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• Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world News - 11 August 2023

  Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273340

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  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.schoubben@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272408

• Prof. dr. Holger Gzella elected as member of the Academia Europaea News - 30 September 2015

  LUCL member prof. dr. Holger Gzella has been elected as member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).

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  Maarten van Leeuwen University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272073

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  Marina Terkourafi Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.terkourafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273159

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  Henrike Jansen Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272131

• Descriptive Linguistics: Interactive idea sharing session Event - 31 October 2025

  Lecture, Descriptive Linguistic Seminars

• Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize News - 4 June 2021

  Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.

• Student poster presentations: Linguistic Fieldwork B Event - 9 May 2025

  Exhibition, poster session

• Camil Staps receives Rubicon grant: What does ‘that’ mean? News - 29 August 2024

  PhD student Camil Staps is continuing his academic career in Berlin. He receives a Rubicon grant to do research there on demonstrative pronouns.

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  Nivja de Jong Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.h.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272956

• Johan Rooryck receives honorary doctorate from Tromsø University News - 1 September 2022

  Professor Johan Rooryck, currently executive director of cOAlition S, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Tromsø for his commitment to open access in science. He will be awarded the honorary doctorate on 1 September.

• The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit' News - 1 September 2023

  A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do we know when it's time to change turns? University lecturer Johanneke Caspers has been awarded an NWO Open Competition grant to investigate the role of…

• Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’ News - 9 February 2021

  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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  Saskia Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.e.dunn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272246

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  Alina Karakanta Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.karakanta@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272978

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Johanneke Caspers University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272157

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  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277563

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  Susana Valdez University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278984

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  Egbert Fortuin Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272075

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  Natasja Delbar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278013

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  Jaap de Jong University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.c.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272137

• Linguistic Anthropology in Europe: Past, Present, and Futures Event - 6 November 2025

  Conference

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  Eduardo Alves Vieira University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275638

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Jenneke van der Wal wins Ammodo Science Award: ‘Especially unstudied languages contribute to theory building’ News - 15 April 2025

  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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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208

• Student Aline-Priscillia: ‘I am an odd academic, I’m not very attached to outcomes’ News - 11 May 2022

  In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and academics talk about their passion for their field. Student Aline-Priscillia is particularly curious about how language is processed in the brain.

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  Ariëlle Reitsema PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.reitsema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272136

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  Arend Quak Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  arend.quak@kpnmail.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Pleijter Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.j.pleijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276551

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  Astrid van Alem Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.h.j.van.alem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275943

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  Willem van Rooijen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.van.rooijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273905

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• 10 years of Georgian at Leiden University: Ramaz Kurdadze returns News - 24 October 2022

  This year marks a special occasion because it was just ten years ago that the Georgian language was taught for the first time at Leiden University. It is even more exciting that its first professor, Ramaz Kurdadze, will return to Leiden this year to teach students interested in the language. Kurdadze…

• New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you' News - 8 February 2024

  Where does Dutch come from? Newly appointed Professor Alwin Kloekhorst looks for an answer to that question in millennia-old languages from Anatolia, the Asian part of present-day Turkey. 'A new interpretation in one of the Anatolian languages can have consequences for dozens of other languages.'

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  Enrico Odelli Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.odelli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272188

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  Lucien van Beek Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.van.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272224

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272243

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  Jiaxin Sun Contract PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.sun.14@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272620

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  Charlotte van der Voort Lecturer-PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.van.der.voort@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274163

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  Jeroen Wiedenhof University Lecturer Chinese Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.wiedenhof@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272080

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  Marion Elenbaas University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.b.elenbaas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272957

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  Tony Foster Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.foster@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272124

• Sealing and bookkeeping practices in Hittite Anatolia Event - 29 May 2026

  Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars

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  Alex Reuneker Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.reuneker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274184

• Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient? News - 2 June 2023

  As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram, who jointly teach a course within the MA in Dutch Studies, are entering into a virtual collaboration with the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa to find the…

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  Matthijs Westera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277535