1,121 search results for “russian and space linguistics” in the Staff website
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Developing tailored information for institutes on research grants
Sieger van den Aardweg is Knowledge Base Manager for the Grant Development Team at the Strategy and Academic Affairs Directorate, part of Administration and Central Services. He is working within the Leiden Research Support programme on tailored information provision, in collaboration with several institutes.…
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‘As an ambassador you witness history as it unfolds’
Carmen Gonsalves has been the Dutch ambassador to Chile since this autumn. She studied history in Leiden. How useful has her degree been and what’s it like to be an ambassador? ‘Diplomacy is fascinating.’ We spoke to her just before the presidential elections.
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defence
The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus changed your work? What do you miss most? And what is keeping you going? We asked a few colleagues.
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund
The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclusion, with specific emphasis on creating an inclusive learning environment.
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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These are the nominees for the 2022 Faculty Teaching Prize!
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students, and a jury – comprising students and lecturers – decides who will receive the prize. The prize will be awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 7 September. Meet this year’s…
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Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’
From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…
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“If Naveeni akka can do it, you can do it too!”: Changing pragmatic conventions in the English-speaking Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora community
Lecture
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Webinar: Ethical Review of Student Research – Best-practices and future development
Webinar
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
- Medieval Fragmentology and the Fragmented Old English Glossed N-Psalter
- Una Europa Talk | Connections in International Relations: Competition vs. Integration
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PhD and Post Doc’s Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside of academia
Festival, Career Event
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Traces of Language Contact in Niya Prakrit
PhD defence
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Convenience and community: How Armenians entered and settled in Venice and Amsterdam, 1650-1730
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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The Rise and Fall of the Limburgish tone
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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PhD Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside academia
Career development
- Leiden Translation Talks
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’
Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Eight psychologists share their insights on how to slow down and reconnect.
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Sociolinguistics Circle 2025
Conference
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In the Making #10: Sensing Otherwise; in the absence of land(scape)
Arts and culture
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Work Stress Week 2023
Workshops
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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FGGA experts on freedom: 'We are only truly free when everyone feels free'
On 5 May, we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and the fact that we have been able to live in freedom ever since. But what does freedom mean, and how does it relate to our safety? Various FGGA experts draw connections with their own fields of expertise.
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Flash interview with alumnus Joost Bunk: As a diplomat, you know there's a risk of being declared persona non grata
When Russia attacked Ukraine in the night of 23-24 February, alumnus Joost Bunk, who was working as a diplomat in Russia, knew that everything would change.
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experiencing group pressure.
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Pluractionality in classical and modern spoken Arabic
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Digital Thesauri as Semantic Treasure Troves
PhD defence
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To World Poetry and Back: Avant-garde Classicist Poetry in the Sinophone Cyberspace
Lecture, China Seminar
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From Motion to Future to Speech Act: The Functional Elevation of luai-khə ‘come-go’ in Ji’an Gan Chinese
Lecture, CHiLL series
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu
PhD defence
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Woodworkers and farmers 3000 years ago: transitions from the Rigveda to the Atharvaveda
Lecture, VVIK lecture
- Juynboll Lecture: Towards connected histories of Muslim Qur’an translation
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Fireside Peace Chat with Arnold Stepanyan
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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‘We died the day we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo
Lecture
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Digital Humanities Pilot Project Symposium 2025
Symposium
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Book Presentation: Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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When Sherlock Holmes Speaks Chinese: Translationese in Chinese Fan Fiction
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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68th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Conference
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Workshop: Other Forms of Understanding Language / Andere vormen van taalbegrip / Otras formas de entender el lenguaje
Course, Workshop
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Just Peace Dialogue: Peace in Europe
Just Peace Festival
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Tackling societal issues with a new vision on public leadership
The Leiden Leadership Centre (LLC) aims to connect science with practice when it comes to public leadership. The Centre, founded by, among others, Dr. Ben Kuipers and Prof. dr. Sandra Groeneveld, is collaborating with a number of organisations. A recent result was a research assignment for a new vision…
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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi
Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the algorithm that made him successful, the role of a university in our society and his ambitions at Siemens. ‘I was looking for Siemens, and they were looking…
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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Politics in Late Imperial Austria and Contemporary Europe: Back to Normal?
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian
PhD defence
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Reusing data: Bridging the distance between data consumers and producers
Workshop
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Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum
Conference, Workshops, masterclass and keynote lecture