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  Zsofia Pilz External PhD

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.p.pilz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Abhishek Avtans Lecturer of Hindi Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.avtans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273192

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273340

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  Deniz Tat University Lecturer Turkish

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277100

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  Eduardo Alves Vieira University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275638

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  Stan van der Burght Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278041

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  Charlotte Rouzée PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.rouzee@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Julie Hall Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.hall@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bernet Elzinga Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273745

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  Stephan Verschoor Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  sverschoor@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Olga Nozdracheva PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272081

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Janet Connor Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277210

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  Dietsje Jolles Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.d.jolles@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models News - 24 January 2025

  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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  Jiangnan Sun PhD candidate / contract

  j.sun@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Naomi Truan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.l.truan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271650

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  I-Hsien Lin Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275733

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dadone@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278849

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  Debora Campos Wanderley Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.campos.wanderley@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278831

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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208

• Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages News - 6 October 2025

  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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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease' News - 22 January 2024

  In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their loved ones. This leads to insights: 'One lady told how much stress she felt from all those caregivers around her bed.'

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272243

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272242

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  Natasja Delbar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278013

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  Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.y.p.lam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272945

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  Aleksandra Uttenweiler PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.uttenweiler@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.d.suchard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hilde Gunnink Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.gunnink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274963

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  Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.m.tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Moji Aghajani Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.aghajani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276030

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

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  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.schoubben@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272408

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  Julia Folz Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.folz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Henk van Steenbergen Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hsteenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273655

• The dynamics of contact-induced change and language shift Event - 24 April 2025

  Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Series '24/'25

• Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’ News - 6 February 2025

  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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  Isabelle Kaiko Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.r.kaiko@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The language of Russian propaganda News - 14 October 2024

  In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But Russia calls it a ‘special military operation’. Word choices of this kind affect how people look at issues. A Dutch Research Council (NWO) project led…

• How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk' News - 17 April 2023

  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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  Kate Bellamy Postdoctoral Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273983

• Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’ News - 23 March 2026

  As Professor of African Linguistics, Nancy Kula increases our knowledge of variation across languages. Her inaugural lecture is on Monday 23 March.

• Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers News - 2 May 2023

  When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.

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  Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto Guest reseacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Psychology-colleagues are raising money for MS-research: ‘Most of us take their cognitive skills for granted.’ News - 11 May 2023

  Running, walking or horseback riding: colleagues from the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit are each working up a sweat this month to raise money for research on Multiple Sclerosis. How much have they collected so far?

• How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent' News - 30 April 2024

  In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that you heard it through someone else. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal has been awarded a Vici grant to investigate whether the way people do this is…

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  Suzanne van de Groep PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.w.van.de.groep@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ineke van der Ham Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.j.m.van.der.ham@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276746