/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:26:37 +0200 Wed, 01 Oct 25 10:00:00 +0200 /en/news/expansion-of-pre-school-education-successful-broad-developmental-gains-among-children The multidisciplinary EVENING study evaluates whether expanding pre-school education is successful in creating more equal opportunities. The results are promising: children show progress in social-emotional development, language, executive functions and motor skills. 152391 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/senegalese-drum-master-doudou-ndiaye-rose-honoured-in-utrecht-music-documentary Linguist Yoad Winter, together with filmmaker Sjors Swierstra, produced a music documentary on the important Senegalese percussionist Doudou Ndiaye Rose. 150259 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/the-joyful-messy-freedom-of-non-binary-pronouns It is hardly surprising that the theme of ‘freedom’ plays a role in history and philosophy – but what about in linguistics? We asked Hielke Vriesendorp. 149095 Mon, 12 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-papers-migration-and-societal-change-conference-june-2025 The Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� focus area Migration and Societal Change invites you to submit a proposal for a panel or an individual paper for our conference in June 2025. 143238 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/konstantinos-kogkalidis-wins-ew-beth-dissertation-prize Konstantinos Kogkalidis received the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize for his thesis ‘Dependency as Modality, Parsing as Permutation: A Neurosymbolic Perspective on Categorial Grammars’. 142843 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-papers-languages-in-the-city This two-day symposium, organized by the Open Cities Platform, explores the multitude of linguistic practices that serve to “open up” or “close down” participation in urban spaces. 142651 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:33:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/multilingualism-in-academia-and-educational-constellations Multilingualism in Academia and Educational Constellations is a new book exploring multilingual policies, theoretical concepts, and academic writing in multilingual contexts. 140937 Thu, 30 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/ted-sanders-new-vice-rector-of-research As of June 1st, 2024, Professor Ted Sanders will be appointed to the position of Vice Rector of Research at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��. 138544 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/suzanne-bogaerds-hazenberg-wins-avtanela-dissertation-award (Former) PhD candidate Suzanne Bogaerds-Hazenberg receives the award for her dissertation ‘Text Structure Instruction in Dutch Primary Education’. 137618 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/icel-special-issue-call-for-manuscript-proposals This special issue aims to gather a diverse and comprehensive range of perspectives on International Community Engaged Learning (ICEL). 136514 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:53:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publicatie/exploring-language-and-society-with-big-data In Exploring Language and Society with Big Data: Parliamentary Discourse Across Time and Space, Haidee Kotze, among others, brings together leading researchers. 135792 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:52:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/researchers-launch-online-escape-room-to-get-you-thinking-about-open-science To increase the familiarity of the concept of ‘Open Science’, the team of the Open Science Escape Room project designed the online escape room Last Contact. 134797 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/vernacular-books-and-their-readers-in-the-early-age-of-print-c-1450-1600 Vernacular Books and Their Readers, edited by Andrea van Leerdam et al., explores approaches to study European vernacular books and reading practices in the 15th-16th centuries. 134119 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:59:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/speech-from-the-throne-not-simpler-but-more-complex-than-in-previous-years This year’s speech from the throne was more difficult than those of the previous four years, linguists Leo Lentz and Henk Pander Maat noticed. 133894 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/a-simpler-speech-from-the-throne-is-better-appreciated-and-understood Linguistic scientists Leo Lentz and Henk Pander Maat studied the effects of a simpler speech from the throne. To do so, they rewrote the 2022 speech. 133733 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/een-schip-vol-woorden-exhibition-on-display-in-utrecht-university-library From September, the Taalmuseum’s exhibition ‘Een schip vol woorden’ (‘A Ship Full of Words’) will be on display at the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Library. This travelling exhibition chronicles history through the lens of Sranantongo, Suriname’s most commonly spoken language. 139523 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/the-interplay-of-language-law-and-rules Teachers from the Faculty of Humanities and the School of Law teach together in the new interdisciplinary minor Language, Law and Culture at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��. 133860 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:33:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/re-presenting-research In Re-presenting Research Florentine Sterk and Merel van Goch take a closer look at popular science texts and communication strategies. 131956 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:11:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/two-grants-for-frans-adriaans-research-on-computer-models-of-language-development Linguist Frans Adriaans is a recipient of both the Dynamics of Youth Invigoration Grant and the Human-centred Artificial Intelligence Grant. 131274 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-consolidator-grant-for-research-into-the-role-of-memory-in-communication Assistant Professor in Linguistics Jakub Dotlacil receives a two million euro ERC Consolidator Grant to build a research group for his Memory Access in Language. 131040 Mon, 29 May 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws