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• Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' News - 14 October 2025

  A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…

• Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language News - 18 December 2025

  Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.

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

  Conference

• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

• Language Policy and Planning of Amazigh Languages in Morocco Event - 6 January 2026

  PhD defence

• Language Policy and Practices Series Event
• How infants learn about language within their social context - experimental and observational evidence Event - 27 February 2026

  Lecture, LUCL Colloquium

• Contribute your ideas: Day of Languages 2026 Announcement - 15 December 2025

  Organisation

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  Kiana Shahrasbi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.shahrasbi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anneke Wurth Teaching Methodologist for Dutch

  ICLON

  j.g.r.wurth@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7162

• Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge News - 9 October 2025

  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 Truan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.l.truan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1650

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  Ying-ting Wang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.de.rooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2597

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  Yee Man Ng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  y.m.ng@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.yoshioka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2553

• 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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  Abhishek Avtans- Lecturer of Hindi Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.avtans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3192

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  Dick Smakman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.smakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2607

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  Lifeng Han Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Jin Hee Park University Lecturer Korean

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.park@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5755

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  Emi Yamamoto Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.yamamoto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1565

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  Anneke Both-de Vries

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  bothanna@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4834

• Technology and the State: Enlightenment Language Machines, Then and Now Event - 13 March 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

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  Ronald Kon Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Evelyn Bosma Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Olga Nozdracheva PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Nargess Asghari PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.asghari@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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  Eduardo Alves Vieira University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5638

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  Ae Ree Nam Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415

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  Xiaochen Zheng Researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Yinzhi Zhang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.z.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2519

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  Ben Arps Professor Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2222

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  Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  f.m.plaza.del.arco@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Axel Palmér Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.i.palmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Researchers debunk earlier study: babies may not be able to learn language rules after all News - 24 March 2022

  For two decades, language experts were certain that babies were able to learn language rules from as young as the age of seven months. However, recent research carried out by a consortium of four Dutch baby labs led by researchers from Leiden cast doubts on this certainty. We spoke to researchers Andreea…

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  Azeb Amha Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  a.amha@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3364

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  I-Fan Lin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.lin@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Liza van den Bosch Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.j.van.den.bosch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3724

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  Anouschka van Dijk PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.j.m.van.dijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Janet Connor Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7210

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  Stefan Norbruis Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.norbruis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jesse Wichers Schreur Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.g.wichers.schreur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274154

• ‘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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  I-Hsien Lin Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5733

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.dadone@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278849

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  Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Professor emeritus English Sociohistorical Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.m.tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aleksandra Uttenweiler PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.uttenweiler@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727