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1,193 search results for “africa simon language” in the Staff website

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  Marike van Aerde Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.e.j.j.van.aerde@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271138

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  Tanja Hendriks Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.d.hendriks@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

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  Marja Spierenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.spierenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276699

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737

• BA in Italian Language and Culture to continue News - 27 February 2025

  Leiden University will continue to offer its BA in Italian Language and Culture. The Board of the Faculty of Humanities has reversed its decision to stop admitting new students as of the 2026/2027 academic year.

• Leiden students help with primary school language lessons News - 22 April 2025

  De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, Education and Child Studies students help primary school children practise their Dutch.

• Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture

• School pupils introduced to languages during profile choice afternoon News - 26 January 2026

  Last Tuesday, the Herta Mohr building was filled with secondary school pupils. During the profile choice afternoon, they were introduced to various aspects of language studies. 'It’s really exciting to be here.'

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.m.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272179

• Vidatum Research support

  Vidatum is a research management tool that assists researchers and research support staff in applying for, managing and accounting for externally funded research projects.

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  Matthijs Westera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world Event - 6 April 2026

  Conference

• 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…

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  Rogier Creemers Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.e.h.creemers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272850

• ASCL Seminar: Subjective dimensions of peace- and statebuilding across Africa Event - 1 May 2025

  Lecture

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  Olaf Kaper Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.e.kaper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272041

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272193

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  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer News - 30 October 2023

  A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'

• Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum News - 27 March 2023

  Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.

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  Fei Bai PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272076

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  Saskia Dunn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Martin Kroon Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.kroon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tessa Mearns Assistant professor

  ICLON

  t.l.mearns@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276106

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277733

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  Jochem van den Boogert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.p.van.den.boogert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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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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  Amos van Baalen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.w.van.baalen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yumeng Wang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  y.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michaël Opgenhaffen University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272969

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  Maria van der Schaar Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.van.der.schaar@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Martijn Lemmen PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.m.m.a.lemmen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Jiawen Qi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.qi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273997

• 24th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics Event - 6 June 2027

  Conference

• SMILE - Experimental Linguistics series Event
• Leiden Africa Platform Annual Meeting Event - 30 October 2025

  Annual meeting

• Social Sciences Connect

  Each month, we publish an article showcasing how social science research and education contribute to solving societal challenges. Researchers, lecturers, students, and societal partners work together to make knowledge accessible and to make a difference. Through open science and engaged education, we…

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  Peter Liebregts Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272160

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  Pascale Eskes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.eskes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278525

• Master's students organise graduate conference ‘Who is Asian?’ News - 19 March 2026

  Master's students Adam El Amraoui, Eesha Sheel, Frieda Chen and Lawrence Kurowski are organising a graduate conference. On March 26, students will gather to ponder definitions of belonging both within Asia and among Asian diasporic communities.

• No phases Event - 9 April 2026

  Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series

• Patterns of semantic change and reconstruction Event - 24 March 2026

  Lecture

• New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters News - 23 October 2023

  Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.

• A Luwian song in Old Hittite and its relevance for the study of negation compounds Event - 27 March 2026

  Lecture, CIEL Seminars

• High school students get acquainted with language studies at profile selection day News - 1 February 2024

  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.

• Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other' News - 10 March 2022

  During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storytelling afternoons. They hope to show parents that raising children multilingually is achievable as well as beneficial.

• Important findings in plain language: Leiden University introduces lay talk News - 5 March 2024

  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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  Peter Bisschop Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272980