454 search results for “africa history” in the Student website
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Dimitris KastritisFaculty of Humanities
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David André Anton Cina
Faculty of Humanities
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History
Lecture, LUCIS Keynote
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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A special procession – just like 450 years ago
An extra-long procession with musical accompaniment will mark the beginning of the university’s 450th birthday celebrations on 7 February.
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britain. ‘Soldier of Orange’ is the most famous, but who were the other ‘England voyagers’ or Engelandvaarders as they are known?
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Geo-Poetics and the Reconstruction of Pre-Islamic Arabian History
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede
Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jochem van den BoogertFaculty of Humanities
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Stephan RaaijmakersFaculty of Humanities
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Lieske HuitsFaculty of Humanities
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Reinier BaarsenFaculty of Humanities
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Timothy de ZeeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Mingran CaoFaculty of Humanities
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Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying
Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.
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Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market
3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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50 jaar MRI: Hoe het LUMC dit betaalbaar maakt
50 years ago Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI. Sine then MRI has become more expensive. Professor Andrew Webb describes what is needed to make MRI available for everybody.
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair.
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times
The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.
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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’
During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also looks at freedom and oppression today. Three questions for Sara Polak, chair of the Hour of Remembrance committee.
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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Maxine DavidFaculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities
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Daniel SchadeFaculty of Humanities
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea WarneckeFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah NelsonFaculty of Humanities
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Morena SkalameraFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities