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From vlogging to organising seminars: students of Italian put their skills into practice 18 October 2021
Do you gain enough practical experience in an academic language and culture study programme? Certainly, proved the bachelor students of Italian this s...
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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back' 20 September 2021
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board...
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‘Different languages of instruction could help African education move forward’ 09 September 2021
The high number of students that we are used to in the West would never have been possible if Latin were still the language of instruction in our univ...
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Digitisation: ignoring it is no longer an option 12 August 2021
‘Jelena Prokic, university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities, will be preparing students for the challeng...
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What does it actually say? Linguist launches video series on wall poems 16 July 2021
The city centre of Leiden is covered in them: wall poems. When roaming around, you come across poetry written in the Latin alphabet, but also in scrip...
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Professor Jos Schaeken: 'I had no idea where Leiden was, but I did know I wanted to study there.' 13 July 2021
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their families to go to university. In this thi...
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Digital guest lectures for high school students: ‘It is an art to appeal to them properly’ 09 July 2021
How do you make lobbying and rhetoric both challenging and understandable for high school students? Professor Jaap de Jong found the answer in climate...
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Crossing the divide: learning about language policies and practices around the world 08 July 2021
During the past year online meetings and lectures have become a firm feature of university life. One of the highlights of the Leiden University Centre...
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European support for Dutch-Flemish project in the fight against disinformation 05 July 2021
Dutch and Flemish partners, including Leiden University, are joining forces as the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) in the fight against the ...
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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles 28 June 2021
In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and co...
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How do you give a memorable presentation? Martijn Wackers has the answer 25 June 2021
What do people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama have in common? They have mastered the art of public speaking. There are plenty of books o...
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize 04 June 2021
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children,...
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other 31 May 2021
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden Univers...
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Whispering out loud 03 May 2021
Whispp, a Leiden-based speech technology start-up, is developing an app to help people who stutter express themselves more freely. Among those working...
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Islands show human influence on nature 30 April 2021
What is the impact of humans on nature? In Science an article appeared in which researchers try to give an answer to that question. Biogeographer and ...