1,233 search results for “classical language and cultural” in the Staff website
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
a.s.keijser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272217
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
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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Leiden Classics: Cleveringa’s protest
On 26 November 1940 Professor Cleveringa held his courageous speech protesting against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague, Professor Meijers. Cleveringa was arrested and the university was closed. Every year the university honours Cleveringa with a chair and meetings throughout the world.
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772
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Thinley DemaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.dema@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
c.c.de.jonge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272678
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Prof. dr. Holger Gzella elected as member of the Academia Europaea
LUCL member prof. dr. Holger Gzella has been elected as member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272128
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Benjamin StormeFaculty of Humanities
b.p.p.storme@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272175
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Irene Van EldereFaculty of Humanities
i.van.eldere@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277867
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
e.m.a.radar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273662
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Holly RiachFaculty of Humanities
h.a.riach@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272027
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Anthropologist Radhika Gupta Explains India-Pakistan historical and cultural relation in NOS Interview
Learn how the daily Attari-Wagah border ceremony continues despite political tensions between India and Pakistan. Anthropologist Radhika Gupta offers insights into the complex historical and cultural relationship between these two nations in this recent NOS article.
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Abhishek AvtansFaculty of Humanities
a.avtans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273192
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Workplace and Community: the social and cultural processes of labour movements
Hari Nugroho explores the role of local dynamics in shaping Indonesian labour movements. By focusing on the micro-level, this research reveals how labour organisation strategies are influenced by individual actors' personal histories, their interactions, and the way in which they respond the local economic…
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Wenqian FanFaculty of Humanities
w.fan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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their experiences: ‘The highlight of past year? New friendships and cultural exchanges.’
The academic year is drawing to a close, and summer is on the horizon. FGGA students are working hard to wrap everything up. We asked some of them to reflect on the past year and share their insights and tips for fellow students.
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
c.l.van.der.burght@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278041
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
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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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
p.j.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Master's student of Arts and Culture develops own exhibition: 'A very enriching experience'
Many students dread writing a thesis. Master’s student Laura Robustella's practice-based thesis shows that it is well worth the effort. She developed an art exhibition based on her master’s thesis.
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Navigating a New Culture as a PhD candidate
Personal development, Study support
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Jenny AudringFaculty of Humanities
j.audring@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272247
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Esther de VrindICLON
devrind@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276537
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Olga NozdrachevaFaculty of Humanities
o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272081
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Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
c.waerzeggers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0715272033
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LeidenGlobal Dialogues - Indigo: Threads of Trade, Culture & Change
Lecture
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277210
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Graduation ceremony bachelor programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Attention to education and culture at lowest point in 20 years
After an extensive content analysis of the coalition agreement, a sharp fall can be seen in the focus on education & culture, science & technology and defence. This is the conclusion of university public administration professors Gerard Breeman and Arco Timmermans. They compared the content with all…
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154
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Intentions in Communication
Conference, Workshop
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I-Hsien LinFaculty of Humanities
i.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275733
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Leiden Classics: the man behind the beadle
Almost everywhere in the world where the post exists, the beadle is a ‘master of ceremonies’ who only makes his appearance on special occasions. In Leiden the beadle does much more. He is indispensable at dissertation defences and orations. He directs ceremonies and is a master at calming nerves.
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The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana and the archive of the collector Johannes Thysius exhibit both the intellectual and everyday life as it was three hundred years ago. Now a brand-new digital…
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Natasja DelbarFaculty of Humanities
n.a.delbar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278013
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Priscilla LamFaculty of Humanities
m.y.p.lam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272945
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Benjamin SuchardFaculty of Humanities
b.d.suchard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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‘Language is part of your identity’
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
t.hui@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277225
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Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language
Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average
Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.