621 search results for “afrika history” in the Student website
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty 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.
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Cisca HoogendijkFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan ten HeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Laurens van ApeldoornFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maria ZisimopoulouFaculty of Humanities
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
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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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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty 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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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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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Kai HebelFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Simon WillmettsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Thomas MaguireFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Quintijn MauerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
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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Berkhoff appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Focus on Ukrainian history a milestone’
As of 1 September , Karel Berkhoff has been appointed professor by special appointment in Ukrainian History. In this position, made possible in part by the KNAW, he will focus primarily on dark moments in recent Ukrainian history: the persecutions that have taken place in the first half of the twentieth…
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Parallel Worlds: Information Warfare in the Sahel (Dutch-spoken)
Debate, Haags Actualiteitencollege
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average
Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.
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Maria van der SchaarFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Anahita ArianFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Kees Verduin
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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New history of Leiden presented to the mayor: ‘Always been an incredibly diverse city’
Professor Ariadne Schmidt and Associate Professor Arie van Steensel (University of Groningen) have produced A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Leiden, the first English-language history of Leiden. Mayor Peter Heijkoop received the first copy.
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Miel GrotenFaculty of Humanities
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…