1,260 search results for “iranian language and culture” in the Staff website
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war
According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take this propaganda seriously.
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Bridging Wor(l)ds: Future-proofing the Languages and Cultures Sector in Dutch Higher Education
Conference
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Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road
Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition depicts life and different cultures along this important trade route.
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Shipwrecks and Cultural Diplomacy
Lecture
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
s.l.a.brandellero@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271447
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Suzan VerberneFaculty of Science
s.verberne@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 31 71 527 7043
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From Japan Studies to junior school: ‘I was back to square one in the classroom’
It was while wearing clogs at a Dutch theme park in Japan that Cindy Heijdra really got to know Japan. Over 20 years later, she is studying again: to be a primary school teacher.
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Sjef Barbiers moves to INT: ‘Especially in times of AI, we need to keep Dutch relevant’
Professor Sjef Barbiers is leaving his job as scientific director of LUCL for the position of scientific director of the Institute for the Dutch Language (INT) from 1 September.
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Sander HölsgensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.r.j.j.holsgens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elsa CharletyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
e.c.charlety@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273852
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Andrea RagragioFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.m.m.ragragio@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451
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Simay CetinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.cetin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
e.veldkamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277233
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Ben Arps receives Indonesian Culture Award
Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture Ben Arps has received the Anugerah Kebudayaan Indonesia (Indonesian Culture Award) from the Indonesian ambassador for his services to the field.
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Evening of Languages 26 September – Will You Join Us?
On 26 September – the European Day of Languages – we will shine a spotlight on our rich array of language and culture programmes. The faculty is organising the Evening of Languages, and we warmly invite you to join us. With an inspiring event we offer the public the opportunity to discover your area…
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
a.a.a.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278828
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Gea Hakker: ‘We aim to be the gold standard of language learning’
The Academic Language Centre (ATC) is one of the cornerstones of Leiden University. Director Gea Hakker explains how this organisation is providing quality (online) language courses and meeting new demands.
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.vuren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increasingly discarding the Russian language. What does this mean for the position of Russian in Ukraine?
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Anna DlabacovaFaculty of Humanities
a.dlabacova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272119
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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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Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related'
Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey through South Korea. How has the country developed over the past decades? And what is the impact of last December's failed coup?
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Myra ArendsFaculty of Humanities
m.arends@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273314
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
r.j.baarsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hans ThuisFaculty of Humanities
j.a.j.thuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yuchen LianFaculty of Science
y.lian@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277050
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Three Leiden researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Three researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The subsidy will allow the researchers to set up their own projects and put together a research team.
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
z.kripe@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
e.m.raven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anastasia ZhangFaculty of Archaeology
c.zhang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joost GrootensFaculty of Humanities
j.grootens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Paul van ElsFaculty of Humanities
p.van.els@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272595
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Marcello BonsangueFaculty of Science
m.m.bonsangue@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277095
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Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA)
In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272654
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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Speaking Korean contest: ‘Actually, I don't dare to do this at all’
In a well-filled Telders Auditorium, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best.
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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
p.a.i.h.degryse@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Dennis Bos
Faculty of Humanities
d.bos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272722
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New professor Alwin Kloekhorst: 'The origin of your language also says something about you'
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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Willem van WijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
w.l.van.wijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451
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James McGrailFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.m.mcgrail@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Fitri MurfiantiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.murfianti@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed
Communication is the transmission of information. All day long we are busy explaining and making things clear to each other, but exactly how we do that varies from language to language. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal delved into African Bantu languages for a Vidi project.
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How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk'
According to Nivja de Jong, second language acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics'. As a recently appointed professor of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, she studies the question of how best to teach people a new language.
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Anna van Ark is doing an internship at the Rijksmuseum: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a curator’
Master’s student Anna van Ark has landed her dream internship at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For three months, she’ll be shadowing the curator and conducting research on Japanese prints for the acquisitions team.