284 search results for “samen language” in the Student website
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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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Looking back on the Area Fair: Have you made your area and language choice yet?
As the deadline for choosing a region of study dwells on International Studies Students, on October 28th, the yearly Area Fair was held. Students could walk around the Schouwburgstraat building as presentations, stands filled with snacks from the area, and workshops were being offered.
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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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Prompt Power: Using AI Tools for Political Science Research (Leiden session)
Lecture
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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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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Martin Kroon
Faculty of Humanities
m.s.kroon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martijn Lemmen
Faculty of Humanities
m.m.m.a.lemmen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Brenda Assendelft
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.e.assendelft@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carel Smith
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7733
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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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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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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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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.
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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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Olga Lundysheva
Faculty of Humanities
o.lundysheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Matthew Sung
Faculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Students of Russian Studies use language skills to help Ukrainian refugees
What started as a call for help in a Facebook group turned into a permanent group of students from the Bachelor's in Russian Studies and the Master's in Russian and Eurasian Studies who regularly help the Ukrainian refugees. They act as the link between the refugees and aid workers at various reception…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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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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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy
Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, they received the Best Paper Award at the Computational Natural Language Learning Conference in Singapore.
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2544
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Lettie Dorst
Faculty of Humanities
a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3026
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Discover the Realities of North Korea: An Evening with Defectors Lee Young-Hyeon and Lee Byung-Lim
Lecture
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Rebecca Schaefer: 'Music and science bring people together'
Rebecca Schaefer received the new science communication grant for the SNAAR Festival in December 2020. With the festival, Schaefer wants to make music and science accessible to a wide audience. How exactly? That's what she tells in this issue of Humans of Psychology.
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Spinoza Prize for Professor Bernet Elzinga
How can parents avoid passing on stress and mental health problems to their children? Professor of Stress-Related Psychopathology Bernet Elzinga develops simple interventions to help both parents and young people. For her research, she has been awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest academic honour…
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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jessie Sun
Faculty of Humanities
j.sun.14@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mick Stam
Faculty of Humanities
m.stam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lidy Bont
Faculty of Humanities
a.c.m.bont@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2332
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Yiwen Zou
Faculty of Humanities
y.zou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272332
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
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Thijs Porck wins Faculty Teaching Prize
Thijs Porck, teacher at English Language and Culture, has won the faculty teaching prize. He was lauded for his enthousiasm, his creative ways of teaching, and his commitment to his students.
- Language Café: Improve your Dutch!
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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Language, Stories, and Understanding Others
Lecture
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Crit Cremers
Faculty of Humanities
c.l.j.m.cremers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rosa van Straten
Faculty of Humanities
r.m.van.straten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4128
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Get to know our new Service Manager Alexander van Drooge
Alexander van Drooge recently joined us as Service Manager at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. Let’s get to know him!
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Participate in research social bonding and student well-being
Research
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Jenny Doetjes
Faculty of Humanities
j.doetjes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2181
- Una Europa: European Day of Languages
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Celebration of the Georgian Language Day
Conference
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Workshop: Other Forms of Understanding Language
Workshop-Poetry Lab
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Hossam Ahmed: ‘Listen to your students’
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. Lecturer Hossam Ahmed is one of them. What does he think makes for good education?
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Celebrating Language: WDO's 19th Lustrum Symposium
Festival, Lustrum Symposium