833 search results for “african sidn language” in the Staff website
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Brenda AssendelftFaculty of Humanities
b.m.e.assendelft@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jiawen QIFaculty of Science
j.qi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carel SmithFaculty of Law
c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277733
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Flor Miriam Plaza del ArcoFaculty of Science
f.m.plaza.del.arco@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Martin KroonFaculty of Humanities
m.s.kroon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fei BaiFaculty of Humanities
r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henegouwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6509
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Martijn LemmenFaculty of Humanities
m.m.m.a.lemmen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Klaas van WalravenAfrican Studies Centre
k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3362
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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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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
a.raia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275283
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Vikram Kershan PanchamAfrican Studies Centre
v.k.pancham@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hans MullerLeiden University Library
j.m.muller@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Renske van LeukenAfrican Studies Centre
r.van.leuken@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Maria DitmarsAfrican Studies Centre
m.d.ditmars@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo
Panel discussion
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Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other'
During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storytelling afternoons. They hope to show parents that raising children multilingually is achievable as well as beneficial.
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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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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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Pascale EskesFaculty of Humanities
p.c.eskes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Crossing the divide: learning about language policies and practices around the world
During the past year online meetings and lectures have become a firm feature of university life. One of the highlights of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics’ online activities has been the online seminar series ‘Language policy and practices in the Global North and South’ organised by guest…
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New language proficiency requirements for new PhD candidates (starting trajectory from 1 September 2024 onwards)
Research
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October. Verberne has been at LIACS since 2017 as group leader of the Text Mining and Retrieval group.
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Knowledge on/in African societies: re-opening the paths
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back'
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Tailoring medicines for the genetically diverse African populations
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126
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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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Thesis prizes Responsible Internet 2023
Education
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The BIAS project attends the summer school on ‘Law and Language’ at Pavia University
Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Associate Professor at eLaw, delivered a lecture on AI and non-discrimination, engaging students with the Debiaser demo.
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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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Neoplatonism in the Christological Debates of Late Antiquity: Influences, Interferences, and Contrasts
Conference
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Tessa VerhoefFaculty of Science
t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277903
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
o.lundysheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Pablo Isla MonsalveFaculty of Humanities
p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272061
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
p.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2592
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Johanneke CaspersFaculty of Humanities
j.caspers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2157
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2075
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Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare
For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful communication in the consulting room. ‘It’s very important to stress that you are always there supporting the person, even if there’s no cure.’
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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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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.