258 search results for “european colonialism” in the Staff website
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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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‘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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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Eric Storm
Faculty of Humanities
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Harmen van der Veer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan van de Streek
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anchrit Wille
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
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Ewine van Dishoeck
Science
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Gert-Jan Boon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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Cultural Heritage Scholarship
Master
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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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A staff exchange with your European peers: ‘Everyone could benefit from this’
Fancy seeing how your job is done at a university abroad? Project Managers Christina Schlüpen and Jeannette de Wolf from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry did just that. They both spent a week shadowing a European colleague: one in Bologna and the other in Berlin. This was through the Una Europe alliance,…
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Una Europa opportunities: apply for a staff exchange with your European peers
Organisation
- Una Europa: apply for a staff exchange with your European peers
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Bernhard Brandl
Science
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Valerio Gentile
Faculteit Archeologie
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Arjen Boin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jeroen Duindam
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Catia Antunes
Faculty of Humanities
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Tentoonstelling: Het onvertelde Caribische verhaal
Het zichtbaar maken van ongeschreven verhalen van inheemse culturen en volken van de Cariben. Dat doet de tentoonstelling ‘Caribbean Ties’ in de Oude UB.
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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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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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From Colonial Morocco to the Promised Land: The Jewish Exodus and Its Complex Realities
Lecture
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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
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European grant to advance self-learning capabilities of quantum computers
A major grant for research into machine learning algorithms for quantum computers. With this ERC Consolidator grant, Vedran Dunjko and his colleagues hope to discover which real-world problems a quantum computer can solve faster than a normal one.
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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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Louis Sicking
Faculty of Humanities
- European Week Against Racism
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Alwin Kloekhorst
Faculty of Humanities
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ali Mohammad
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anthony Brown
Science
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Caspar van den Berg
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Lasse van den Dikkenberg
Faculteit Archeologie
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Axel Palmér
Faculty of Humanities
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Ingrid van Biezen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Guus Kroonen
Faculty of Humanities
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Harold Koster
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nisida Gjoksi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Tijmen Pronk
Faculty of Humanities
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An EU with a higher EQ
How do you increase the EU’s EQ so that citizens and countries feel a greater sense of belonging and safety in the EU, and the countries work better together? To answer this question, Professor of European Law Armin Cuyvers works, among others, with social psychologists. Inaugural lecture on 9 Decem…
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
- Forgotten heroes