Core knowledge - Language and culture
29 May 2012 - 1 June 2012
Past Conferences
Symposium Slavic, Germanic, Romance in the Early Middle Ages
On Thursday 29 November, 2012, the symposium 'Slavic, Germanic, Romance in the Early Middle Ages' will take place at LUCL.
Symposium Albanian language and culture: 100 years of independence
On Saturday 10 November, LUCL hosted the public symposium 'Albanian language and culture: 100 years of independence'. On Friday evening 9 November, the Albanian movie 'The forgiveness of blood' was screened in the Lipsius building.
EuroBABEL workshop Rural Signing Varieties: Social Dynamics and Linguistic Structure
On November 7, the workshop 'Rural signing varieties: social dynamics and linguistic structure' will take place at Leiden University. Co-organised by Leiden University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, this event presents results from the EuroBabel project on “Endangered Sign Languages in Village Communities”, as well as related work from collaborators.
Symposium Morphology, Constructions, and the Lexicon
On Friday 7 September, LUCL hosted the symposium entitled 'Morphology, Constructions and the Lexicon'. This symposium is in honour of Prof.dr. Geert Booij, who will gave his farewell lecture the same day.
Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL 2012)
On 27-29 August 2012, the 42nd Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) took place at LUCL.
EuroBABEL Conference
On 23-26 August 2012 the final conference of the EUROCORES programme "Better Analyses based on Endangered Languages (EuroBABEL)" took place in Leiden.
Workshop The Nature of Evidentiality
On 14, 15 and 16 June 2012, LUCL hosted a workshop on evidentiality.
Colloquium Van Schools tot Scriptie
On 8 and 9 June 2012, the colloquium Van Schools tot Scriptie was organized by LUCL and the English language department.
Italian Dialect Meeting
LUCL Leiden and the Italian department of the University of Leiden are happy to announce the first Italian Dialect Meeting (CIDSM in Leiden + Italian Dialects in Diachrony) to be held at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics on May 24-26, 2012.
VIOT Conference 2011
On 21-23 December 2011, the 12th VIOT Conference took place at Leiden University.
Public symposium 'Gespleten tongen in de Lage Landen. Over standaardtaal, dialect en accent'
On Saturday 12 November, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) hosted a public symposium on standard language, dialect and accent.
Symposium Media Constructions of Crime
On the 14th of October, a symposium will be organised on 'Media Constructions of Crime'.
Public event 'Schrift op Drift'
During the Diversity Week of 2011, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organised the public event 'Schrift op Drift’; a day filled with talks and workshops on script and writing.
Nuba Mountain Languages Conference, 2-4 September 2011
From 2-4 September 2011 the first Nuba Mountain Languages Conference was held at LUCL.
CALL 2011
From 29-31 August 2011 the 41st Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) was held at LUCL.
Leiden Summerschool in Languages and Linguistics
From 18-29 July, the 6th Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics was held at Leiden University.
HiSoN Conference: Touching the Past: (Ego) documents in a Linguistic and Historical Perspective
The research project “Brieven als Buit/ Letters as Loot” organised the Historical Sociolinguistic Network Conference at Leiden University on 22-24 June 2011
Stylistics Across Disciplines
On June 16 and 17, 2011, the NWO-Stylistics of Dutch research group hosted the international stylistics conference 'Stylistics across disciplines'. The aim of this conference is to bring together literary scholars, linguists and rhetoricians with an interest in stylistic research. The goal is to exchange ideas and to stimulate collaboration between these different disciplines.
Conference 'Rethinking Contact Induced Change'
The international conference 'Rethinking Contact Induced Change' took place at Leiden University from 9-11 June 2011.
