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Spinoza prize for 'migraine professor' Michel Ferrari
Neurologist Professor Michel Ferrari has been awarded the Spinoza prize. 'In biomedical research you can only make breakthroughs at the borders between sciences,' according to Spinoza, doctor and scientist. 'This prize is proof that co-operation works.' Together with clinical and fundamental researchers…
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Alternative Perspective 2028: Mark Rutgers and Casper de Jonge in discussion
Under extreme pressure and in agreement with the Faculty Board, the programme chairs, represented by a core group, have worked over recent weeks on additional recommendations based on the Perspective 2028 plan. On 1 December they presented their Alternative Perspective 2028 to the Faculty Board. The…
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Carel Stolker: 'It's a no-brainer: the opportunity just has to be seized!'
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) has been in existence for almost six years and will be entering its second phase in 2019. What course will the alliance take, what opportunities are out there and what is its mission? LDE Magazine spoke with Carel Stolker, rector magnificus of Leiden University and a member…
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Karin Aalderink: ‘It is very satisfying to help students on their way’
Her love for China made her study Chinese and go on an exchange trip in her third year of studies. As an Outbound Student Coordinator at the Humanities International Office, Karin Aalderink (45) now supervises students who go abroad.
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came up at Leiden University’s 448th Dies Natalis. A panel discussion including Leiden’s mayor Lenferink, music and two honorary doctorates completed the special…
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In Memoriam - Bas Edixhoven
On January 16, 2022, our respected and beloved colleague Prof. dr. Bas Edixhoven passed away after a short period of serious illness.
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Lisette Atsma: how a Korean and Asian Studies alumna became an ICT specialist
She studied Korean and Asian Studies and, four years after graduating, is now working as a specialist for an ICT secondment company. This is the story of Lisette Atsma’s career (27).
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Inspiring: Henriëtte studied at a Chinese university for five months
When Henriëtte Hoffman was ten years old she was enthralled by The Last Emperor, a 1987 film about the twelfth and last emperor of the Manchu dynasty. It was an interest that eventually led to a five-month stay in Chengde in China for her Asian Studies research master’s programme. During her time in…
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’
Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also secondary-school teachers and make good use of their escape room experience in their lessons. How do their degrees in Dutch and Astronomy come in use…
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Alumnus Shivan Shazad: 'I would like to have been a member of a diversity and inclusion committee'
It was his thesis supervisor during his master's in Film and Photographic Studies who encouraged Shivan Shazad to pursue a second master's in diversity policy at Ghent. He is now Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programme
Last Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s programmes. Alongside the presentations, the information fairs gave them a good opportunity to ask any questions.
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Doing science in the mud at Lowlands
Conducting experiments next to the huge speakers of the Alpha Stage at Lowlands. This was reality for researchers Max van Duijn and Tessa Verhoef, and they were loving it. 'Yesterday evening we were completely covered in mud.'
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Daan Weggemans: 'Digital security is not just for specialists'
Within a single generation, the digital world has changed completely: from a technical niche for ‘nerds’ to a reality that affects everyone. Cyberattacks, data breaches and system failures can disrupt essential social processes. How can we ensure that our society remains digitally resilient?
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Jonathan Powell: ‘In early modern England, people went to court very often.’
Jonathan Powell came to Leiden from England to conduct research into the role of women in early modern court cases. In addition to all kinds of exciting documents, he also discovered the biscuits from the Water & Bloem bakery and the wild flowers at the Groenesteeg cemetery.
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In Memoriam: Stefan Landsberger (1955-2024)
My colleagues and I have been devastated to learn that our good colleague and friend Stefan Landsberger (born 1955) passed away unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024. Stefan had been a fixture of China Studies in the Netherlands, where he had been Associate Professor of contemporary Chinese History and…
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Special: Introduction to Chinese Dialectology
Lecture, Special Topics in Dialectology (2023)
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5. Contemporary Approaches in Computational Dialectology
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)
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3. Cluster Analysis & Multidimensional Scaling
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)
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Indo-Slavic lexical isoglosses and the prehistoric dispersal of Indo- Iranian
PhD defence
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Tunen syntax and information structure
PhD defence
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Anatolian evidence for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European 1st and 2nd plural personal pronouns
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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The pre-Roman elements of the Sardinian lexicon
PhD defence
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1. What is dialectometry? Why dialectometry?
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)
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Life of Phi: Phi-features in West Germanic and the syntax-morphology interface
PhD defence
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Verfransing onder de loep
PhD defence
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Instrumentos musicais nas línguas bantu e a herança no português do Brasil
PhD defence
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The persistence of space: Formalizing the polysemy of spatial relations in functional elements
PhD defence
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The activation and selection of lexico-syntactic features in speech production
PhD defence
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Isoglosses and Diffusion
Lecture, Special Topics in Dialectology (2023)
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Liveblog as Genre in Pursuit of Credibility
PhD defence
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LUCDH FAIR Workshop with Kristina Hettne and Peter Verhaar
Workshop
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Contemporary Approaches in Dialectology
Lecture, Special Topics in Dialectology (2023)
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Career opportunities PhD's outside academia
Lecture
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Ama – a warrior deity in the Avesta, his name and functions, and their Indo-Iranian and Indo-European backgrounds
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Like Dust on the Silk Road
PhD defence
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The lexico-semantic representation of words in the mental lexicon
PhD defence
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Lecture by Harry van der Hulst
Lecture
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Van struikelblok naar bouwsteen
PhD defence
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Dutch Grammar in Japanese Words
PhD defence
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Responding to accusations of national disloyalty. Confrontational maneuvering in Dutch plenary debates on EU issues
PhD defence
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Studies in Tocharian verbal morphology relevant to the cladistic position of Tocharian in Indo-European
PhD defence
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Discourse sensitivity in argument realization
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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2. Measuring Dialect Distances & Distance Matrices
Course, Introduction to Dialectometry (2024)
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Word order, information structure and agreement in Teke-Kukuya
PhD defence
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The “White Dialect” of young Arabic speakers from Qassim (Saudi Arabia)
PhD defence
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Arguing against accusations of national disloyalty. Analyzing sequences of confrontational maneuvering in Dutch plenary debates on EU issues
PhD defence
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N400 as an index of semantic feature preactivation
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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These kind of words: number agreement in the species noun phrase in International Academic English
PhD defence
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Tsuvadi Gender: A mixed form- and semantic-based system
Lecture, This Time For Africa! series
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A ruki mistake? From aporia to apriorism
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars