707 search results for “africa history” in the Student website
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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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Felicia RosuFaculty 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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ASCL Seminar: Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City
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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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Manon Schouten: ‘I’m the kind of teacher who also works on her profession during the weekend.’
After a detour via the ANWB in Munich, alumna Manon Schouten works as a history teacher at two schools. ‘It's so rewarding to see the material resonate with students.’
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen van ReulerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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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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Tanja Hendriks awarded Veni
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced that Tanja Hendriks, along with 17 Leiden University researchers, will receive a Veni grant, embedded at the ASCL. With this grant, Hendriks will be able to develop the research project 'Taking a Risk on Disasters: speculative humanitarianism amidst a changing…
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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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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden
A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ottow, president of Leiden University’s Executive Board, described the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) on its 75th anniversary celebration on 8 September…
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Maria VoltsichinaFaculty of Humanities
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Marie-leen Ryckaert
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Cigdem Billur-Ada
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Henrike VellingaFaculty of Humanities
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Brian ShaevFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Kamila SmagulovaFaculty of Humanities
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Hannelore BraekenFaculty of Humanities
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Andreas HofmannFaculty of Humanities
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Sil DoumaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Richard GriffithsFaculty of Humanities
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Mahdis Mirzadeh
Faculty of Humanities
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Eline Rademakers
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
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Ibrahim Harun DemirelFaculty of Humanities
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Ysbrand LamersFaculty of Humanities
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Saskia van Anen
Faculty of Humanities
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Tim LubbersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marinus van Hekken
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah CramseyFaculty of Humanities
- Potluck Spring Dinner & Leiden University History Tour
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CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Rob Cullum
Faculty of Humanities
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Lucinda Truijers-JansenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melania Brito Clavijo
Faculty of Humanities