News
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First Campus Fryslân -Science prize for Bosma 08 May 2017
Evelyn Bosma, researcher at the Fryske Akademy and LUCL, is the winner of the first science prize Campus Fryslân.
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Maarten Kossmann appointed as professor for Berber Studies 01 April 2017The University Executive Board has appointed Maarten Kossmann as professor for Berber Studies as of April 1, 2017. The Leiden University Centre for Li...
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Jurriaan Witteman to receive the Keetje Hodshon Prijs 31 March 2017The KHMW (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) has decided to grant the Keetje Hodshon Prijs voor Taalwetenschappen to LUCL’s Jurri...
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Janet Grijzenhout appointed as Professor English Linguistics 14 March 2017Dr. Janet Grijzenhout (Universität Konstanz) was appointed Professor English Linguistics and will be working at the Leiden University Centre for Lingu...
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Jenny Doetjes appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation 03 March 2017Dr Jenny Doetjes was appointed Professor of Semantics and Language Variation in February. During her professorship Dr. Doetjes wishes to focus on char...
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Students help Facebook in battle against fake news 02 March 2017Leiden master's students of Journalism and New Media are going to help Facebook bar fake news from the social medium.
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Barend Beekhuizen wins the AVT/Anéla dissertation prize 06 February 2017
Barend Beekhuizen's dissertation has won the 2016 AVT/Anéla (Dutch Linguistic Association and Society for Applied Linguistics) dissertation prize!
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United States travel restrictions 01 February 2017The US travel restrictions are deeply regrettable. Support will be offered to students and staff who are affected.
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Election as Honorary Member of the LSA 16 January 2017Prof. Dr. Willem Adelaar has been elected as Honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
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Spirits as medicine for a dark past 10 January 2017Spirits play a important role in post-colonial and minority literature as a means of processing black pages from history, according to literary scient...
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Nomination for Barend Beekhuizen 20 December 2016Barend Beekhuizen's dissertation has been nominated for the annual AVT/Anéla (Dutch Linguistic Association and Society for Applied Linguistics) disser...
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Launch of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics 14 December 2016International scholarly publisher Brill has released the most complete and up-to-date reference work on the Chinese language available today. Prof.dr....
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First grammar of Hamar reveals unique language system 08 November 2016Linguist Sara Petrollino has written the first detailed grammar of Hamar, a language spoken in south-west Ethiopia that has some unique characteristic...
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Anti-establishment rhetoric helps win election for Trump 07 November 2016Just one year ago, nobody would have given Trump a cat's chance in the US presidential elections. Now he will be the next President of the United Stat...
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Arie Verhagen: his farewell & welcome 04 November 2016Arie Verhagen said farewell as the chair of Dutch Linguistics and is appointed as the new chair of Language, Culture and Cognition.