1,593 search results for “history of south africa” in the Student website
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘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.
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Emma Lynn CantalFaculty of Humanities
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
- Art History Book Launches
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Gert OostindieKoninklijk Instituut Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
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…
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund AmannFaculty of Humanities
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
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Suzan ten HeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Mohamed MuseFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Eileen van der BurghFaculty of Humanities
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Maria ZisimopoulouFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems
The underwater world around present-day Indonesia has changed greatly in recent centuries as a result of human activity. University lecturer Johannes Müller has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the history of the Indonesian ecosystems.
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Adam FaircloughFaculty 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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Nina WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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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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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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Aad van Mastrigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke BloembergenKoninklijk Instituut Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde
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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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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed
Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and economic connections between South Holland and slavery. The findings of this research will be presented with Dr. Joris van den Tol (Radboud University)…
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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.
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
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Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
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Mariana FrançozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
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Maud RijksFaculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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Roos StolkerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century in southern Africa
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series