Study Association TWIST

12/03/2023

Make sure to buy your tickets for the 2023 edition of the T.W.I.S.T student conference 💛

Buy your tickets through this link: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/17th-leiden-uni-student-conference-by-twist-tickets-556887745237

And check out the website for more information: https://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl/

04/10/2022

Board Shakha, 2022-2023

21/11/2020

We happily announce the theme and date of the upcoming conference to you all: Language in Motion on the 9th, 10th and 11th of April 2021!

We live in an ever-changing world — rarely is anything at stand-still. To emphasize the evolving nature of language and linguistics, we have picked 'Language in Motion' as this year's theme. This powerful metaphor (thank you Lakoff) is open for free interpretation: one might think of moving through space during migrations (past or present), envisage a language developing internally through time or conjure up the imagery of a (re)vitalized language ascending from the depths of collective oblivion to the hallmark of modern times: the Internet. How does your language move?

More info on how to submit your abstract coming soon!

Also don't forget to check out our website conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl

02/03/2020

(EN) The university elections are nearing, so if you have an interest in becoming more active within the university and make a difference for the students of our faculty, you can either make yourself eligible for election or you can support those in the running for the faculty council by joining a board that will be installed at each faculty. These boards will support those who are elected in the faculty councils.

(NL) De universitaire verkiezingen komen er binnenkort weer aan, dus als het je leuk lijkt om actiever te worden in onze faculteit en een verschil wil maken voor de studenten van onze faculteit, kan je zowel op een lijst als in een ondersteunend fractiebestuur, die de raadsleden van hun faculteit ondersteunt.

26/02/2020

(EN) Would you like to attend the T.W.I.S.T. Student Conference in Linguistics? Get your tickets now at https://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl

(NL) Zou je graag bij de T.W.I.S.T. Studentenconferentie willen zijn? Koop dan je kaartjes op https://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl

Would you like to attend the T.W.I.S.T. conference? Register now by visiting our website!

https://conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl/

14/02/2020

At the conference there will not only be presentations, but also two workshops.
The first will be given by Huub Pragt on Friday the 17th of April. Huub Pragt is an Egyptologist and focuses on education in the language and culture of ancient Egypt.

"Egyptian hieroglyphic writing is one of the most artistic writing systems in the world. Yet the enigmatic pictographs of the Ancient Egyptians are not just symbols. The different representations of birds, plants, water waves and walking legs are meant to be read as sound marks. Just like in a rebus, the sound combinations of the signs form the intended Egyptian words. Most words are therefore made up of more hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphic signs do not only appear on temple walls, but also on beautiful objects that are kept in museums. In this workshop, you will learn all about the most important principles of this fascinating Egyptian language and its writing system."

14/02/2020

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07/02/2020

Every Thursday we will announce a new (keynote/workshop) - speaker at the conference, and we are very excited to announce the first keynote speaker of the 14th Student Conference in Linguistics: Helen de Hoop!

Helen de Hoop is a professor in theoretical linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen.
She will give a talk with the title "The Loss of a Personal Pronoun". Abstract:
"The personal pronoun hun ‘them’ meets a lot of criticism in Dutch society, not only from language purists, but from language users in general. This can be attributed to a strong mistrust of this pronoun, given that it is well-known for violating no less than two prescriptive rules, one of which prohibits its use as a subject, and the other its use as a direct object or complement of a preposition.
This has resulted in a tendency to avoid the use of this personal pronoun across the board. Despite the fact that hun ‘them’ as a personal pronoun has the advantage of exclusively referring to animate or even human individuals, I argue that it is fighting a lost battle with the other personal pronouns, which are used to express third person plural. I conclude that it will withdraw from the competition in order to commit itself entirely to its function as a possessive pronoun ‘their’, in which capacity it is unique."

09/01/2020

STUDENT CONFERENCE, Call for Abstracts
Leiden, The Netherlands

Have you already submitted your abstract? The deadline is only three weeks away...

Study Association T.W.I.S.T. is organizing the 14th Student Conference in Linguistics on the 17th and 18th of April (2020), centered around the theme "Lost in Language".
So are you a BA/MA/PhD student studying linguistics or doing language-related research? And do you want to share your thesis, paper, or project with a community of fellow students in a 20-minute talk? You can be one of the 22 student speakers at the conference!

Your talk can also only be tangentially related to the theme and you will be able to :
- listen to other talks, both by students and keynote speakers (soon to be announced), who are renowned specialists within their field;
- attend workshops;
- take part in our (partially thematic) pub quiz;
- join in on the final Speakers' Dinner!

Check out our website for more information : conference.studieverenigingtwist.nl

Speaking at the conference will give you the chance to polish your presentation skills, strengthen your academic network, and may provide you with new insights in your own work through questions from the audience. Attending the conference as a speaker will grant you free entrance on the day you are speaking and will allow you to join the Speakers' Dinner, where you can get to know students from other universities and exchange your thoughts and ideas.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you're still left with any questions!

[Please note that we are not in a position to reimburse any extra costs; any fees regarding, for instance, visa, transport or lodging are to be financed by the student speakers themselves.]
(Signing up as an attendee possible from the 1st of February)