1,488 search results for “history of south afrika” in the Staff website
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
- Peace Histories Seminar Series 2025-2026
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2025 - 2026
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New podcasts on Islam in South and Southeast Asia
As part of the final project for the Islam in South and Southeast Asia course (taught by Dr Verena Meyer), students were tasked with creating podcasts that delve into significant cultural and historical topics related to the region. Two students, Roma Bhiekhemsing and Shaneeva Bean, have chosen to share…
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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Wim BootFaculty of Humanities
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Roos StolkerFaculty of Humanities
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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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Carel SmithFaculty of Law
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Jorrit SmitSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rethinking community in upland, ‘indigenous’ South Asia
Erik de Maaker wrote a monograph on how Garo, an indigenous community of the extended eastern Himalayas, experience and negotiate such disparities. The book shows how relatedness is reinterpreted as religious practices change, and communally held land ends up being privately controlled. Erik de Maaker…
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Luuk de LigtFaculty 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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Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’
South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"?
Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar
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Photo Report Cluster South
The renovation of the South Cluster has been in full swing over the recent period. As the completion date approaches, no later than 1 April, we're excited to provide you with a glimpse of the current state of the building.
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Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan
International Institute Asian Studies
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History November 2025
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History April 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History February 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History May 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History March 2026
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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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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NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’
A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.
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Kees Verduin
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Elizabeth Rodriguez EstradaFaculty of Archaeology
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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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Leo LucassenFaculty of Humanities
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation'
Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander GeurdsFaculty of Archaeology
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Glenn Aguilar HernandezFaculty of Science
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Harry StroomerFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund AmannFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelExecutive Board
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Maarja SeireFaculty of Humanities
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities