40 search results for “english literatuur” in the Student website
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Rolf BremmerFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Sherwood-Smith
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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questions about the new podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur
Russian literature is awash with disputes, riots and intense political debates. In the new Dutch podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur, senior lecturer Otto Boele and film maker and journalist Kay Mastenbroek discuss the most talked-about Russian books published in the past two…
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century'
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own vernacular was thought to reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Germans, Danes, Italians and many other nationalities…
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Wim TiggesFaculty of Humanities
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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
- Medieval Fragmentology and the Fragmented Old English Glossed N-Psalter
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Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Brush Painting) | English spoken
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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‘Forgotten books inspire a love of reading’
The compulsory reading list is infamous among secondary school students, and for all the wrong reasons. This prompted the Faculty of Humanities and the Onderwijsnetwerk Zuid-Holland (South Holland Education Network) to launch the Alternative Reading List Award, in search of books that motivate young…
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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Faculty newsletter now also in English
Facility, Organisation
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Amos van BaalenFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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44th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL44)
Conference, Symposium
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Cultural contacts between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the early Middle Ages
With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on YouTube.
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A princess’s psalter recovered? Pieces of a 1,000-year-old manuscript in Alkmaar book bindings
A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: a number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century. The original manuscript may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the Norman Conquest.
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Thijs Porck wins Faculty Teaching Prize
Thijs Porck, teacher at English Language and Culture, has won the faculty teaching prize. He was lauded for his enthousiasm, his creative ways of teaching, and his commitment to his students.
- Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL)
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45th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (#SOEMEHL45)
Conference
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LinkedIn: profile and network (English)
Career and apply for jobs
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LinkedIn: profile and network (English)
Career and apply for jobs
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Workshop Networking & LinkedIn (in English)
Career and apply for jobs
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Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme wint EFNIL-scriptieprijs
Good news for Linguistics alumna Anne-Mieke Thieme, who has won the thesis prize awarded by the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL). ‘I emailed my thesis supervisor right away.’
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Creative writing: Science Fiction (Dutch and English spoken)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lecturer Michael Newton has been awarded a NIAS subsidy to reconstruct the lives of three of these families.
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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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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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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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Nadine Akkerman appointed professor: 'Interdisciplinarity also strengthens the humanities'
Leiden University has a new professor. On 1 June Nadine Akkerman became Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture, a position she feels is designed to help her help others.
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Making (Multiple Choice) Exams & Exam Confidence (English Spoken) (POPcorner The Hague)
Study support
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Digital Analyses: Old English Poems and Modern Comics
Lecture
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Pageantry as Public Diplomacy: Contested Receptions of English and French Dignitaries in the Netherlands, 1570s-1640s
Lecture, Research seminar 1000-1800
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Speaker Series: MacBERTh: A Historically Pre-Trained Language Model for English (1450-1950)
Lecture
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Faculty Symposium 2022: Humanities in Crises
Conference, Symposium