1,037 search results for “history of south africa” in the Student website
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Kim Beerden
Faculty of Humanities
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Fan Lin
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria Zisimopoulou
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem Heiser
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bastian Still
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Alisa van de Haar
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart Zantvoort
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk Kern
Faculty of Humanities
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Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’
In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…
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Femme Gaastra
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Boot
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
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Mapping historical marine life: Johannes Müller is researching the history of ecosystems
The underwater world around present-day Indonesia has changed greatly in recent centuries as a result of human activity. University lecturer Johannes Müller has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the history of the Indonesian ecosystems.
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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Tessa de Boer
Faculty of Humanities
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2024-2025
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Roundtable on premodern Yemeni history
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Antjie Krog writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn
South African poet Antjie Krog will be the writer in residence at Leiden University in autumn 2021. Krog is famous for her poetry collections and books, which are often inspired by the history of South Africa. In her role as writer in residence, she will give the annual Albert Verwey Lecture and a series…
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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Edmund Hayes
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Caroline Archambault
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Caroline Gräfin von Courten
Faculty of Humanities
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
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Dario Fazzi
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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Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed
Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and economic connections between South Holland and slavery. The findings of this research will be presented with Dr. Joris van den Tol (Radboud University)…
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Wim Willems
Faculty of Humanities
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Christine Mertens
Faculty of Humanities
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
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Alp Yenen
Faculty of Humanities