1,509 search results for “history of south africa” in the Student website
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘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.
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Miriam WaltzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emma Lynn CantalFaculty of Humanities
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Lecture and Exhibition
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
- Art History Book Launches
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
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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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems
The underwater world around present-day Indonesia has changed greatly in recent centuries as a result of human activity. University lecturer Johannes Müller has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the history of the Indonesian ecosystems.
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrican Studies Centre
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Materiality, Religion and the Senses
Conference, L*CeSAR Masterclass
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter
Conference
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Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche
Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetrators of violence against women and children in South Africa. Her research challenges dominant narratives and emphasises the need for fair media representation…
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
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.
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed
Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and economic connections between South Holland and slavery. The findings of this research will be presented with Dr. Joris van den Tol (Radboud University)…
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Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality
Lecture, Keynote
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David EhrhardtFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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Wim BootFaculty of Humanities
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Roos StolkerFaculty of Humanities
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.
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Carel SmithFaculty of Law
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Jorrit SmitSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Rethinking community in upland, ‘indigenous’ South Asia
Erik de Maaker wrote a monograph on how Garo, an indigenous community of the extended eastern Himalayas, experience and negotiate such disparities. The book shows how relatedness is reinterpreted as religious practices change, and communally held land ends up being privately controlled. Erik de Maaker…
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entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa
Conference, 2-day Workshop
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.