1,369 search results for “history of south afrika” in the Staff website
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Anne HeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Ajeng ArainikasihFaculty of Humanities
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Maarja SeireFaculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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South Cluster construction work continues over the summer
The construction work on the South Cluster is going ahead throughout the summer. See the photo's and the video below!
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
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Simon Kemper
Faculty of Humanities
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’
Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'
A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Indira HuliselanFaculty of Humanities
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Martijn van EtteFaculty of Humanities
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Junjie HuangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Giliam de ValkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Underexposed colonial past: 'You can suddenly feel like you are connecting with someone from the past'
Attention to the colonial past may be increasing, but many aspects of it are still underexposed. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, in collaboration with, among others, Leiden researchers Anne-Marieke van der Wal-Rémy and Alicia Schrikker, therefore created a 'Canon of the Dutch Underexposed Past', which…
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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The History of Hebrew
Lecture
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Annas RabbaniFaculty of Science
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
- Centre for the History of European Integration Seminar Series
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict?
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can countries and people reconcile with the past?
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Guido Maschhaupt
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’
The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…
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Jeroen OosterbaanFaculty of Archaeology
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Ying ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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Tour of the South Cluster attracts more than 100 interested colleagues
The South Cluster - the former Van Wijkplaats/Van Eyckhof on Witte Singel - is currently undergoing an impressive transformation. On 25 October, more than 100 enthusiastic colleagues witnessed the progress of the renovation during a series of tours of the building.
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’
Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…
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Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog
Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.
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Alain WijffelsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Limin TehFaculty of Humanities
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Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize
Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”
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Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Louie Buana
Faculty of Humanities