349 search results for “history of writing” in the Staff website
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history
Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background of students and scientists, a new book about the Academy Building, and two new sculptures of female scientists, Ewine van Dishoek, Professor of Molecular…
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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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Sophie van Romburgh
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim Buisman
Faculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Alex Tutwiler
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jelle Plesman
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Heyer
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos Raadschelders
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
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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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University history complete: Otterspeer presents fourth volume
At the Dies Natalis Willem Otterspeer, Professor Emeritus of University History, presented the fourth and final volume of Groepsportret met Dame, his series on the history of Leiden University. De 'Strategie van de Aanpassing' covers the period 1876-1975. Otterspeer talked about his book in a podcast…
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
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Se Young Jang
Faculty of Humanities
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Morphine, cocaine and the slippery history of pain relief/pleasure seeking in colonial Vietnam
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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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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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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael Herzfeld
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Leonor Alvarez Francés
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Cisca Hoogendijk
Faculty of Humanities
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Kai Hebel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Aad van Mastrigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Michel Doortmont
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Paul Hoftijzer
Faculty of Humanities
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Maia Casna
Faculteit Archeologie
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Willem Zwalve
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Laurens van Apeldoorn
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Thomas Maguire
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Simon Willmetts
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Andrew Gawthorpe
Faculty of Humanities
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Roosje Peeters
Faculty of Humanities
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Kate Brackney
Faculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Philip Post
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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Judith Pollmann
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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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.