1,106 search results for “african language literature” in the Staff website
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ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe'
On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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Casper WitsFaculty of Humanities
c.wits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6006
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Ian ShenFaculty of Science
z.shen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
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Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge
How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s…
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Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt: ‘This novel is a plea for human assistance’
Philosophy alumna Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt returns to Leiden University on 20 June to present her latest novel Stemmen (Voices) in Plexus. ‘I wanted to show that things could be done differently in psychiatric care.’
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Joseph Fiifi Barimah-Begyina Fosu-Ankrah
African Studies Centre
j.fosu-ankrah@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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European Day of Languages
Festival
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2980
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Errance and Border Transgressors: African Mobilities from Dakar to the Atlantic | Research Seminar
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Fifty Years of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Conference
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Sign language emergence and diachronic change
Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures
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Neoplatonism in the Christological Debates of Late Antiquity: Influences, Interferences, and Contrasts
Conference
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…
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Marianne van Dijken
Social & Behavioural Sciences
m.j.van.dijken@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marinus van IJzendoorn
Social & Behavioural Sciences
m.h.van.ijzendoorn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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“Armez-vous des sciences”? The Creative Lives of African Universities
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Iris KoleAdministration and Central Services
j.n.kole@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nadine Akkerman discusses Spycraft on BBC and History Extra Podcasts
Nadine Akkerman recently appeared as a guest on a BBC podcast and the History Extra podcast to discuss her book Spycraft. In these interviews, she delved into the fascinating world of espionage, sharing insights from her research and highlighting key themes from her work.
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Nadine Akkerman’s 'Spycraft' in Harper’s Magazine: ‘Diverting history‘
In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and why messages were ciphered in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.
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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy
Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, they received the Best Paper Award at the Computational Natural Language Learning Conference in Singapore.
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments
Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.
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‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World. ‘I am looking forward to promoting ethnolinguistic diversity and vitality.’
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Erasmus+ for Traineeships after Graduation
Bachelor, Master
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Asbestos removal operation: final stage
The final stage of the asbestos removal operation in wing B will commence at the same time as the building work on the library. Neither of these operations will affect the operational management of the Faculty.
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3026
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A princess’s psalter recovered? Pieces of a 1,000-year-old manuscript in Alkmaar book bindings
A special find has been made in the Alkmaar Regional Archive: a number of 17th-century book bindings contained pieces of parchment from a manuscript from the 11th century. The original manuscript may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the Norman Conquest.
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Ghanaian Sign Language(s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology
PhD defence
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
e.odelli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272188
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The language of internet memes
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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Loes OudenhuijsenAfrican Studies Centre
l.w.oudenhuijsen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
s.de.wit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6429
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Dan Duke
Faculty of Humanities
d.j.duke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bradley Harvey Sr
Faculty of Humanities
b.s.harvey.sr.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tanja HendriksFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
t.d.hendriks@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
r.a.clemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2165
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ASCL Seminar: Hope and uncertainty in African migration - a case study of involuntary return to Ghana
Lecture
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Doing Ethics: Addressing Real-World Challenges in Language Research
Conference, workshop