35 search results for “anatolian” in the Public website
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Indo-European origins of Anatolian morphology and semantics: innovations and archaisms in Hittite, Luwian and Lycian
On the 12th of May, Stefan Norbruis successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Stefan on this achievement!
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The material semantics of the ‘palace of Mithridates’ in Samosata
Innovating objects in a Eurasian center of the Late Hellenistic period.
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Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefan Norbruis
Faculty of Humanities
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In search of the origin of all languages
There is a linguistic hypothesis that states that all languages from Europe to India originate from a single mother language: Proto-Indo-European. This language is thought to have been spoken thousands of years ago. Researcher Alwin Kloekhorst plans to use linguistic genealogy to study the very first…
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Constructing Communities
Clustered Neighbourhood Settlements of the Central Anatolian Neolithic ca. 8500-5500 Cal. BC
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Atalialu Serapheim and the Turkophone Orthodox Christians of Anatolia: A study of eighteenth-century Turkish texts in the Greek alphabet (Karamanlidika)
Stylianos Irakleous defended his thesis on 6 February 2020
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Voices in stone: Studies in Luwian historical phonology
On the 12th of November, Xander Vertegaal successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Xander on this achievement!
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‘Non-Istanbulites’ of Istanbul: Quest for a place in Istanbul in the Turkish novel since the 1960s
This research focuses on a historical/social analysis of a selected corpus of novels from modern Turkish literature which have the common theme of migration from Anatolian towns and villages to Istanbul, and the immigrants’ struggle in this city against various exclusion mechanisms.
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The Hittite Inherited Lexicon
This dissertation attempts to describe the linguistic history of Hittite on the basis of a systematic etymological treatment of its entire inherited lexicon, precisely analyzing the phonological and morphological developments.
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Indo-European, Anatolian and the Secondary Products Revolution
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Language of Troy: Anatolian, Etruscan or… a Balkan language?
Lecture
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Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Almost all languages of Europe and of a large part of western Asia belong to a single language family, which is called Indo-European, and which includes modern languages like English, Dutch, Russian, Farsi, but also ancient ones like Ancient Greek, Latin, Hittite and Sanskrit.
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About the programme
Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) covers two years and can be studied in four programmes, one of them is the Assyriology (Research) programme. When you choose to study Assyriology, you will both be guided through the broadness of Assyriological sub-disciplines, as well as gradually led to…
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About the programme
Classics and Ancient Civilizations covers one year and can be studied in four programmes, one of them is the Assyriology programme. When you choose to study Assyriology, you will both be guided through the broadness of Assyriological sub-disciplines, as well as gradually led to develop your own specific…
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The outcome of PIE *h2 in Anatolian and its phonetic value in Proto-Indo-European
Lecture, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Tracking the Tocharians from Europe to China: a linguistic reconstruction
This project intends to provide an integrated linguistic assessment of the hypothesised migration route of the Tocharians.
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Indo-European Origins of Anatolian Morphology and Semantics: Innovations and Archaisms in Hittite, Luwian and Lycian
PhD Defence
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Crafting networks in early farming societies
Tracing the residues of Neolithic activities through the study of stone artefacts
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The Tocharian Trek
A linguistic reconstruction of the migration of the Tocharians from Europe to China
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Linguists from Leiden decipher Phrygian and Lydian inscriptions
Linguists Alwin Kloekhorst and Alexander Lubotsky from Leiden University made a great discovery this summer. They deciphered a few dozen inscriptions on pot shards found in Daskyleion (North-West Turkey) as Phrygian and Lydian, and thus proved the presence of the Phrygians and Lydians in that area.
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Language Diversity
Language offers new insights into our history, cultural differences, migration, and the way in which our brain processes information. This knowledge can in turn help us understand what it means to be human, as well as opening the way to many practical applications. In order to realise these goals, linguists…
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Lisa Cheng appointed new Scientific Director of LUCL
As of the 1st of January 2021, Lisa Cheng, Professor of General Linguistics, will be the next Scientific Director of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). She tells us about LUCL and shares some of her thoughts about her upcoming role.
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PhD presentations
Lecture
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A window into the past: Turks and Greeks at the end of the Ottoman Empire
Lecture
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Guiding Travelers: Reading the landscape
Conference, Workshop
- Program 2022
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Sub-Indo-European Europe: Perspectives on Prehistoric Language Contact
Conference, Workshop EUROLITHIC
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Music Production in the 14th/15th Century Jalayirid and Timurid Courts: The Life and Legacy of Abd al-Qadir Maraghi
Lecture
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Ottoman and Colonial Modernities in the Transformation of the Urban Sphere
Masterclass
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Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods and Evidence
Conference, Workshop EUROLITHIC
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Silent Disco
Festival, Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
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Masterclasses by Hugh Kennedy
Course, Al-Babtain Masterclasses
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2020 Online
Arts and Culture, Middle Eastern Culture Market