News
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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 ...
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In the Spotlight: Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 06 April 2021
After having been cancelled in 2020, this year the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics is going online. From 12 – 23 July, language and linguis...
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Gea Hakker: ‘We aim to be the gold standard of language learning’ 08 March 2021
The Academic Language Centre (ATC) is one of the cornerstones of Leiden University. Director Gea Hakker explains how this organisation is providing qu...
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Felix Ameka: ‘Multilingualism is the answer to many problems’ 09 February 2021
A new challenge for Felix Ameka. The senior lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics has been appointed professor by special appointment of Ethnolinguis...
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire 11 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Lisa Cheng appointed new Scientific Director of LUCL 14 December 2020
As of the 1st of January 2021, Lisa Cheng, Professor of General Linguistics, will be the next Scientific Director of the Leiden University Centre for ...
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‘Academic research necessary to highlight and improve the circumstances of journalists under threat’ 03 December 2020
Jaap de Jong, Professor of Journalism and New Media, is one of the organisers of the Academic Conference (9 December) as part of the World Press Freed...
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Students meet each other from a distance 20 November 2020
For a lot of students, the covid crisis means that a sense of community is hard to find during their studies. Lettie Dorst, university lecturer of tra...
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The Golden Dawn verdict and the inescapable element of language 26 October 2020
On 7 October, a court in Athens, Greece, convicted leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn party as directing a criminal organization. Marina Terkourafi,...
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‘Safety of Journalism – more urgent than ever’ 26 October 2020
Register now for the World Press Freedom Conference 2020 digital edition (9 – 10 December 2020)!
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Gijsbert Rutten new Professor of Historical Sociolinguistics of Dutch 05 October 2020
As of 1 July, Gijsbert Rutten is Professor by special appointment of Historical Sociolinguistics of Dutch at Leiden University. Rutten, who also works...
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‘Working together on the basis of mutual respect is enriching and satisfying’ 29 September 2020
Since 2017 guest researcher Gerrit de Wit has been working together with Congolese linguists and the Boa community to develop the oral Boa language in...
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Anneloes van Iwaarden: 'I think writing is one of the most fun things to do.' 28 September 2020
Anneloes van Iwaarden works part-time as a communications manager at the Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). She grew up in England, Switzerland and the Ne...
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Royal distinction for linguist Ingrid Tieken 11 September 2020
Professor of Sociohistorical Linguistics Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade was appointed Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 11 Septembe...