695 search results for “boer history” in the Student website
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History
From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and practices of solidarity while also exposing tensions over the centrality of decolonization in global struggles…
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobine MelisFaculty of Archaeology
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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Andrew GawthorpeFaculty of Humanities
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Sandra ManickamFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Alicia Schrikker appointed Professor History of The Netherlands in the world
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Dr Alicia Schrikker as Professor History of The Netherlands in the world, effective 1 January 2026. The chair is based at the Institute for History at the Faculty of Humanities.
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Mariana FrançozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities
Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series
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Larissa Mendoza StraffonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Willem HeiserFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Casper van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Carola HeinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden'
Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester she starts her bachelor's degree.
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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’
In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
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Bart ZantvoortFaculty of Humanities
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Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues wins KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History
Master's student Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues is the winner of the KHMW Brewer Thesis Prize for History. He was awarded the prize for his research on donatism.
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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From chants to a voice: how young workers organised
‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young workers were not taken seriously, but they managed to put themselves on the map’, says historian Rosa Kösters.
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Lustrum Spring Concert Sempre Crescendo
Arts and culture
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Cisca HoogendijkFaculty of Humanities
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Laurens van ApeldoornFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Michael HerzfeldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature
Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will present their findings on Thursday 20 October, at a specially organised mini-festival in the neighbourhood.