ShakouriFaculty of Humanities
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Joosje Wessels
Faculty of Humanities
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
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Hans Thuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Dimitris Kentrotis ZinelisFaculty of Humanities
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Hélène NutFaculty of Humanities
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Steven Hagers
Faculty of Humanities
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Elena Solá Simón
Faculty of Humanities
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Sandra KartenICLON
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
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Anikó LiptákFaculty of Humanities
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Roos Bakker
Faculty of Humanities
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Milan Ismangil
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonie HenkesFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan PowellFaculty of Humanities
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Nainunis Aulia IzzaFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities