1,118 search results for “austronesian language and linguistics” in the Staff website
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    Extraction of linguistic atlas/dialect survey data
    
    Lecture, Workshop Series 
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    ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe'
        
    On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year. 
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    Teaming up with Portugal: as a doctor, how do you talk to a patient?
        
    As a doctor, coming to a decision together with a patient: how do you do that in the best possible way? Researchers Geert Warnar and Roosmaryn Pilgram, who jointly teach a course within the MA in Dutch Studies, are entering into a virtual collaboration with the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa to find the… 
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    An Introduction to the Arabic Language History and Origins
    
    Alumni event, Lunch webinar 
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    SUP for Sustainability: students clean up the Leiden canals
        
    Some thirty Leiden students balanced on SUP boards for the Supping for Sustainability Lustrum activity. Together with alumnus Merijn Tinga, better known as the Plastic Soup Surfer, they paddled their boards through the Leiden canals and waterways, fishing plastic waste out of the water. 
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     Jin Wang Jin WangFaculty of Humanities 
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     Jian Sun Jian SunFaculty of Humanities 
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     Chams Bernard Chams BernardFaculty of Humanities 
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     Yanan Wang Yanan WangFaculty of Humanities 
- A Tale in Two Tongues
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    Nadine Akkerman: ‘It’s an incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
        
    Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with… 
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    Lucien van Beek receives LUF grant: 'It is a great feeling to be able to work on my ideas'
        
    University lecturer Lucien van Beek has been awarded a LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant. He will use the sum of 75,000 euros to research the thinking of people in ancient and prehistoric times. To do that, he will look for unusual or striking metaphors in the earliest Indo-European languages. 
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     Aljosa Sorgo Aljosa SorgoFaculty of Humanities 
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     Abel Warries Abel WarriesFaculty of Humanities 
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     Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed Ali Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed AliFaculty of Humanities 
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    Uncorking Language
    
    Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat 
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    Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge
        
    How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s… 
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    After sixty years, German alumni are back in Leiden: ‘I presided over the meeting with a revolver’
        
    They first entered the Academy Building fifty to sixty years ago. On 28 March, they were back for an afternoon: the members of the Dr Pfiffikus debating society of the German Studies programme. Former chair Hans van der Veen looks back on his student days. 
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     Yitsz Neurink Yitsz NeurinkFaculty of Humanities 
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    Expressions of "war" and "peace" in medieval Arabic North African conquest narratives
    
    Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture 
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    Florian SchneiderFaculty of Humanities 
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    Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
    
    Workshop 
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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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    University history complete: Otterspeer presents fourth volume
        
    At the Dies Natalis Willem Otterspeer, Professor Emeritus of University History, presented the fourth and final volume of Groepsportret met Dame, his series on the history of Leiden University. De 'Strategie van de Aanpassing' covers the period 1876-1975. Otterspeer talked about his book in a podcast… 
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    In Memoriam: Rudolf E. de Jong (1958–2024)
        
    On Friday 16 February 2024, Rudolf E. de Jong passed away unexpectedly in Cairo. Since 2012, he was the director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), which he skillfully managed for 12 years. He was laid to rest in Amsterdam on 27 February. Rudolf was 65. 
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    The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
    
    Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII 
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     Eugene Agapiou Eugene AgapiouFaculty of Humanities 
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     Lianne Westenberg Lianne WestenbergFaculty of Humanities 
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     Katrina Li Katrina LiFaculty of Humanities 
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     Hang Cheng Hang ChengFaculty of Humanities 
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     Luuk Speckens Luuk SpeckensFaculty of Humanities 
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     Elise Rijpsma Elise RijpsmaFaculty of Humanities 
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     Winnie Hofmeester Winnie HofmeesterFaculty of Humanities 
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     Hythem Sidky Hythem SidkyFaculty of Humanities 
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     Nima Asefi Nima AsefiFaculty of Humanities 
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     Gertjan Postma Gertjan PostmaFaculty of Humanities 
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     Utie Wouters Utie WoutersFaculty of Humanities 
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     Uwe Bläsing Uwe BläsingFaculty of Humanities 
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     Jerry Rampello Jerry RampelloISSC 
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     Jaap Kamphuis Jaap KamphuisFaculty of Humanities 
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     Obadja Ris Obadja RisFaculty of Humanities 
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     Thilo Schadeberg Thilo SchadebergFaculty of Humanities 
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     Noa Warren Noa WarrenFaculty of Humanities 
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     Milou Andree Milou AndreeFaculty of Humanities 
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     Francesco Barchi Francesco BarchiFaculty of Humanities 
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     Twan Huijs Twan HuijsFaculty of Humanities 
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     Bobby Ruijgrok Bobby RuijgrokFaculty of Humanities 
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     Jelle Bijleveld Jelle BijleveldFaculty of Humanities 
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     Joseph Smith Joseph SmithFaculty of Humanities 
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     Sjors Neijens Sjors NeijensFaculty of Humanities 
