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The Effectiveness of Dialogue in Communication, Past and Present19 February 2018Research collaborative of LUCAS, LUCL and Tabula Rasa (NWO KIEM-Grant)
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back14 February 2018Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), bu...
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Understanding the brain via language23 January 2018Professor Jenny Doetjes at Leiden University researches similarities and differences in languages, specifically in the area of numerals and quantifier...
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‘The linguist’s work is by no means done’04 December 2017Brain research and statistics are advancing our understanding of language and language acquisition. Linguists are still essential, however, says Profe...
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Jenny Audring runner-up for The Sebeok-Love Award22 November 2017The Sebeok-Love Award is awarded annually by the editorial board (a selection of articles is shortlisted by editors) of Language Sciences, for the bes...
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Indigenous people as essential research partners16 November 2017The knowledge held by indigenous people is essential if you want to study the history or the language of a particular region. Leiden archaeologists an...
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Shower of prizes at the World Cultural Council ceremony in Leiden09 November 2017Leiden University celebrated the annual prize ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November with lectures by leading scientists in a fes...
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Right brain hemisphere also important for learning a new language16 October 2017Novel language learning activates different neural processes than was previously thought. A Leiden research team has discovered parallel but separate ...
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Poems in sign language04 September 2017Will Leiden be the first city to have wall poems in sign language? It will, if sign language researcher Victoria Nyst has her way. She recently starte...
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Florian Schneider wins LUS Teaching Prize04 September 2017Florian Schneider has earned the title of Leiden University Lecturer of the Year. Sinologist Schneider was nominated by his students and crowned winne...
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Why Brainpower can hold his own against Harry Mulisch22 August 2017In terms of the breadth of their vocabulary, many Dutch rappers can easily match leading authors. This is the surprising conclusion drawn by language ...
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ERC grants for four Leiden scientists14 August 2017Four scientists from Leiden University have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant, worth up to two mil...
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Lecturers in the spotlight: the Education Award nominees07 August 2017Every year, Humanities students can nominate their favourite lecturer for the Humanities Education Award. Traditionally, the winner of the award will ...
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Sharing platform for language teachers launched09 June 2017The new Language Learning Resource Centre was launched today at Leiden University. The LLRC is an initiative to unite all language teaching profession...
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Laura Migliori receives scholarship from KNIR07 June 2017Laura Migliori receives a research scholarship from the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR, Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome).