Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Local organization
Host of the LOT Summer School 2010 is the Centre for Language Studies (CLS) of the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Site: www.ru.nl/cls
E-mail: LOT-summerschool@let.ru.nl
Local Information Point LOT Summer school is located in the Erasmusbuilding:
4th floor, room E 4.10, Erasmusplein 1, 6535 HT Nijmegen
Opening hours: 12.00 - 14.00 h.
Responsible for the local organisation:
Monique Wakkerman with Rosanne Hebing, Sander Lestrade and Brigitte Planken.
Telephone number, during working hours:
First week up to and including Thursday June 17: (+31) 24 3611807 (Monique Wakkerman)
From Friday June 18 on: (+31) 24 3616212 (Brigitte Planken)
The CLS Office is located in the Erasmus building, Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen, 4th floor, rooms 4.10.
Click here for a map of our Campus. The numbers in the text below between ( ) refer to this map.
The class rooms beginning with E or EL are located in the Erasmusbuilding (D5), Erasmusplein 1, Nijmegen:
E. 1.02, E. 1.10, E. 1.18, E. 2.12 and E. 20.12: at the main entrance right on, take the stairs/elevator to the 1st , 2nd or 20th floor.
EL 2.50 and EL. 2.72: At the main entrance of the Erasmusbuilding to the right and at the end take the stairs/elevater to the second floor. You follow the signs: Onderwijsruimten Laagbouw 02.50-02.72.
EEG1: this is a lab of the Donders Institute (D2) and located in the Trigon building, Kapittelweg 29, 6525 EN Nijmegen, next to the building of Hogeschool Arnhem-Nijmegen (HAN).
NB: Assemble at the entrance with the course consultant!
All locations can be reached by taking the bus nr. 10, called Heyendaal Shuttle, at the Nijmegen Central Station.
Schultinck Lecture
This lecture will be given by Guillaume Thierry and takes place on Wednesday June 23, 19.30 – 21.00, in room EL 2.50, located in the Erasmusbuilding (see above).
Abstract:
"Perception shapes language and language shapes perception: Brain waves
reveal effects of native language on colour perception".
Pre-attentive modulation of event-related brain potentials index effects of language-specific terminology on colour perception. It is now established that native language affects one's perception of the world.
However, it is unknown whether this effect is merely driven by conscious, language-based evaluation of the environment or whether it reflects fundamental differences in perceptual processing between individuals speaking different languages. Using brain potentials, we demonstrate that the existence in Greek of two color terms - ghalazio and ble - distinguishing light and dark blue leads to greater and faster perceptual discrimination of these colors in native speakers of Greek than in native speakers of English. The visual mismatch negativity, an index of automatic and pre-attentive change detection, was similar for blue and green deviant stimuli during a color oddball detection task in English participants, but it was significantly larger for blue than green deviant stimuli in native speakers of Greek. These results establish an implicit effect of language-specific terminology on human color perception.
Transportation
Information about how to find your way to Nijmegen and the Radboud University Nijmegen can be found here.Additional information about travelling by bus:
Once you have arrived at Nijmegen Central Railway Station, the easiest way to get to the university is by bus. There are many direct lines from the railway station to the university, but busline 10, HEYENDAAL SHUTTLE is the fastest connection. It will take you to the Kapittelweg (Donders Institute), the Erasmus building and the Gymnasion, within 10 minutes, every four minutes.
For travel information you can check the 'Door-to-door journey planner’.
When you travel by tram, metro (Nijmegen has neither), or bus, you can use the same ticket for all the buses, trams and metro’s throughout the country. This ticket is called a 'strippenkaart'. Strippenkaarten can be bought at the bus, tram or metro station, but the cheapest places to buy them are at the train station, the post office/post office service centres, the tabaconist or some larger supermarkets. On most buses it is the bus driver who stamps your ticket. Trams and some buses have devices that enable you to stamp the ticket yourself. Before you stamp your ticket, you need to know how many zones you will be crossing. Zone information is given on the information panels at bus, metro and tram stops. Tickets are valid for a number of travel zones and for a specific time, based on the number of zones crossed.
Facilities
PCs, email and copying
Pc's with email/internet and print facilities are available in MMS (MultiMedia Study Centre), at the first floor of the Erasmusbuilding.
Capacity:
- in the MMS itself (room 1.63): 59 individual computers and 27 computers for group work: 2 or 3 persons per computer (63 seats);
- on the Vide (next to the MMS) are 36 extra computers;
- in the MMS itself (room 1.52): 22 computers for work/study in silence.
Getting access to these computers:
In contrast to what we have written here before, you will not receive by email any passwords. You have to collect your User ID (= E-number) and the password to that User ID at the desk of the MultiMedia Study Centre. An envelope with your name on it waits there for you, including also a short instruction instruction.
At the first login you will be asked to change your password. Please don’t forget that new password, as we don’t know it!
Only after this access you are able to surf on the internet or use programmes like Word, Excel etc. or print you files.
You can only use the computers of the MMS, as mentioned above.
Wifi: is possible in the big room of the MMS and the Vide. Access is only possible with the above mentioned E-number and password. Before you can log in your laptop has to be made ready for access. Click here for more information.
At the information desk of the MMS they can help you, but only with minor connection problems. For more time-consuming problems you will be refered to the University Centre for Information Services (UCI; D3 at the map). So the fastest way to get to the internet is to use the computers of the MMS or the Vide.
Printing: in the MMS you need a so called Chipknip Card to pay for your printings. These cards are available at the Campus Shop, located in the University Restaurant De Refter. They cost 12,50 Euro, but take care: the real value is 10 Euro!
NB: Printing, scanning ánd Xerox facilities: are also available on cash payment in the Copy Shop, Thomas van Aquinostraat (TvA) 2 (C5 at the map). Opening hours: Monday till Friday from 9.00 till 16.45.
Xerox facilities: copy machines you find on the ground floor of the Eramusbuilding as well. Copy card for those machines are obtainable at the reception desk of the Erasmus building (ground floor). Opening hours:- Monday till Thursday from 8.30 till 22.00.
- Fridays from 8.30 till 20.00.
The information desk is located in the MMS (open from 9.00 – 17.00).
Opening hours of the MMS:
Monday till Thursday from 9.00 till 19.00, but the Vide is open from 8.00 – 21.45.
Fridays from 9.00 till 17.00, but the Vide is open from 8.00 – 19.15.
University Library
The main entrance of the University Library is located at the Erasmuslaan 36 (D5 at the map). At the first floor of the Erasmusbuilding there is also a covered passageway to the library. With your E-number and password you have access to the website of the University Library, for example to online journals etc. More information you can obtain at the information desk of the Library.In order to consult books and periodicals from the collection of the Central Library a Library Card is required. A temporary Library Card (valid for one day) is available from the information desk. Loan requests with this card are for consultation in the Reading Room only.
There are printing (with Chipknip Card only), downloading and photocopying facilities (copy cards are for sale at the lending desk).
Breakfast, tea & coffee, lunch and dinner
- Breakfast is included for those staying at the hotel.
- Tea and coffee, as well as lunch and dinner (from 17:00 to 19:00) are available on the Campus in the University Restaurant De Refter, located next to the Erasmusbuilding.
- On the Thursdays of both weeks, the organizers will invite you to a dinner.
June 17: Pinoccio restaurant (Molenstraat 99, Nijmegen) 19.30 h.
June 24: Humphreys (Vismarkt 7, Nijmegen) 19.00 h. Details will be announced and a sign-up sheet will be passed around on Monday/Tuesday during the courses.
Banks
You will find a a cash dispenser outside the entrance of the Erasmusbuilding. In town banks are all through the centre.Post office
- At the main entrance of the University Hospital, Geert Grooteplein 10 (B3 at the map).
- Main post office: Bisschop Hamerstraat 2 (in town).
- There are several post office service centres in town, e.g. in supermarkets and at the tabaconist.
Bus tickets / Strippenkaarten
You can buy them at the main post office or the postoffice services centres (located in several larger supermarkets), the Central railway station and the tabaconist.Chipknip Card
Available at the Campus Shop, located in the University Restaurant, De Refter, in the Erasmusbuilding. The card costs 12,50 Euro, but take care: the real value is 10 Euro!Accommodation
The Summer School participants are accommodated in hotel City Park or hotel Atlanta.
Hotel City Park
Hertogstraat 1, 6511 RV Nijmegen
Site: http://www.cityparkhotel.nl/
Hotel Atlanta
Grote Markt 38, 6511 KB Nijmegen
Site: http://www.atlanta-hotel.nl/nw/index2.php
The contact with the hotels is mediated by the local organisers mentioned above.
From the Central railway station several busses are leaving for the direction of both hotels:
- line 8 (direction Berg en Dal)
- line 3 or 4 (direction St. Maartenskliniek)
- line 6 (Zetten)
- line 31 and 80
From the hotels City-Park or Atlanta a lot of buses go to the Nijmegen Central Railway Station, where you can take bus line nr. 10, called Heyendaal Shuttle, which will take you to all locations of our Campus.
Walking distance from the hotels to the Central Station is 5 to 10 minutes.