311 search results for “history of slavery” in the Staff website
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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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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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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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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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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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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…
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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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‘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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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Pereira BastiaoFaculty of Humanities
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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der SteenUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Anais van ErtveldeFaculty of Humanities
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Shenghao YueFaculty of Humanities
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Chie AritaFaculty of Humanities
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Qinggang HaoFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Thato MaganoFaculty of Humanities
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Zhengshan JiaoFaculty of Humanities
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Manfred HorstmanshoffFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan ten HeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculteit Archeologie
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter SlamanFaculty Governance and Global Affairs