380 search results for “coen war history” in the Student website
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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May Shaddel BasirFaculty of Humanities
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Bram EeninkFaculty of Humanities
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Dutch knowledge institutions suspend partnerships with Russia and Belarus
The Russian military assault on Ukraine has profoundly shocked knowledge institutions in the Netherlands, as represented by Universities of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Dutch Research Council,…
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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 historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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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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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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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Mark RutgersFaculty of Humanities
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Quintijn MauerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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How do we engage with experiences of war and displacement within our university community
Roundtable discussion
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Frits van der MeerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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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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Ellen van ReulerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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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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Ukraine Symposium - Turning Point
Conference
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Call for Applications - Classics Colloquium, 12-15 December at the University of Bologna
Education
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Benefit concert for Ukraine
Benefit concert
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University Council at 50: ‘Everything in Leiden was a tad more Leiden’
After the May elections a new University Council has now taken seat. The university democracy is the result of the long-lived national student protests in 1969. Students from Leiden joined the protests for greater representation, although their actions were less revolutionary than at other universities.…