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1,219 search results for “arabic language” in the Public website

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  Tijmen Pronk Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.c.pronk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273316

• Collections Middle Eastern Library in Leiden

  The new Middle Eastern Library (MEL) will bring together the UBL's own Middle Eastern collections and the collections of the library of The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO), which has been part of the Leiden University Libraries since 1st January 2018.

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  Arnout Koornneef Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.w.koornneef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271861

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  Ben Arps Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272222

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  Willemijn Heeren Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.l.heeren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277068

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.r.zandamela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272307

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  Carmen Kleinherenbrink External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.kleinherenbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• of Bantawa: Grammar, paradigm tables, glossary and texts of a Rai language of Eastern Nepal Research output

  This dissertation provides a comprehensive overview of the grammar of Bantawa, a Kiranti (Rai) language spoken in Eastern Nepal.

• Contact in the Prehistory of the Sakha (Yakuts): Linguistic and Genetic Perspectives Research output

  This study analyses the prehistory of a northeastern Siberian population, the Sakha, from both a molecular-genetic and a linguistic perspective.

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.l.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272104

• Professional learning Humanities

  Would you like to develop further and be challenged academically in your field or beyond? The Faculty of Humanities offers a wide range of courses to boost your career, learn new skills or broaden your knowledge.

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272112

• Publications about the Middle Eastern collection Middle Eastern Library in Leiden

  An overview of our exhibition catalogues and research monographs on the Middle Eastern collections.

• Interpreting particles in dead and living languages: A construction grammar approach to the semantics of Dutch ergens and Ancient Greek pou Research output

  In this dissertation, the types of context Dutch speakers need to interpret the poly-interpretable word ergens ‘somewhere/anywhere’ are studied.

• Historical and Linguistic Development of the Signing Community in Mozambique: The Emergence of local sign through contact, influence and linguistic Research project

  This PhD project investigates the historical and sociolinguistic factors that have influenced the emergence of local sign languages in Mozambique. It examines how these factors have shaped the Deaf signing community and contributed to the development of a national sign language that incorporates borrowings…

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.van.dijkhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272147

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  Paz Gonzalez Gonzalez University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.gonzalez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272054

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  Tian Yang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275497

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  I-Fan Lin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.lin@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alwin Kloekhorst Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.kloekhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277977

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  Marian Klamer Director PhD programs / Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272783

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  Mahmood Yenkimaleki Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.y.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Implications of legal recognition of UgSL on Communication and Instruction for Deaf learners in Primary school in Uganda Research project

  This PhD project investigates the impacts of recognition of sign languages on communication and instruction for deaf learners in primary schools in Uganda.

• New round of language courses starts in September News - 19 March 2024

  Our courses September courses start soon, be sure to apply in time

• NVIC Book Fair Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

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  Marijn van Putten Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.putten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271583

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  Ahab Bdaiwi University Lecturer Arabic and Medieval Philosophy and Late Antique Intellectual History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.bdaiwi@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271639

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  Mateo Cohen Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.m.cohen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Suzan Verberne Professor

  Faculty of Science

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

• Epilogue Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

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  Inge Ligtvoet Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Contact-induced change in Dolgan Research output

  This study explores the role of linguistic data in the reconstruction of Dolgan (pre)history by analyzing contact-induced changes and using them to infer information about the nature of the contact settings in which they occurred.

• Language loosens tongues News - 8 May 2015

  Language research generates a wealth of information about people: from our history and cultural differences to the way we learn. Leiden University shares its knowledge and passion for this topic via de MOOC on ‘Miracles of Human Languages’ and the web dossier on Language Diversity.

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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

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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.

• Publications Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

  The NVIC has published a series of scholarly publications in Arabic and several European languages.

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  Yuchen Lian PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

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

• Calendar Academic Language Centre News - 19 March 2024

  Important dates in the Academic Language Centre calendar

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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

• Self-directed learning with mobile technology in higher education Research project

  Language learners in higher education increasingly conduct out-of-class self-directed learning facilitated by mobile technology. This project aims to explore how university students use mobile technology for their self-directed language learning and investigate factors that influence their self-directed…

• Small quantities and the mass-only puzzle Research project

  This PhD project investigates the distribution and interpretation of quantity expressions in relation to the mass/count distinction cross-linguistically.

• Understanding Questions Research project

  This project proposes an integrated and comparative study on the syntactic, semantic, prosodic and processing aspects of in-situ wh-questions, taking the Grammar-parser correspondence hypothesis (Phillips 1996, 2003) as a guiding principle.

• Reproducing Europe Research project

  Cities in Europe house an increasingly diverse population with roots in many different parts of the world. They have also seen the growth of anti-immigrant sentiments and new forms of nationalism. Who belongs to Europe and what such belonging entails is heavily debated. What comes out of this paradoxical…

• The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation Research project

  The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation (RoLLNaR) was a research project that ran from 2017 to 2020. It identified and assessed the role of law – both actual and potential, enabling and constraining – with regard to major challenges of reconciliation in Libya. The project was led by Dr. Suliman…

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  Noa Schonmann Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.schonmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271432