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  Kim Stroet Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.f.a.stroet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273955

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  Linda van Leijenhorst Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lleijenhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273750

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  Marloes van Moort PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.l.van.moort@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Helder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.helder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jingtian Shi PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.shi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272968

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  Ziheng Cheng PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.h.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277949

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  Ou Ourilige PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.ourilige@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272503

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  Justin Case PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.t.case@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’ News - 10 June 2025

  The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to attend mini-lectures, a short theatre performance, and a discussion about the state of the discipline.

• Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation' News - 14 May 2024

  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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  Madeleine Eppel PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.eppel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chuang Liu PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.liu.35@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272952

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  Hadis Tamleh External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.tamleh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marjolein Lansing PhD candidate

  ICLON

  m.m.lansing@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yuyang Wei Contract PhD Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wei@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272643

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  Suzan Verberne Professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.verberne@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 31 71 527 7043

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  Inge Ligtvoet Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.g.c.ligtvoet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271956

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  Marina Terkourafi Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.terkourafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273159

• Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development News - 31 July 2025

  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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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.a.op.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274381

• Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language News - 18 December 2025

  Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

• 'Language is part of your identity’ News - 17 March 2025

  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.’

• Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning News - 9 October 2024

  Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on students' learning potential, discovered Mirjam de Vreeze in her PhD research. This approach is especially promising for children with learning challenges,…

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  Yuchen Lian PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  y.lian@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277050

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  Harriet Vermeer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273491

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  Bart Vogelaar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.vogelaar.2@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276022

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  Tingting Hui Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.hui@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277225

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  Joost Grootens Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.grootens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul van Els University Lecturer Chinese Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.van.els@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272595

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  Marcello Bonsangue Scientific Director / Professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.m.bonsangue@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277095

• Psychology Connected on ChatGPT: How can we use AI without losing our own cognitive skills? News - 21 June 2023

  Writing essays, refining grant applications, or creating a new course curriculum—ChatGPT assists students and researchers in these endeavours. What this new technology means for working in academia, was discussion at the fourth Psychology Connected event.

• New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you' News - 8 February 2024

  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.'

• A Historical and Etymological Look at Co-Speech Gestures and Signs Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

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  Anne Urai Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.e.urai@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273371

• Language both connects and divides News - 2 January 2023

  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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  Franz Wurm Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.r.wurm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Literacy development for Deaf/Hard-of-hearing children in the early years Event - 10 June 2026

  Lecture, Sign Languages & Deaf People

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  Hester Ruigendijk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.a.h.ruigendijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271361

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  Szilvia Biro Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  sbiro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274815

• International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages' News - 29 February 2024

  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.

• Literacy development for Deaf/Hard-of-hearing children in the early years Event - 14 April 2026

  Lecture

• Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’ News - 8 November 2021

  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…

• Development of broad Languages and Cultures BA programme to change to ‘Renewing and Strengthening Language Programmes’ News - 24 January 2022

  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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  Kiana Shahrasbi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.shahrasbi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• How AI helps map sign languages News - 15 April 2024

  Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. Manolis Fragkiadakis wrote his PhD thesis on this.

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  Carmen van den Bergh University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.van.den.bergh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272067

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  Janet Grijzenhout Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.grijzenhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271470

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  Alex Reuneker Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.reuneker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274184

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  Ronny Boogaart University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.u.boogaart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272120