337 search results for “history of trade” in the Staff website
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Hans Theunissen
Faculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Hans-Jan van Kralingen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mehdy Shaddel Basir
Faculty of Humanities
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Elsemieke Daalder
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der Weel
Faculty of Humanities
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Leonor Veiga de Oliveira Matos Guilherme Ponsar
Faculty of Humanities
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Marike van Aerde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Mirjam de Baar
Faculty of Humanities
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Egbert Koops
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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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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Leiden Classics: Cleveringa’s protest
On 26 November 1940 Professor Cleveringa held his courageous speech protesting against the dismissal of his Jewish colleague, Professor Meijers. Cleveringa was arrested and the university was closed. Every year the university honours Cleveringa with a chair and meetings throughout the world.
- Histories Connected
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Robert Zwijnenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Quintijn Mauer
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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Vincent Chang
Faculty of Humanities
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Mark Rutgers
Faculty of Humanities
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Matthew Frear
Faculty of Humanities
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Tobias van der Wal
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Frits van der Meer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Liselore Tissen
Faculty of Humanities
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An educational tool? Japanese children's books were more than that
It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…
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Back to university: ‘A bit apprehensive but mostly pleased’
After almost 18 months of following lectures alone in their rooms, many students are going back to face-to-face classes for the first time. And the same is true for the lecturers. How do people feel about it? We went to Leiden Law School to find out. ‘For a whole year, I’ve been watching lectures in…
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Hoe ontstonden handelsnetwerken in het derde millennium voor Christus?
Grondstoffen werden vroeger over duizenden kilometers afstand vervoerd. Waarvoor werden ze geruild en waarom sloten mensen in West-Azië zich aan bij deze handelsnetwerken?
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Ellen van Reuler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tycho van der Hoog
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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National holidays and compulsory closures
The University has national holidays and compulsory closures. National holidays are not deducted from your vacation hours, whereas compulsory closures are.
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Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road
Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition depicts life and different cultures along this important trade route.
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Fifty years of diplomatic relations with China: an ‘open and pragmatic’ partnership
This year, the Netherlands and China reflect on fifty years of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. How has the relationship between the countries developed over the past half century? An interview with university lecturer Vincent Chang.
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Indian Problems, Yemeni Solutions? Legal Exchanges in the Sixteenth Century
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.