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826 search results for “africa history” in the Student website

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  Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Remco Breuker Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthew Sung Research staff member

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bruno Allahissem PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Edmund Amann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  José María Castro Ibarra PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Cisca Hoogendijk Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Suzan ten Heuw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Fransiskus Widiyarso PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marijana Vujosevic University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Laurens van Apeldoorn Assistent Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Maria Zisimopoulou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Erika Riccobon

  Faculty of Humanities

• Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History News - 1 October 2021

  The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Jorrit Smit
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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• ‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam News - 7 February 2022

  ‘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.

• Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery News - 27 June 2024

  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…

• ‘In Leiden you feel history is very close’ News - 17 January 2013

  Leiden alumnus Makoto Yoshida from Japan studied Dutch history and politics from 1996 to 1997. Now he is back in Leiden with his wife who is currently a student at the Faculty of Humanities. Some things still surprise him. 'Everyone at university uses first names, which was - and still is - unacceptable…

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara
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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Henric Jansen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kai Hebel Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Simon Willmetts Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Thomas Maguire Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Quintijn Mauer Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tobias van der Wal Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  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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  Egbert Koops Professor of Legal History

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nina Jaspers PhD candidate

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Dick van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

• Histories Connected Event
• Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too News - 30 November 2023

  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.

• Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year News - 19 December 2024

  Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books

• Berkhoff appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Focus on Ukrainian history a milestone’ News - 24 September 2025

  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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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate