News
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2012 Wat is uw impact, meneer Kant? 15 May 2012
Prof. dr. Roberta D'Alessandro has written an article on the increasing difficulties that researchers encounter when they apply for a research grant i...
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2012 Publication 'Stemmen op berkenbast' 14 May 2012
Jos Schaeken has just published a book entitled 'Stemmen op berkenbast. Berichten uit middeleeuws Rusland: dagelijks leven en communicatie'.
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Leiden delves into the mystery of the brain and language 13 April 2012
The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) is concentrating increasingly on research into the role of the brain in language development. The ...
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2012: Rubicon Peter Jurgec 10 April 2012
Peter Jurgec has been awarded a Rubicon grant to do research at LUCL. His project is entitled The unique sounds of Slovenian. His project aims to prov...
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In search of the frontier between sound and language 13 March 2012
Comparison between babies and song-birds when they are learning a non-existent language—a study of this kind has never been tried before. But this is ...
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2012: LSr-Prize for Isabelle van de Calseyde 09 February 2012
LUCL congratulates Isabelle van de Calseyde with winning the LSr Teaching Prize!
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2012 Vrije Competitie Grants for two LUCL members 23 January 2012
LUCL is glad to announce that two of its members have been awarded an NWO Vrije Competitie Grant.
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Four ERC grants for Leiden 16 December 2011
Four of Leiden's top researchers have been awarded substantial grants by the European Research Council.
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2011 ERC Advanced Grant Willem Adelaar 15 December 2011
Prof. Willem Adelaar has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to do research on Central and Southern American Indian languages.
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2011 David Shakouri awarded NWO PhD-position 08 August 2011
David Shakouri has been awarded a PhD-position by NWO for the PhDs in the Humanities Programme.
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NWO Free Competition subsidies for Professor I.M. Tieken and Dr H.W. Siemens 14 July 2011
Professor Ingrid Tieken (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, LUCL) and Dr Herman Siemens (Institute for Philosophy) have each been awarded an NW...
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2011 NWO Vrije competitie for Ingrid Tieken 04 July 2011
Ingrid Tieken, Professor at the English Department of Leiden University, has been awarded a Vrije Competite grant by NWO.
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Public symposium Twee Talen - één BeTalen 12 May 2011
What are the advantages of speaking a second language? Why do some people find it easier to learn a second language than others? Does a dialect count ...
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A view from abroad: Ingrid Tieken at Clare Hall, Cambridge 13 April 2011
Every year many Leiden lecturers and students visit an international university for the purposes of research or study. In the coming newsletters a dif...
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Special award for Ingrid Tieken 01 March 2011
Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade has received a special award: the Order of St. Mellitus, in recognition of her services to the history of the Bishops of...