1,478 search results for “indonesie and japanese language and culture” in the Staff website
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Mubarika NugraheniFaculty of Humanities
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Researchers debunk earlier study: babies may not be able to learn language rules after all
For two decades, language experts were certain that babies were able to learn language rules from as young as the age of seven months. However, recent research carried out by a consortium of four Dutch baby labs led by researchers from Leiden cast doubts on this certainty. We spoke to researchers Andreea…
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Where does this Inca language come from? Verb conjugations should provide some answers
When university lecturer Martine Bruil was on exchange in Ecuador as a teenager, she fell in love with the area's ancient languages. Now, more than 20 years later, she is starting a research project on the kinship of the language Awapit with the Quechua language that was spread by the Incas.
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Elsa CharletySocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nicky SchreuderFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrea RagragioSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Angelo RomanoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Willem van WijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Simon WillmettsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrican Studies Centre
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Peuters, apen en Japanners hielpen inzien hoe wij emoties voortbrengen
Een orang-oetan lacht niet gauw hard om een video waarin een soortgenoot dat ook doet. Een peuter doet het meer dan een volwassene, een Japanner weer iets minder. Chris Riddell leerde uit zijn vele experimenten ook dat geduld loont. Hij promoveert 16 september.
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
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Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders'
To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
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Dennis BosFaculty of Humanities
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James McGrailSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Catering selection
The Party Catering Administration Office has special catering packages for the Faculty Club, and an overview is presented below.
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Hans Thuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Tullio AbruzzeseFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrea GiolaiFaculty of Humanities
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Yumeng WangFaculty of Science
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Janet GrijzenhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Mert YazanFaculty of Science
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Hannah De MulderFaculty of Humanities
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Kiana ShahrasbiFaculty of Science
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Tom KouwenhovenFaculty of Science
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Stan van der BurghtFaculty of Humanities
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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 Perspectives on the Presentation of Japanese Art II
Lecture, Seminar
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Owada Chair should bring together nations, cultures and individuals
Dominique Moïsi, a professor at King’s College London, will be the first holder of the Owada chair. ‘In the present international context of polarisation and divisions within societies and amongst nations, any effort at bringing Asia and Europe closer to each other is truly important.’
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Delegatie van Nagasaki University bezoekt de Universiteit Leiden
Een delegatie van Nagasaki University bracht eind mei een bezoek aan de Universiteit Leiden.
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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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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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…
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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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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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Double Lecture on Ecocritical Perspectives in Japanese Art
Lecture
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Daybreak in Gaza - Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture
Debate, BookTalk
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Three questions about delayed language development in children
Around seven per cent of children have difficulty learning their mother tongue because they have some form of developmental language disorder (DLD). World DLD Day on 15 October called attention to this disorder. Development psychologist Neeltje van den Bedem explains why this is important.
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Zane Kripe
Faculty of Science
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Using mobile technology for self-directed language learning
Self-directed learning is more suitable for intermediate and advanced language learners than for beginners.