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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
e.m.a.radar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273662
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Leiden Law School rises in QS World University Ranking
Leiden Law School has moved up three places in the global ranking of law faculties and is now in 21st place.
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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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Old signs & current signs in LSF (French Sign Language)
Lecture, Sign Language & Deaf People
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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Veni for Verena Meyer: 'Not every religious manuscript is meant to be digitised'
Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University lecturer Verena Meyer thinks that is too simplistic. ‘We need to look more closely at the political and cultural effects of digitisation.’
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Daan Roovers in the 54th Huizinga Lecture: ‘Democracy is more than winning elections’
In a packed Stadsgehoorzaal, philosopher and Member of the Senate Daan Roovers delivered the 54th Huizinga Lecture. It was a passionate plea for a form of politics thatt is not only about winning, but also about talking and playing.
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Europe: ‘Lack of reflection in developing EU labor migration policy one of the main weaknesses’
Professor Wolff discusses the EU migration policy on Global Europe.
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Interested in becoming a member of The Young Academy? Let your supervisor know
Research
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High school students get acquainted with language studies at profile selection day
The Choose a Language Day was created to make high school students enthusiastic about choosing a linguistic profile and further education. Third-years were able to learn about different language studies at the Faculty of Humanities.
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Levina de WolfFaculty of Humanities
l.j.de.wolf@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272110
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
a.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272072
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Jiaxin SunFaculty of Humanities
j.sun.14@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272620
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
w.nkwi.gam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272322
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
e.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
a.m.van.de.pol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
a.pregent@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’
For associate professor Jenneke van der Wal, things have been good recently. After being awarded a Vici and Una Europa grant, she has now also received an Ammodo Science Award. ‘It is a nice confirmation that I am doing valuable work.’
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Important findings in plain language: Leiden University introduces lay talk
PhD ceremonies in the Academy Building will be much easier for family, friends and other non-specialist audience members to follow after the summer. The Doctorate Board is pleased to have decided that as of 1 September, all Leiden PhD candidates will begin their PhD defence with a lay talk. ‘It can…
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China?
Fifteen hundred years ago, the north-west of what we now call China was a jumble of peoples. How did those Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influence each other and each other's languages? Associate professor Michaël Peyrot has been awarded an ERC grant of almost two million euros to unravel this 'web…
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Social media
Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.
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Peter AkkermansFaculty of Archaeology
p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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The World Bank’s Role in Supporting and Rebuilding Ukraine
Guest lecture
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Alejandra Roche RecinosFaculty of Archaeology
a.roche.recinos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271138
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Michael KlosFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.klos@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271965
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Jaris DarwinFaculty of Archaeology
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Burcu Yildirim
Faculty of Humanities
b.yildirim@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aurora de LeeuwFaculty of Archaeology
a.d.de.leeuw@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lisa HarmsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.harms@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Matthew CanfieldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.c.canfield@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Jimmy MansFaculty of Archaeology
j.l.j.a.mans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272446
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Tessa VerhoefFaculty of Science
t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277903
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272157
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
b.g.sundholm@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Joni OysermanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
p.d.oyserman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260
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Intentions in Communication
Conference, Workshop
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Rutger HoekstraFaculty of Science
r.hoekstra@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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European Day of Languages - Evening of Languages
Festival
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ESOF 2022: The effect of the online world on adolescents
In the online panel discussion of ESOF 2022 ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, together with Amy Orben, Professor Eveline Crone, Sterre van Riel, Professor Anne-Laura van Harmelen and Professor Jan Sleutels, Professor Ton Liefaard shared his research on adolescents and the online world…
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Brian McGarryFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.k.mcgarry@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Leiden City World Walks
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272438
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A dead language comes to life: Early medieval Old English in the 21st century
From films, video games and historical novels to Nordic folk bands, Old English from the early Middle Ages is experiencing a revival in the 21st century. Together with international colleagues, university lecturer Thijs Porck (LUCAS) made a book about the 'resurrection' of this dead language.
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The BIAS project attends the summer school on ‘Law and Language’ at Pavia University
Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Associate Professor at eLaw, delivered a lecture on AI and non-discrimination, engaging students with the Debiaser demo.