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607 search results for “africa history” in the Student website

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  Marijana Vujosevic University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Laurens van Apeldoorn Assistent Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jorrit Smit
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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• ‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam News - 7 February 2022

  ‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.

• Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery News - 27 June 2024

  What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara
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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Thomas Maguire Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Simon Willmetts Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tobias van der Wal Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Egbert Koops Professor of Legal History

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Dick van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nina Jaspers PhD candidate

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  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.

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

• ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too News - 30 November 2023

  Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.

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  Miel Groten Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Maria van der Schaar Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Robert Pitt External PhD/ guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lieke Smits Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Laurie Kalb Cosmo Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Khizar Jawad Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tamsin Prideaux Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Daniele Paolini Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martijn Treur Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wim Blockmans Professor Emeritus of

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ariette Dekker Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

• 'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important' News - 27 November 2023

  The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will take place in Leiden on 6 and 7 December. Leiden professors and co-organisers of the LJSA Sarah Cramsey and Jürgen Zangenberg talk about their plans.

• The Washington Post review of Eric Storm’s Nationalism: ‘Grand scale history’ News - 18 November 2024

  The Washington Post reviews Nationalism by university lecturer Eric Storm. In this book, Storm explores how nation-states became the dominant political organizational form.

• Eric Storm’s Nationalism in Merdika: ‘A fresh lens on global history’ News - 5 August 2025

  Professor Eric Storm was recently reviewed in the Indonesian newspaper Merdika, which praised his innovative approach to historical analysis and his relevance in today’s global discourse.

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  Terence Renaud Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mariken Teeuwen Professor by special appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kenan van de Mieroop Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Geert Ham PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karel Berkhoff Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alexander Geurds Dean / Professor