1,169 search results for “africa history” in the Student website
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Saskia JaszoltowskiFaculty of Humanities
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Karel Berkhoff
Faculty of Humanities
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Geert HamFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald Petrarca
Ronald Petrarca is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump's Greenland plan ignores a history of segregation'
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe discusses on The Conversation how Trump's Greenland proposal overlooks the historical discrimination faced by Indigenous Alaskans.
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Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Ivo Smits
Ivo Smits is a professor of Arts and Cultures of Japan at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).
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Göran Sundholm
Göran Sundholm is a Professor of Philosophy of Mathematics and of Logic at the Institute for Philosophy.
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Maia Casna
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Rieneke Sonnevelt is a PhD candidate at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies.
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Martijn Manders
Martijn Manders is Professor by Special Appointment in Underwater archaeology and maritime heritage management at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Professor of Dutch History Henk te Velde to be new interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Professor of Dutch History prof.dr. H. (Henk) te Velde will become interim Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University for a two-year term with effect from 1 March 2025. He will succeed prof.dr. M.R. (Mark) Rutgers. Mark Rutgers’ second term of office expires on 1 March 2025; he will be professor…
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study of government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in Africa
Roundtable
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Farewell event for Mark Rutgers on a unique day in the university’s history
With the red flag flying proudly on the Academy Building (Leiden University was on strike for the first time in its history!), the farewell event for former dean Mark Rutgers was held in the Telders Auditorium. After eight years, he has passed the baton to the interim dean, Henk te Velde.
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’
Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, they also looked at the challenges Europe faces.
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Frits van der MeerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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for research into Het Dorp: ‘We are going to tell the lesser-known history’
It is one of the most famous moments in Dutch TV history: the twenty-three hour long marathon broadcast of Open het Dorp. But what happened to the commune for people with disabilities after that? Monika Baár and Paul van Trigt received a NWO grant of 750,000 euros to map the development of Het Dorp.
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Warja Tolstoj wins Ted Meijer prize
Warja Tolstoj, alumna Art History, has been awarded the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. Named after the former director of the KNIR (Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome), the prize is awarded yearly to the best MA/ReMa thesis or PhD in the Humanities.
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Ancient History Research Seminar, Student Presentations
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Harvey
Paula Harvey is an external PhD candidate and lecturer at LUCAS.
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Dario Fazzi becomes professor by special appointment: ‘We live in an era of tremendous ecological challenges’
Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the Faculty of Humanities. He starts on 1 September and will combine his new position with his current teaching duties at the Institute for History.
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.
- Rudi van Maanen
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Thea Hilhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Pieter Emmer
Piet Emmer is Professor Emeritus in the History of European expansion and migration at the Leiden University Institute for History (chair from 1991 to 2009).
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Floris Plak
Faculty of Humanities
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Ron Elkhuizen
Ron Elkhuizen is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for History.
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?'
As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…
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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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Jessie van Straaten
Jessie van Straaten is a PhD candidate in the Economic and Social History team of Leiden University. Specific interests include social history, health, medical history, family and care, and the history of children and old age. For her dissertation, she is conducting research on housing for older people…
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Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe
Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe is a guest researcher at the Institute for History.
- Hendri Schut
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Sander Tetteroo
Faculty of Humanities
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Simon Kemper
Faculty of Humanities
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Intigam MamedovFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn StormsLeiden University Libraries
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Dennis Worst
Dennis Worst is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
- Ajeng Arainikasih
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Juliette Staüdt
Juliette Staüdt is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Patricia Kret
Patricia Kret is working on a PhD thesis on continuities and discontinuities in the use of Roman amulets (100 BCE – 600 CE).
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Sjoerd RamackersFaculty of Humanities
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Emma SowFaculty of Humanities
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities