1,075 search results for “africa language and cultural” in the Staff website
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grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language
'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.
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Negotiating Europeanness: Race, Class, and Culture in the Colonial World
Conference, Workshop
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.
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Africa and Palestine
Lecture
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Sophie van Romburgh
Faculty of Humanities
s.g.van.romburgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pepita Hesselberth
Faculty of Humanities
p.hesselberth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2202
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Elena Paskaleva
Faculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692
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Cultural Anthropologist Peter Pels part of research team into colonial collections
Peter Pels, affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology of Leiden University, is one of the researchers. Together with Birgit Meyer (UU), he will lead the work package 'Heritage and the Question of Conversion'.
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Alumnus Adrian Young gives lecture on cultural heritage to AHK students
On Monday 9 May, IIASL alumnus Adrian Young gave a very satisfying cross-disciplinary session between law and the arts, on the preservation of heritage in space.
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much further. A study by archaeologists at Leiden University on the use of fire shows that 400,000 years ago knowledge and skills must already have been exchanged…
- This Time for Africa! series
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Jenneke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3658
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Josien de Klerk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9557
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Marike van Aerde
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.j.j.van.aerde@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1138
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1399
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Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.idrissa.abdoulaye@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372
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André Leliveld
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.h.m.leliveld@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 727
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Elisabeth Kerr
Faculty of Humanities
e.j.kerr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang'
Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to violation of human rights. PhD candidate Elke Spiessens was right in the middle of it with her research. 'The fabric of the community is being completely…
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LUCIR Lecture: Russia in Africa
Lecture
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What is citizenship? Classical Languages help find the answer
A European project should help reinvigorate Latin teaching in secondary schools. 'By focusing on citizenship, we want to show that Latin is relevant to discussions about citizenship and migration.'
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Skate culture embraced by Olympic Games is now visible in the city
The skateboarding world was highly enthusiastic about the participation of skaters in the Olympic Games in 2021, although there was also a lot of opposition. Researcher Sander Hölsgens observes that the discussion has now abated and that the Games have had positive effects for skateboarders and citi…
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Follow the Modern Greek Language Course in Athens
Education
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This is Emma, the new student ambassador Cultural Anthropology
Since the beginning of September, Emma van der Plas (20) is the new student ambassador for CADS. Emma is a third-year student and is currently following a minor in Sustainable Development in Leiden. Her goal? To eliminate the stigmas surrounding anthropology. "When I tell people I'm studying anthropology,…
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Humanities LU: Declutter, disconnect, dismantle! Reflections on degrowth and cultural politics
Lecture
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Cultural Anthropology and Healthy Society
Colleagues from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences work on a variety of topics that contribute to a healthy society. Erik Bähre, Tessa Minter and Natashe Lemos Dekker presented their work during the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022.
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A new administrative culture starts with us
A new administrative culture. Renewed vigour. More transparency. Will it become reality with the new government? And how do you go about achieving it? By all of us striving to change together: not just politicians, but also stakeholders, civil servants, media, and civilians. That was the conclusion…
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Martijn Lemmen
Faculty of Humanities
m.m.m.a.lemmen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Yumeng Wang
Science
y.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Arie Verhagen
Faculty of Humanities
a.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4152
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Hannah De Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7563
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Michaël Opgenhaffen
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.a.opgenhaffen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2099
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Pablo Isla Monsalve
Faculty of Humanities
p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2061
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Amos van Baalen
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.w.van.baalen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Göran Sundholm
Faculty of Humanities
b.g.sundholm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leticia Pablos Robles
Faculty of Humanities
l.pablos.robles@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2106
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Janet Grijzenhout
Faculty of Humanities
j.grijzenhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1470
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Mert Yazan
Science
m.yazan@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fei Bai
Faculty of Humanities
r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Neeltje van den Bedem
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
n.p.van.den.bedem@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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expert Gül Aktürk Hauser investigates climate change adaptation of cultural heritage
Recently, Dr Gül Aktürk Hauser took up the position as Assistant Professor at the department of Heritage and Society. Originally an architect, she got caught up in the study of historical vernacular buildings in northeastern Turkey. Now her focus lies on the impact of climate change on cultural heri…
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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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New language proficiency requirements for new PhD candidates (starting trajectory from 1 September 2024 onwards)
Research
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Worlds to Discover: Ajami Manuscripts of West Africa
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World