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PhD candidate Alex Reuneker’s research: What do we mean when we use ‘if’?08 February 2022‘If it rains later, then I’ll take the car.’ In order to reason, we use sentences containing ‘if’ every single day. But how does that work exactly in ...
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Seven projects receive funding from Humanities' JEDI Fund04 February 2022The Faculty of Humanities' Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fund provides small grants to initiatives in support of diversity and inclu...
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant26 November 2021The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers a...
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Genetics proves it: Indo-European did not come to Europe on horseback20 October 2021Horses were first domesticated in South-West Russia, is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers writing in the well-respected jou...
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From vlogging to organising seminars: students of Italian put their skills into practice18 October 2021Do 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 2021On 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 2021The 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 option12 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 poems16 July 2021The 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 2021In 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 2021How 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 world08 July 2021During 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 disinformation05 July 2021Dutch 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 circles28 June 2021In 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 answer25 June 2021What 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...