156 search results for “dutch slavery and slave trade” in the Library website
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Peggy Bracco Gartner
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten Napel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ruud Koole
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Oliver Taherzadeh
Science
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Michael Sampson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Irlan Rum
Science
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Egbert Koops
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jonathan Ouellet
Faculteit Archeologie
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André Leliveld
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Lingxing Xu
Science
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Frans Theuws
Faculteit Archeologie
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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collections
After large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once again being widely debated. This renewed and intensified interest in the problems surrounding racism is prompting many to (re)read important works by black…
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Esther Op de Beek
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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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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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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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
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Vietnam on Dutch maps
In 2023, it will be fifty years since Vietnam and the Netherlands established diplomatic relations. This will be commemorated in both countries. At the beginning of November, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. On that occasion Leiden University Libraries will launch…
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Richard Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nathalie Brusgaard
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wim Voermans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Quentin Bourgeois
Faculteit Archeologie
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Marijn Nagtzaam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Oda Nuij
Faculteit Archeologie
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Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Faculty of Humanities
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Mette Langbroek
Faculteit Archeologie
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Arjan Louwen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Michiel van Groesen
Faculty of Humanities
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Ronny Boogaart
Faculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie Wilson
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Mark Driessen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Alex Reuneker
Faculty of Humanities
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Harold Kelly
Faculteit Archeologie
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
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Joop van Holsteijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Asian Special Collections
The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Raymond Fagel
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Verstraten
Faculty of Humanities
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Catia Antunes
Faculty of Humanities
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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Dutch universities give Open Access another boost
The Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications available after six months in collaboration with researchers.
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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American Chemical Society Supports Open Access Goals of Dutch Universities
The American Chemical Society’s Publications Division (ACS) and VSNU, in its role representing Dutch universities and participating research institutions, have reached an agreement whereby open access publishing arrangements will be a part of the subscription licensing contract between the US-based…