1,574 search results for “afrika in the world” in the Student website
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Underexposed colonial past: 'You can suddenly feel like you are connecting with someone from the past'
Attention to the colonial past may be increasing, but many aspects of it are still underexposed. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, in collaboration with, among others, Leiden researchers Anne-Marieke van der Wal-Rémy and Alicia Schrikker, therefore created a 'Canon of the Dutch Underexposed Past', which…
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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A hopeful start to the year: ‘As a university, we can make the world a better place’
Working together in times of change. With enthusiasm, passion and connection as our keywords. That was the message emphasised by administrators Jasper Knoester and Luc Sels at the start of this new year for our Science faculty. ‘Hope for a better world means working together actively towards progres…
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The forgotten deaths of fifteen Chinese workers during the Second World War
On 15 April 1942, members of the Dutch military police on Curaçao shot and killed fifteen Chinese Shell workers. Assistant Professor Vincent Chang has been awarded an NWO XS grant to investigate how this happened and why these Chinese seamen are now being commemorated again after decades of being fo…
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55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics
Conference
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Africa-Europe Relations in a World in Rupture: Foundations and Critical Approaches
Conference, NEAR-ER Summer School
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Peter VerhaarFaculty of Humanities
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Jelena ProkicFaculty of Humanities
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Nuranisa NuranisaFaculty of Humanities
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Danny JolFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bram HoonhoutHonours Academy
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Karin de WildFaculty of Humanities
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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Leiden Law School rises in QS World University Ranking
Leiden Law School has moved up three places in the global ranking of law faculties and is now in 21st place.
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Gjovalin MacajFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Gestures to signs around the world
Conference, Workshop
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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The World Bank’s Role in Supporting and Rebuilding Ukraine
Guest lecture
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Jan SleutelsFaculty of Humanities
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Book presentation: The world according to North Korea
Lecture, Boekpresentatie
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Susana ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Mark Driessen - Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Csilla ArieseFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Gawthorpe in several media about Venezuela
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe provided commentary in several media outlets on the situation in Venezuela.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on France24 about Trump’s ambassadors: ‘Controversial’
University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe comments on France24 on controversial USA ambassadors in Europe, all appointed by Trump.
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Salvador Santino Regilme on NPR: ‘Fulbright Program is a form of soft power’
Associate professor Salvador Santino Regilme was interviewed by NPR about Trump’s soft power.
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Andrew Gawthorpe Interviews No King’s movement leader Hunter Dunn
University lecturer interviewed No King’s movement leader Hunter Dunn for the Foreign Policy Centre.
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The World of Smallpox Picture Books: The Red Books for Smallpox in the Edo Period
Lecture
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Salvador Santino Regilme in several international news media on Venezuela
Associate professor Salvador Santino Regilme commented in several international media on the situation in Venezuela.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: ‘US election results suggest Trump’s coalition of voters is collapsing’
In an article for The Conversation, University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe comments on the recent elections in the United States and what they mean for President Donald Trump’s position.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: ‘Trump is not an isolationist’
The White House has recently released its national security strategy. University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in The Conversation what we can learn from the document.
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Vincent Chang on East Asia Forum: ‘China globalises its pantheon of national heroes and martyrs’
In an article for East Asia Forum, University Lecturer Vincent Chang sheds light on China’s ambition to globalise its pantheon of national heroes.
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Intigam Mamedov on The Conversation: ‘Trump’s sympathies might be with Kyiv’
Postdoc Intigam Mamedov comments in The Conversation on the recent peace talks between Russia and the USA regarding the war in Ukraine.