322 search results for “colonial history” in the Staff website
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Anita van Dissel
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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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward
Exhibition, Photo exibition
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
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John Kegel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Fenneke Sysling
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Alexander van der Meer
Faculty of Humanities
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Louis Sicking
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Ethan Mark
Faculty of Humanities
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Catia Antunes
Faculty of Humanities
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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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‘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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Philip Post
Faculty of Humanities
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Carolien Boender
Faculty of Humanities
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Juliette Roding
Faculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude Nijhuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Marion Pluskota
Faculty of Humanities
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Touwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Rens Tacoma
Faculty of Humanities
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Leo Lucassen
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den Hartog
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas
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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Luuk de Ligt
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlou Schrover
Faculty of Humanities
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Ariadne Schmidt
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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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities