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  Deniz Tat University Lecturer Turkish

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277100

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  Eduardo Alves Vieira University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Stan van der Burght Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278041

• We invite you to participate in the Day of Languages and Cultures 2026! Announcement - 7 May 2026

  Organisation

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  Bernet Elzinga Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273745

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  Charlotte Rouzée PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.rouzee@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Julie Hall Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.hall@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stephan Verschoor Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  sverschoor@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Olga Nozdracheva PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272081

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  Dietsje Jolles Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.d.jolles@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Janet Connor Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277210

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  Jiangnan Sun PhD candidate / contract

  j.sun@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Naomi Truan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.a.l.truan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271650

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  I-Hsien Lin Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275733

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Debora Campos Wanderley Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.campos.wanderley@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278831

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  Nivja de Jong Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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

• ‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models News - 24 January 2025

  What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages News - 6 October 2025

  What does it sound like when you create your own words in Chichewa? Can you decipher hieroglyphs after just one workshop? Visitors found answers to these and many other questions during the first edition of the Evening of Languages, held in the brand-new Herta Mohr Building. With a sold-out programme,…

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  Moji Aghajani Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.aghajani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276030

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272242

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  Thijs Porck Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611

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  Natasja Delbar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Priscilla Lam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.y.p.lam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272945

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  Aleksandra Uttenweiler PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.d.suchard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hilde Gunnink Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.gunnink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274963

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  Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Julia Folz Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.folz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Henk van Steenbergen Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hsteenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273655

• Anne Urai receives 2026 Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences News - 8 June 2026

  How do people make choices, and what happens in our brains when we do? Anne Urai investigates how our brains process information and use it to make decisions. In applying the resulting insights to current issues in society, she hopes to gain a better understanding of what motivates people to adopt sustainable…

• Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease' News - 22 January 2024

  In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their loved ones. This leads to insights: 'One lady told how much stress she felt from all those caregivers around her bed.'

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  Isabelle Kaiko Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.r.kaiko@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The dynamics of contact-induced change and language shift Event - 24 April 2025

  Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Series '24/'25

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  Kate Bellamy Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273983

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  Willem van der Does Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Choose a Language! Afternoon: ‘Great that it's more than learning words’ News - 6 February 2025

  The lecture halls in the Lipsius were full of curious secondary school students in January. During a special profile selection afternoon, they were introduced to the faculty and language studies. ‘I had no idea that Hebrew and Arabic were similar.’

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  Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto Guest reseacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ineke van der Ham Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.j.m.van.der.ham@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276746

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  Suzanne van de Groep PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.w.van.de.groep@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The language of Russian propaganda News - 14 October 2024

  In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But Russia calls it a ‘special military operation’. Word choices of this kind affect how people look at issues. A Dutch Research Council (NWO) project led…

• How do people best learn a language? 'It's incredible what you do when you talk' News - 17 April 2023

  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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  Willemijn Heeren Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.l.heeren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277068

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  Carmen Kleinherenbrink External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.kleinherenbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ben Arps Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272222

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’ News - 23 March 2026

  As Professor of African Linguistics, Nancy Kula increases our knowledge of variation across languages. Her inaugural lecture is on Monday 23 March.