805 search results for “iranian language and culture” in the Staff website
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History and change in Sign Language Phonology
Lecture
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New podcast on one of Europe's oldest Muslim communities
For over six centuries, the Tatars have been part of Poland’s social and cultural fabric. In this 8-episode series, released weekly, professor Maurits Berger and assistant professor Ewa Górska explore how this Muslim minority has maintained its identity across generations, how Islam is practiced in…
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Anna NotsuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.notsu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang'
Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to violation of human rights. PhD candidate Elke Spiessens was right in the middle of it with her research. 'The fabric of the community is being completely…
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Fei BaiFaculty of Humanities
r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272076
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Martin KroonFaculty of Humanities
m.s.kroon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tessa MearnsICLON
t.l.mearns@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276106
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Maria van der SchaarFaculty of Humanities
m.s.van.der.schaar@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Martijn LemmenFaculty of Humanities
m.m.m.a.lemmen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Flor Miriam Plaza del Arcof.m.plaza.del.arco@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yumeng Wangy.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jiawen Qij.qi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mert Yazanm.yazan@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274167
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Areti Leventia.leventi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Simon WillmettsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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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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Sign language emergence and diachronic change
Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures
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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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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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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052
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Nina Jaspersn.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carina van den HovenFaculty of Humanities
c.van.den.hoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743
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Arturo García De Leóna.j.garcia.de.leon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- International conference on Russian-language literature in emigration
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Doing Ethics: Addressing Real-World Challenges in Language Research
Conference, workshop
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276078
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Masoud KianiFaculty of Humanities
m.kiani@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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The language of internet memes
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau
PhD defence
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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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Master's students organise graduate conference ‘Who is Asian?’
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.
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Historical implications of argument marking patterns in the Guaporé-Mamoré area
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
l.e.m.fikkers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648
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Evelien Campfens at LeidenGlobal on cultural heritage protection
How can we best protect cultural heritage in times of war? In an interview with LeidenGlobal, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens talks about her current research project on cultural heritage protection in Ukraine for the European Parliament (EP).
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play
A team of Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage.
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this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language
Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach this problem?
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Ainu Language Presentation
Workshop & exhibition
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272157
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Falling bombs and looting soldiers: how to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage?
The war in Ukraine is leading not only to human suffering. Ukraine's cultural heritage is also experiencing the consequences of the war: museums are being bombed and 'Russification' in the occupied territories means children no longer learn Ukrainian. Researcher Evelien Campfens was commissioned by…
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Adolescence: Sexual Becoming in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam — home to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) — hosted an interdisciplinary workshop organized by dr. Rafal Matuszewski, an ancient historian at the Institute for History in Leiden.
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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.