525 search results for “komen language” in the Staff website
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Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’
For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them more if they receive information that is specially tailored to young visitors? Join psychologist Francesco Walker at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and see…
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Religious Studies students combat loneliness: ‘Simply acknowledging the complexity helps’
Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.
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Gestures to signs around the world
Conference, Workshop
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Tibetan and Mongol history through the use of sub-provincial Chinese language archival sources
Lecture, China Seminar
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How extensive is a grammar? Explorations in measuring grammatical descriptions
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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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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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Willem AdelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PetrollinoFaculty of Humanities
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Tim SandersFaculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Luisella CaonFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Claartje LeveltFaculty of Humanities
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Sjef BarbiersFaculty of Humanities
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Ton van HaaftenFaculty of Humanities
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Anne PorFaculty of Humanities
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Joni OysermanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wiktor PawlowskiFaculty of Humanities
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Rint SybesmaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Evelien UrbanusFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Janna HouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Sjoerd LindenburgICLON
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Sophia NautaFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan Ye
Faculty 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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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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The development of the Tocharian accent
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Guram Odisharia: Literary responses to the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict
Arts and culture, Q&A
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Mistaken Identities
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Paneldiscussie: Een Rijkdom aan Talen
Debate, Paneldiscussie
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China's new heroes: ‘Sacrificing yourself for the community gives you status’
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good: in China, martyrdom and hero worship have been strongly encouraged by the Communist Party for the past decade or so. University lecturer Vincent Chang tells us more about this far-reaching development.
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Aafje de Roest: ‘As an expert in Dutch Studies you have the right skills to research hip hop’
Aafje de Roest turned her hobby into her job. She went from a teenager who enjoyed listening to hip hop music to a PhD candidate who focuses on how Dutch hip hop music shapes the cultural identity of young people in the Netherlands.
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Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world
Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.
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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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Conference: The Poetics of Olfaction, 1500–1800
Conference
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Primacy and collapse in intonational melodies: Insights from imitation
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Inflection in Kaaɓooje
Lecture, This Time for Africa series
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Between deference and destitution: Requesting relief in Scottish pauper letters, 1750-1910
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities