History of the institute
The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) was established on 1 September, 2005. For the first time in the history of Leiden University, all linguists of the Faculty of Humanities (formerly Arts) were united in one institute.
| LUCL is the successor to the research institute ULCL (Universiteit Leiden Centre for Linguistics), which operated between 1 March 2001 and 31 August 2005, and the linguistic part of CNWS, the School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (founded on 1 September 1988). |
| Since 1 September 2008, LUCL is a largely autonomous institute within the Faculty of Humanities and is in full charge of all budgets related to linguistic research and teaching, including the Academic Language Centre. |