2,337 search results for “dutch language and culture” in the Public website
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Faculty of Humanities
i.m.tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gül Aktürk Hauser
Faculteit Archeologie
g.akturk.hauser@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lydia van de Fliert
Faculteit Archeologie
l.l.van.de.fliert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alette Vonk
Faculty of Humanities
a.p.vonk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2746
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Ilios Willemars
Faculty of Humanities
i.f.d.m.r.willemars@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7160
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Bernhard Rieger
Faculty of Humanities
b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1290
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Exhibition shows importance of language research
From video glasses for the deaf to protecting endangered languages. The Taalmuseum's new exhibition in the hall of the University's former library demonstrates how language research contributes to societal issues such as health care and disappearing cultures. The exhibition is open from 14 September…
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Nick Tomberge
Faculty of Humanities
n.r.tomberge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (research) (MA)
In the research master Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present at Leiden University you will be at the forefront of a new approach to understand how politics and identities in Europe are conceived.
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history of eastern Christianity in Syria and Palestine and European cultural diplomacy (1860–1948)
This special issue of Contemporary Levant critically explores, at a micro and macro level, the structural role and religious, cultural and political interactions of the Greek-Orthodox, Melkite and Syriac communities in late Ottoman and Mandate Syria and Palestine.
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Benelux Association for the Study of Art, Culture, and the Environment
The Benelux Association for the Study of Art, Culture, and the Environment (BASCE) is a platform for all those who are actively engaged in ecocriticism to discuss their various endeavours with peers from different disciplines and an array of intellectual, creative, or activist pursuits.
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Marion Boers wins Humanities Education Award 2016
Art history lecturer Marion Boers was awarded the Humanities Education Award at the opening of the academic year this afternoon. Every year, the most inspiring teacher receives the award. The judges praised Boers for her enthusiasm and sense of humour.
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New Germans, New Dutch. Literary Interventions
In the globalised world of today, traditional definitions of national Self and national Other no longer hold. The unmistakable transformation of German and Dutch societies demands a thorough rethinking of national boundaries on several levels.
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The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
How did the Dutch Empire compare with other imperial enterprises? And how was it experienced by the indigenous peoples who became part of this colonial power?
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Information activities
Do you want to know more about Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology and what it is like to study in Leiden? Come to our online or on campus information events.
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Transnational and Cross-Cultural Agents in the 17th Century Overseas Expansion
Why is Crossnational and Cross-cultural agents such as Henrich Carloff and Willem Leyel important when studying Early Modern expansion?
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The Informed Performer- Towards a bio-culturally informed performers’ practice
Playing a musical instrument is generally considered to be a complex human behaviour involving the integration and coordination of a broad range of human functions such as perception, imagination, memory, information processing, emotion, communication, and dexterity.
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Leiden and the Dutch Royal Family
Leiden University and the Dutch Royal Family maintain ties that go back to 1575, when William of Orange founded the University. Many members of the Royal Family have studied in Leiden and several have received an honorary doctorate.
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Learning African sign languages via a video app
For many deaf Ghanaians, Ghanaian Sign Language is their first language. But for more deaf signers to be able to fully participate in society, more sign language interpreters, deaf school teachers and family members need to be trained. What better way to facilitate this by means of a Ghanaian Sign Language…
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Speakers store abstract information, irrespective of their language
The human brain stores not only individual words, but also all kinds of abstract information about these words. Research by Leiden linguists has shown that speakers have ready access to this information.
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Course undermining: challenges in sight (Dutch)
Undermining can be described as behaviour and actions which (threaten to) cause harm to the democratic legal order. This is a Dutch speaking course in The Hague.
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Periphery Matters: A Cultural Biography of Peking Opera in Hong Kong
Pui Lun Chan defended his thesis on 12 September 2017
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Admission requirements
Most courses do not have any admission requirements. À la carte courses, for instance, can be attended regardless of your former education. However, pre-university education level knowledge is desirable.
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Corridors: How modelling routes through the sea can illuminate early island culture
What are the capabilities or limitations of traveling between islands and how does this reflect seasonal variation? Is it possible to show higher levels of connectivity between islands based on generated pathways between several sites on two separate islands?
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Islamophobia and Securitisation: The Dutch Case
This book examines how Muslim communities in the Netherlands perceive and experience extremism, counter-radicalisation policies, and Islamophobia.
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The hunt for the best computer language
Our language is adapted to the context in which we humans communicate. But computers ‘think’ differently. What would a language be like whose structure was optimally adjusted for use by humans and machines? Tessa Verhoef is trying to find the answer.
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The Cinematic Santri : Youth Culture, Tradition and Technology in Muslim Indonesia
The Cinematic Santri explores the rise and course over the last ten years of cinematic practices among a younger generation of NU associates (Nahdlatul Ulama), the largest traditionalist Muslim group in Indonesia and elsewhere.
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terpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures
Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotores: N.R. Mustafa, A.E. Schulte
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Geert Booij
Faculty of Humanities
g.e.booij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Victor Posthuma
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
v.posthuma@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Jelle Plesman
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.plesman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Record number of international students join introduction week
From Afghanistan to South Africa: 1,144 international students, including refugees from Syria, are taking part in the Orientation Week Leiden.
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Peter Bisschop
Faculty of Humanities
p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2980
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Hans Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2682
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Carlos Roos Muñoz
Faculty of Humanities
c.m.roos.munoz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leonardo Carmignani
Faculteit Archeologie
l.carmignani@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Thato Magano
Faculty of Humanities
s.t.magano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Chi Zhang
Faculteit Archeologie
c.zhang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ellen Raven
Faculty of Humanities
e.m.raven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dutch Centre for Travel Writing Studies
The Dutch Center for Travel Writing Studies s a scientific center that develops and coordinates initiatives to promote research into travel writing. It actively seeks contact with external (scientific and social) partners to collaborate on issues surrounding cultural / national identity, cultural contact…
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The Walking Dead at Saqqara. The Making of a Cultural Geography
The main case study of the project is the cultural geography of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and its development.
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Reintegrating jihadist extremists: evaluating a Dutch initiative
In 2012, the Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism and the Dutch Probation Service launched a reintegration project for offenders on probation or parole who were (suspected to be) involved in jihadist extremism or terrorism. The initiative's primary goal was to reduce the chance…
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Early Dutch Radio Astronomy (1940-1970)
Promotores: F.H. van Lunteren, F.P. Israel
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Evaluation of the Dutch Youth Act
This research evaluates the Youth Act. It will provide an overview of how the transition takes place, whether the transformation process develops in the right direction and whether the legal safeguards are functioning properly.
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Translating China: Dutch Sinologist Henri Borel
This study will investigate the role of Henri Jean Francois Borel (1869-1933) as an ‘interpreter of China'.
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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Building cultures of legality: lawmaking and anxiety in the office of the Governor General.
Building cultures of legality: lawmaking and anxiety in the office of the Governor General.
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hydrogels as synthetic extracellular matrices for three- dimensional cell culture
Synthetic hydrogels that mimic the natural extracellular matrix in the biophysical and biochemical cues it provides to cells are in high demand, however the cell phenotypes as they are observed in vivo in numerous cases have yet to be attained.
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