News
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‘US elections are like TV talent shows’ 05 April 2016
America will not be choosing the next President until 8 November. Nonetheless, election fever is already running high. University lecturer and politi...
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History and Linguistics in Leiden #19 and #28 in QS ranking 2016 22 March 2016
In QS’s World University Rankings of 2016, Leiden University’s History and Linguistics programme rank #19 and #28, respectively. This makes the Histor...
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Olga Kepinska selected for the Merit Abstract Award 08 March 2016
The OHBM Program Committee selected LUCL's Olga Kepinska to receive a Merit Abstract Award for the 2016 OHBM Annual Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Ronny Boogaart wins LOT-Populariserings Award 08 February 2016
At the Taalgala the award for best popular scientific publication was awarded to linguist Ronny Boogaart for his book 'Een sprinter is een stoptrein z...
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ERC Grants for five Leiden researchers 06 January 2016
The European Research Council has awarded five Leiden researchers an ERC Consolidator Grant. These subsidies of up to a maximum of two million euros w...
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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory 17 November 2015
Japanese was not always the language spoken in Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan with the migration of farmers around 400 B...
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Leiden University agrees to guarantee open access for linguistics 26 October 2015
Dutch universities involved in lingusitics research and teaching have been asked through the VSNU to provide financial guarantees for the transition o...
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Prof. dr. Holger Gzella elected as member of the Academia Europaea 30 September 2015
LUCL member prof. dr. Holger Gzella has been elected as member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
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NWO grant awarded to Karène Sanchez 16 September 2015
One of our LUCIS members, Karène Sanchez, has been granted the Internationalisation in the Humanities grant for her project 'Engaging Europe in the Ar...
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Leiden hosts prestigious linguistics conference 11 September 2015
For a brief period Leiden University was the hub of the world of linguistics. The 48th annual conference of the Societas Linguistica Europaea was held...
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Veni grant Lucien van Beek 23 July 2015
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Lucien van Beek a Veni grant. This grant offers young researchers the possibilit...
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2015 Roberta D'Alessandro elected Member of the ICSU Committee 25 June 2015
As of this October, linguist Roberta D'Alessandro is appointed as Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Committee on Freedom and Resp...
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Language loosens tongues 08 May 2015
Language research generates a wealth of information about people: from our history and cultural differences to the way we learn. Leiden University sha...
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Language gets people talking 08 May 2015
Studying languages enables you to unearth a lot of valuable information about humans: it reveals our history and explains cultural differences and it ...
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Linguist Willem Adelaar receives royal decoration 22 April 2015
Linguist Willem Adelaar was appointed to Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion on October 1st. On that very same day he celebrated his 43-year connect...