88 search results for “colonialism” in the Staff website
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Alexander van der Meer
Faculty of Humanities
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Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Esther Zwinkels
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita van Dissel
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Willems
Faculty of Humanities
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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submissions: symposium ‘Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage’
Research
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Philip Post
Faculty of Humanities
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Nira Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Humanities
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Andrea Richards-Cummins
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marlieke Ernst
Faculty of Humanities
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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Ethan Mark
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Fenneke Sysling
Faculty of Humanities
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John Kegel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
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Roberto Valcarcel Rojas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Aya Ezawa
Faculty of Humanities
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Radhika Gupta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Cultural Heritage Scholarship
Master
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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
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I Wish, I Wish, a Western Mosque: Colonial Continuities in Dutch Perspectives on Islamic Architecture
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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Catia Antunes
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Louis Sicking
Faculty of Humanities
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…