767 search results for “european colonialism” in the Staff website
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
- European Union Seminar Series
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Alexander van der Meer
Faculty of Humanities
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Darinka Piqani
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Barbora Budinská
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Corlijn Reijgwart
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sinead Mulcahy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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David van Wamel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carina van Os
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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European social policy in neoliberal times: dealing with social issues during and after the Delors years
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Marat Markert
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Rick Lawson
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adina Akbik
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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Esther Zwinkels
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Willems
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita van Dissel
Faculty of Humanities
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
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Beatrix Campbell
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Christa Tobler
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Narin Idriz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vasiliki Kosta
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jannemieke Ouwerkerk
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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The ethics of returning colonial photography
Is it ethical to freely redistribute photographs taken in colonial contexts, historically and today? Christoph Rippe, PhD-candidate Cultural Anthropology, suggests that people might not have been always fully aware of what happened to their photographs after they were taken. 'But nowadays, with the…
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From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature
Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will present their findings on Thursday 20 October, at a specially organised mini-festival in the neighbourhood.
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Anna D'Agostino
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Negotiating Europeanness: Race, Class, and Culture in the Colonial World
Conference, Workshop
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A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward
Exhibition, Photo exibition
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
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Lecture by 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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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Podcast De Verbranders critical of European border and asylum procedures
The Dutch asylum application centre in Ter Apel is overburdened, an issue that is currently a prominent feature in the Dutch media. In podcast De Verbranders, PhD students Neske Baerwaldt and Wiebe Ruijtenberg engage in dialogue, and use different angles to examine themes related to migration, borders…
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Nicolette Mout
Faculty of Humanities
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Arash Pourebrahimi Andouhjerdi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Rik de Ruiter
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Brendan Carroll
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Dimiter Toshkov
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Bryan Verheul
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hisashi Owada
Faculty of Humanities
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities