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• Epistemicity in Cinyungwe Research project

  This project investigates (1) how the strategies used in expressing epistemicity differ in their interpretation and use; (2) which strategies can combine and to what effects this leads; (3) what the expression of (various aspects of) epistemicity tell us about how the languages encode the speaker’s…

• Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau Research output

  On the 19th of February, Mariana Martins successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Mariana on this achievement!

• Social Grammar: Dialects, Identity, and Social Stratification Research project

  This project investigates how people choose linguistic forms like questions or statements in everyday speech.

• 24th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics Event - 6 June 2027

  Conference

• Sign of approval by the Spanish Inquisition News - 25 September 2013

  Book historian Erik Kwakkel found an intriguing snippet of text earlier this week, that bears unexpected evidence of some of the problems encoutered by early printers: censorship and the affiliated fuss of seeking and printing Church approval.

• Dutch Studies (BA)

  For international students who want to not only develop true fluency in Dutch language, but also dive into the culture, history and mindset of the Netherlands, there is no better place Leiden University's bachelor's programme in Dutch Studies!

• Meet our staff Egyptology (MA)

• Meet our staff Egyptology (research) (MA)

• Histories Connected Event
• Melody in speech Research project

  All languages use melody in speech, primarily via rises and falls of the pitch of voice. Such pitch variation is pervasive, offering a wide spectrum of nuance to sentences – an additional layer of meaning. For example, saying “yes” with a rising pitch implies a question (rather than an affirmation).…

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  Rudi van Maanen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ron Elkhuizen PhD Candidate

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Thea Hilhorst Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Floris Plak Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pieter Emmer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Call for Papers: The 12th Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) 2025 CFP News - 18 February 2025

  The annual Korean Screen Culture Conference (KSCC) is dedicated to exploring all aspects of Korean screen culture, including television, K-pop, internet, computer gaming, webtoons, and film from both North and South Korea.

• Borderland Narratives Research output

  Cultural Anthropologist Erik de Maaker published, together with Monica Janoswki (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Stories across Borders: Myths of Origin and Their Contestation in the Borderlands of South and Southeast Asia in Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS).

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  Mehmet Kentel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sander van der Horst PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law Research project

  Ruling Overseas: Connected Practices of Governance of Law

• Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage Research project

  Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage

• Slikkerveer petitions for worldwide local development at the World Culture Forum in Indonesia News - 26 November 2013

  The president of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has personally invited Jan Slikkeveer, professor of Ethnobotanical Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries, to give a lecture during the World Culture Forum. The Forum will be hosted in Indonesia from 24 to 27 November.

• How beneficial is mindfulness? Find out at the Night of Culture and Knowledge! News - 15 September 2015

  Mindfulness is all the rage. But what is mindfulness and is this popular form of medication completely harmless? Come to the workshop on 19 September by Chris Goto-Jones, Professor of Philosophy and mindfulness therapist, and find out for yourself.

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  Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe Guest postdoc researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hendri Schut PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sander Tetteroo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  P. de Groot Office Manager

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jessie van Straaten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Intigam Mamedov Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

• Cultural Anthropology graduate nominated for 'most impactful student project' by Leiden Science City News - 6 December 2019

  Cultural Anthropology graduate Tommie Lambregts conducted fieldwork in the Slaaghwijk neighbourhood in Leiden as part of a Policy in Practice research internship commissioned by the municipality. Leiden Science City nominated his research as one of four 'most impactful student projects'. Award ceremony…

• Commonplace - Photographs from the Drummond-Fyvie Collection and the Ngilima Collection Research output

  Commonplace - Photographs from the Drummond-Fyvie Collection and the Ngilima Collection. By Tamsyn Adams and Sophie Feyder.

• A documentation of Sanye (Dahalo), a critically endangered Cushitic language of Kenya Research project

  This project creates a comprehensive audiovisual documentation of the Sanye language, the sociolinguistic situation, and cultural practices of the Sanye (Dahalo) community in coastal Kenya.

• ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

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• Two Vacancies for PhD at LUCAS News - 1 April 2015

  Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) is looking for two PhD's, for a research programme funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): 'A New History of Fishes. A long-term approach to fishes in science and culture, 1550-1880', supervised by Professor Paul…

• The Popular Culture of Illegality: Santa Muerte and Narco Cultus in Mexico News - 10 September 2013

  NWO has granted a 4-year subsidy to the project The Popular Culture of Illegality, ellaborated in collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, University Utrecht and Leiden University. This research focuses on the esthetic representations and practices in visual, musical and symbolical forms of…

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  Ajeng Arainikasih PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jamel Buhari PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Dennis Worst PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marijke Kooijman Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martijn Storms Curator

  Leiden University Libraries

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  Emma Sow Research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Patricia Kret PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthias Lukkes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sjoerd Ramackers Research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Juliette Staüdt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Education and Training of Public Servants Research output

  In this book, the authors provide an overview of the history of civil service education and training by analysing cases in Europe, the US and Australia.

• Workplace and Community: the social and cultural processes of labour movements News - 11 November 2024

  Hari Nugroho explores the role of local dynamics in shaping Indonesian labour movements. By focusing on the micro-level, this research reveals how labour organisation strategies are influenced by individual actors' personal histories, their interactions, and the way in which they respond the local economic…

• Poetry and power: the appreciation of the verse in Seljuq and Ilkhanid chronicles : the case of Rāḥat al-Ṣudūr and Jāmiʿ al-Tavārīkh Research output

  On Wednesday 20 November 2024 Sara Mirahmadi successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Innovation in tradition Research output

  This dissertation explores the history of the language of a manuscript known as Tönnies Fonne's Russian-German Phrasebook (Pskov 1607).

• Historical Linguistics and Philology Historical and Comparative Linguistics

  The topic of Historical Linguistics and Philology at LUCL is language change in its broadest sense.