455 search results for “history of south africa” in the Staff website
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Nancy Kula
Faculty of Humanities
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Marike van Aerde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Kate Bellamy
Faculty of Humanities
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Pollmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Azeb Amha
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Eduardo Alves Vieira
Faculty of Humanities
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus can play an important role in global challenges
Annetje Ottow, president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, has been the new chair of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) strategic alliance for just two months. What does she want to achieve during her two-year chairmanship?
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
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Lipsius Building
Northern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 001 of the Mathias de Vrieshof. Southern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 004 of the PN van Eyckhof.
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Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale
Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
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.
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Liesbet Nyssen
Faculty of Humanities
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
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Emma Grootveld
Faculty of Humanities
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Tsolin Nalbantian
Faculty of Humanities
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Nina Jaspers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Havar Solheim
Faculty of Humanities
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Martijn Manders
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gina van Ling
Faculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Toon Kerkhoff
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Weixuan Li
Faculty of Humanities
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Ying Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding Call 2023: Launch webinar
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International Credit Mobility grant brings mathematicians together in Leiden
Leiden and South Africa have long standing historical ties in the field of mathematics. These ties have now been strengthened thanks to an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) grant. Four researchers from Pretoria are now visiting Leiden. ‘No matter how good we are at dealing with Teams and…
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
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.
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Agnieszka Kazimierczuk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Fábio Bonfim Duarte
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans-Jan van Kralingen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Elsemieke Daalder
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adriaan van der Weel
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Veiga de Oliveira Matos Guilherme Ponsar
Faculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de Baar
Faculty of Humanities
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Egbert Koops
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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May Shaddel Basir
Faculty of Humanities
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Bram Eenink
Faculty of Humanities