149 search results for “global slavery” in the Student website
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Damian Pargas
Faculty 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.
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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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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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare
The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Karwan Fatah-Black
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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Honours College Governance and Global Affairs
Problems in the world we live come and go, and are a source of debate in society, business and politics as well as a topic for researchers who aim to better understand mechanism in so many different areas. Effectively tackling these problems is a hard task for any party involved.
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Jan Melissen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Isabelle Duijvesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Maartje Janse
Faculty of Humanities
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Christine Mertens
Faculty of Humanities
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in English
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in Dutch
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Roundtable on Slavery: From Scholarly Debates to Public Reckoning
Conference, Histories Connected: Faculty Roundtable
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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Rens Tacoma
Faculty of Humanities
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Daan Weggemans
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Valerio Barbarossa
Science
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Arthur van Buitenen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jeroen Touwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah Wolff
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas
Faculty of Humanities
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Jean Yves Ndzana Ndzana
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Felicia Rosu
Faculty of Humanities
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Chengyi Liu
Science
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Glenn Aguilar Hernandez
Science
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Ruben Gonzalez Vicente
Faculty of Humanities
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Kate Brackney
Faculty of Humanities
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Tim Enwerem
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Weilin Huang
Science
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Densua Mumford
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne Uilhoorn
Science
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Michiel Veldhuis
Science
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Dennis Broeders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jyothi Thrivikraman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Egbert Koops
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance
Global challenges require global governance answers. For that reason, between 5 and 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) has selected 'Emerging trends in global governance' as the theme of its annual conference. Researchers, students…
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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Simcha Jong Kon Chin
Science
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Crystal Ennis
Faculty of Humanities
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Trying to fight global warming with philosophy
In her inaugural lecture Susanna Linberg will ask how philosophy should respond to global warming.
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Leiden University 14th in global sustainability ranking
Leiden University has taken 14th place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities.
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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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Remus Dame
Science