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• Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t News - 9 October 2023

  What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.

• What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum News - 12 December 2022

  From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them more if they receive information that is specially tailored to young visitors? Join psychologist Francesco Walker at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and see…

• Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world News - 4 April 2023

  Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.

• More than motor skills: study of cognitive and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s News - 7 October 2025

  Cognitive decline and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease are often only recognised at a late stage, in spite of their great impact. Research by Marit Ruitenberg focuses on new tests and methods to show up these symptoms earlier and make them more specific.

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  Anouschka van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.j.m.van.dijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change Event - 10 July 2026

  Conference

• LLRC conference 2026: Language teacher research Event - 5 June 2026

  Conference

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  Azeb Amha Lecturer

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.amha@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273364

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  Xiaochen Zheng Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  x.zheng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Summer School in Languages and Linguistics Event - 6 July 2026

  Course, summer school

• Save the Date: Day of Languages and Cultures Event - 26 September 2026

  Festival

• Sign Languages and Deaf People (SL&D) lecture series Event
• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

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  David Bezpalec Phd-candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.b.bezpalec@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Laura Steenbergen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.steenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273875

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  Dorota Moravcikova Teaching and Research Assistant

  d.moravcikova@liacs.leidenuniv.nl |

• Looking back on the Area Fair: Have you made your area and language choice yet? News - 8 November 2022

  As the deadline for choosing a region of study dwells on International Studies Students, on October 28th, the yearly Area Fair was held. Students could walk around the Schouwburgstraat building as presentations, stands filled with snacks from the area, and workshops were being offered.

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

  t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

• Useful links for language support

  At the Writing Lab we will help you in all stages of the academic writing process, whether you would like help with planning or structuring your text, for example. We do not check grammar and spelling, however. For those who would like help in these areas, we here provide several useful links. We have…

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  Rebecca Schaefer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.s.schaefer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276748

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  Melle van der Molen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.w.van.der.molen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276042

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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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  Bryant Jongkees Assstant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.j.jongkees@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Veni grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language News - 17 July 2024

  'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.

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  Kiki Spoelstra Self Funded Phd Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.e.spoelstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.de.rooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272597

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  Marit Ruitenberg Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.l.ruitenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ying-ting Wang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273096

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  Channeke Keuls Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.s.keuls@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Language is part of your identity’ News - 4 March 2024

  Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.

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  Milan van der Kuil Guest employee

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.n.a.van.der.kuil@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Teaching East Asian Languages (TEAL): Challenges, Ideas and Innovations Event
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  Jessy Terpstra Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.terpstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ronald Kon Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.e.kon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Manolis Fragkiadakis Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.fragkiadakis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278059

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  Lifeng Han Lecturer

  l.han@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roderik Gerritsen Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.j.s.gerritsen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277334

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  Sander Nieuwenhuis Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273834

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  Fleur Bouwer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.l.bouwer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Veronica Mäki-Marttunen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.maki-marttunen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Evgenia Mouresioti PhD candidate / Self Funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.mouresioti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hanneke Hulst Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.e.hulst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roy de Kleijn Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kleijnrde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273915

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  Mi-lan Woudstra Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.woudstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275439

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  Michiel Claessen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.h.g.claessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276034

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  Simone Akerboom guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276415

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  Mario Severo Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.c.severo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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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