1,169 search results for “africa history” in the Student website
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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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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Ariadne Schmidt
Ariadne Schmidt is professor by special appointment of the History of urban culture, in particular of Leiden (the Magdalena Moons Chair, funded by the Magdalena Moons Chair Foundation) and associate professor Economic and Social History. She is also Chair of Education of the bachelor, master and research…
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche
The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, for her thesis 'Media Representations of Male Perpetrators of Violence against Women and Children:…
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history'
Conference
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Aad van Mastrigt
Aad van Mastrigt is an external PhD candidate at Leiden University and is working on a thesis entitled: 'Playing with identity: Is Chilean classism destabilizing due to the phenomenon of re-identification? (2002-2017)'
- Turaj Atabaki
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David Ehrhardt
David Ehrhardt studies governance and institutional change in Africa, with a focus on the role of non-state leaders (such as traditional and religious leaders) in promoting changes that enhance development. He is also co-lead of the Learning Mindset innovation project, which develops and researches…
- Wouter van Beek
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Zwinkels
Esther Zwinkels is an external PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Leo Lucassen
Leo Lucassen is Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History and director of the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam. His research focuses on Global Migration History, Integration, Migration Systems, Migration Controls, Gypsies…
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Wim Boot
Prof. Willem Boot is emeritus professor. He doesn't have a desk at the university anymore. Please send an email if you want to contact him. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.
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Soledad Valdivia RiveraFaculty of Humanities
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William Michael SchmidliFaculty of Humanities
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Jeffrey Fynn-Paul is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.
- Anika Altaf
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Alette Vonk
Alette Vonk holds an MA in Development Sociology and Practitioner certificates in the fields of Intercultural Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture and NLP. She has more than 25 years experience in both organizational and community development in international settings: she…
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Wim van den Doel
Since February 2020 Wim van den Doel is Dean of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) Universities, a strategic alliance of Leiden University, TU Delft, and Erasmus University Rotterdam and professor at the three connected universities.
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Robert Stein
Robert Stein is a senior university lecturer at the Institute for History.
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Lennart Bes
Lennart Bes is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History.
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund Hayes
Edmund Hayes gained his doctorate with honors from the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He works on early Islamic history, in particular Shiʿi history, focusing on the intersection of intellectual developments and social and political dynamics. He…
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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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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Andrew Shield
Dr.(mult.) Andrew DJ Shield is Assistant Professor of Migration History, and affiliated with the interdisciplinary research project “Social Citizenship and Migration.” He is the chair of Leiden’s LGBT+ Network. Shield specializes in sexuality, race, and diversity in Europe since 1945. He holds two…
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter Slaman
Pieter Slaman is Leiden University's university historian, with support of the A.E. Cohen Foundation. He is also a specialist in the history of education. His book ‘De glazen Toren. De Leidse Universiteit 1970-2020’ covered the institutional and cultural developments at Leiden university since the 1…
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Joost Augusteijn
Joost Augusteijn is Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for History and Programme Chair of the BA International Studies and the Joint MA European Politics and Society.
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Nira Wickramasinghe
Nira Wickramasinghe is Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Lionel Laborie
Lionel Laborie is assistant professor at the Institute for History.
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Bart van der Boom
Bart van der Boom is university lecturer at the Institute for History.
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2025: Yonwaba Matshobotiyana
The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2025 prize has been awarded to Yonwaba Matshobotiyana of the University of the Free State, South Africa, with a thesis on Black women's poetry in South Africa.
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Miko Flohr
Miko Flohr is a lecturer in Ancient History studying the social and economic history of the Greco-Roman world, with a special interest in urban commerce and everyday work in Roman Italy, particularly in Pompeii, Ostia and Rome. Educated as a classicist, and with a Ph.D. in archaeology, he teaches on…
- Akinyinka Akinyoade