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• Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine News - 6 June 2023

  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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  Margot Starkenburg Coordinator conferences and Summer Schools

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.starkenburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277773

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  Nathan Albury Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.j.albury@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Uwe Bläsing Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  u.blaesing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rosanne Ottolander Administrator

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.ottolander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emilia Saillen Coordinator secretariat

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.saillen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274168

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  Elise Rijpsma Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Lianne Westenberg Project leader

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.westenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274028

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  Eugene Agapiou Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Fabien Chambon Skills lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.chambon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jeremy Farrell Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.farrell@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272203

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  Nima Asefi Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.asefi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Shaogang Cheng Teaching Coordinator

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274151

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  Thilo Schadeberg Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.c.schadeberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gertjan Postma Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.postma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francesco Barchi Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.barchi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275007

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  Willemijn Sneep Skills lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.m.sneep@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273671

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  Laura Briganti Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.briganti@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Winnie Hofmeester Guest lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.hofmeester@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carlos Lechner Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Jurgen Lingen Secretary/ Junior Institute Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.lingen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273584

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  Bobby Ruijgrok Lab manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.ruijgrok@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273398

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  Milou Andree Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.andree@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277701

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  Utie Wouters Teamleader / Foreign Language Teacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  u.wouters@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272972

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  Brigitt Relli Management/office-assistent

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.relli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278539

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  Katrina Li Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.li@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274130

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  Marja Clement Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.clement@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jaap Kamphuis University Lecturer / Programme Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.kamphuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Mari Oishi Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.oishi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Luuk Speckens

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  Giosuè Balocco

• Machine Learning: Linguistic Cues for Arabic Authorship Analysis Event - 7 April 2026

  Middle East Studies Lecture

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  Yuchen Lian PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  y.lian@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277050

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  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.yoshioka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272553

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271693

• Why is that word there? Research on language structure completed News - 1 August 2023

  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.

• Equative Interpretation in Mandarin Copular Clauses: The Syntax and Semantics of jiù shì 就是 Event - 29 April 2026

  Lecture, CHiLL series

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

• Language Policy and Practices Series Event
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  Zhaole Yang University Lecturer of Chinese language and language pedagogy

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275161

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278332

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  Meike de Boer PhD candidate/ Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.m.de.boer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed Ali PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Sign Languages and Deaf People (SL&D) lecture series Event
• Humanities PhD Symposium 2026 Event - 12 June 2026

  Conference, Symposium

• Short survey on Laboratory Use within the Faculty of Humanities Announcement - 13 April 2026

  Organisation

• How Syntactic Structure and Classifier Congruency Shape Mandarin Sentence Production: Behavioural and ERP Insights Event - 13 May 2026

  Lecture, CHiLL series

• Lips pouted or not? How improved speaker recognition can help forensic investigations News - 12 June 2023

  Police investigations use wiretapped phone recordings as investigative material fairly regularly. But how do they know that the voice on the recording actually belongs to the suspect? PhD student Laura Smorenburg is trying to answer that question.

• NWO Open Competition for replication research: 'Deals with fundamental question in my field' News - 2 March 2023

  Innovation through repetition. That is how university lecturer Jurriaan Witteman describes his research on the automatic processing of angry voices in the brain. The original research was conducted 20 years ago, but, with an NWO grant, Witteman is now going to see if those results are accurate.

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