405 search results for “is a history” in the Student website
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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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From chants to a voice: how young workers organised
‘All the groceries, but not a fig for young workers’, read a banner during the occupation of Ahold’s headquarters in 1981. ‘For a long time, young workers were not taken seriously, but they managed to put themselves on the map’, says historian Rosa Kösters.
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Pride is a celebration, but also a fight for visibility
‘Be yourself. Be as gay, queer, trans as you can and show the world you exist.’ These rousing words from Looi van Kessel marked the start of the third Pride Leiden for the university boat, with the theme: ‘450 years of being yourself’.
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Cigdem Billur-Ada -
Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
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Pichayapat NaisupapFaculty of Humanities
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Bálint HonosFaculty of Humanities
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Nestor Marin BravoFaculty of Humanities
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David Home ValenzuelaFaculty of Humanities
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Tomás DíazFaculty of Humanities
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Mariana GabaFaculty of Humanities
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Christiaan van BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Felipe CousiñoFaculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Joaquin Fernandez AbaraFaculty of Humanities
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Cristian Saavedra BastíaFaculty of Humanities
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
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Alliance Mango KubotaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Carlos Rilling TenorioFaculty of Humanities
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Gabriel Veppo de LimaFaculty of Humanities
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Mahdis MirzadehFaculty of Humanities
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Harold van der KraanFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Bravo Lee -
Macarena Alegria GarciaFaculty of Humanities
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Daphne EngelFaculty of Humanities
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia RojasFaculty of Humanities
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Theresa St JohnFaculty of Humanities
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Sil DoumaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Nicole Pereira RíosFaculty of Humanities
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Ibrahim Harun DemirelFaculty of Humanities
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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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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Joost Batenburg -
‘Together, we have to ensure that the faculty is a respectful and safe environment’
Student initiative COOP is committed to a respectful and safe academic environment. Here is a report of the activities over the past few months.
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Lucinda Truijers-JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rob CullumFaculty of Humanities