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Early tongues in Europe offer new information about one of history’s greatest migratory treks. Michaël Peyrot is mapping out this migration. Read more about it here: ec.europa.eu/research-and-i…

Vacancy: Faculty coordinator for the research theme of AI and the digital and non-digital society (0.3 FTE) staff.universiteitleiden.nl/announcements/…

ChatGPT, translation machines and bots: for Carole Tiberius, they are a piece of cake 🤖 On 1 January, she was appointed professor of #computationallinguistics ➡️ Continue reading:  universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/0…

Wat vragen mensen zich af op #socialmedia?📲 Universitair docent Matthijs Westera ontvangt een NWO-beurs om te onderzoeken waarnaar mensen #online nieuwsgierig zijn🔍Lees meer:  universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2023/04…

History of the Arabic Script | Marijn van Putten (@PhDniX), Benjamin Suchard (@bnuyaminim) & Ahmad Al-Jallad (@OhioState) will discuss new advances in the study of the #Arabic script, orthography and language using papyrological & epigraphic sources. @LUCL_Leiden @NINO_Leiden

According to Nivja de Jong, #secondlanguage acquisition is 'the most fascinating subject in linguistics' 😍 As a recently appointed #professor she studies how best to teach people a new #language. Read more 👉  universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/0…

‘Women are witches, men are studs.’ In the new Leiden Language Blog, Historical sociolinguistics lecturer Mo Gordon writes about whether language can ever be truly inclusive. Read it here: leidenlanguageblog.nl/articles/women… @LeidenHum @LeidenGlobal

Save the date: 24 April @ 4pm CEST: Prof Dr Yamina El Kirat El Allame gives the 3rd webinar on applied #african #Linguistics. Topic: French, Standard #Arabic and #Amazigh: experiences and challenges in #Morocco. Zoom link via afrilang.wixsite.com/afrilang/webin…… @LUCL_Leiden

Join us on 9 May for a Leiden Translation Talk by Lucas Nunes Vieira on "Human-technology relations and the permeating presence of machine translation tools" #MT #AI #DigitalHumanities @LUCL_Leiden @LeidenHum

📢Apply for one of three PhD positions at our research institute! Positions available in: ✔️Sociolinguistics/Linguistic Anthropology✔️Language, Culture and Cognition✔️Historical sociolinguistics rb.gy/2k95a Also available📢Postdoc position in Psycholinguistics

#Vacancy for a PhD candidate: @LUCL_Leiden is looking for a junior researcher to conduct research grounded in anthropological linguistics, descriptive linguistics and/or psycholinguistics. Deadline: 30 April 👇🏿 universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2023…

Congratulations to Toni Pedrós Caballero, who successfully defended a doctoral thesis on the 6th of April! 🎉

@SusanaValdez and her team have published a new website with educational resources for pivot audiovisual translation (ApiVot). These free resources can be used in the classroom (physical or online) or for self-paced learning. Check out the website here: rise.articulate.com/share/Ux0ARnkO…

Today we had the second last dialectology workshop of the semester. We took a look together at the current researches in the NLs, Germany, France, Britain, Belgium, Finland and the US. #LeidenDialectology @LUCL_Leiden @LeidenDH

Using online translation machines, such as Google translate, might seem like an easy solution to overcome language barriers in medical settings. But researcher @SusanaValdez also points out the potential risks of doing this. Read about it here: universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/0…

NIEUW | @frescosamsin directeur @taalmuseum bespreekt in de #UBLpodcast zeldzame #Sranantongo bronnen uit de @UniLeiden #BijzondereCollecties. Hoe ontwikkelde de taal zich? En wat zeggen de documenten over het gedeelde verleden van Suriname & Nederland? ➡️edu.nl/cvqjn

Save the date: 27 March @ 4pm CEST: 2nd webinar on applied #african #Linguistics. Topic: African #Language as Medium of Instruction in #highereducation: what has happened after Prah? Zoom link via afrilang.wixsite.com/afrilang/webin… @LUCL_Leiden @baqonde @ASCLeiden

Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China? Michaël Peyrot has been awarded an ERC grant to research how Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influenced each other and each other's languages. He tells us about his research on our website: universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/0…

Onze openingstentoonstelling “Een schip vol woorden” is aankomende zaterdag nog te zien in The Black Archives. Komt dat zien.