397 search results for “postcolonial history” in the Staff website
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Bart ZantvoortFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Philip PostFaculty 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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‘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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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict?
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can countries and people reconcile with the past?
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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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‘As an ambassador you witness history as it unfolds’
Carmen Gonsalves has been the Dutch ambassador to Chile since this autumn. She studied history in Leiden. How useful has her degree been and what’s it like to be an ambassador? ‘Diplomacy is fascinating.’ We spoke to her just before the presidential elections.
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Krista Murchison receives Veni grant for ‘Righting and Rewriting History’
Krista Murchison, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, received a Veni grant of 250.000 euros. Her Veni-project will explore the ‘immaterial archive’ and its social and historical significance by digitally recreating manuscripts that were destroyed during World…
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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CFA: Summer school Global History in the 2020s, Leiden 27-29 June 2023
On 27-29 June, 2023, Leiden University's Institute for History will host a summer school on Global History in the 2020s, in collaboration with the Huizinga Institute-Research School for Cultural History, the Research School Political History, and the Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH).…
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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.
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Circulation as Relational History
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History
The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’
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Applying for jobs during the coronavirus pandemic: Ancient History alumni share their experiences
Three alumni of our Master’s degree programme in Ancient History talk to us about how they found a job after graduation during the coronavirus pandemic. During the interview, Gabriël hung a huge board covered in post-it reminders behind his laptop, Molly was glad that the members of the selection committee…
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Jay HuangFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Francesco BustiFaculty of Humanities
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Ruurd HalbertsmaFaculty of Humanities
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Rieneke SonneveltFaculty of Humanities
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Nina JaspersFaculteit Archeologie
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Göran SundholmFaculty of Humanities
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Jorrit SmitFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Claire VergerioFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Kees Verduin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martijn MandersFaculteit Archeologie
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Historical Frameworks: From the Comparative to the transnational turn in History
Lecture, Brown-bag Seminar
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Cleveringa lectures: how the Polish government is distorting the history of the Holocaust
In Poland the commemoration of acts of resistance is being misused to distort the history of the Holocaust. That is what Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski said in his inaugural lecture on 26 November. In her lecture, the second Cleveringa Professor, Barbara Engelking, pointed to the often indifferent…
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Alexander GeurdsFaculteit Archeologie
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Hans-Jan van KralingenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mehdy Shaddel Basir
Faculty of Humanities
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Elsemieke DaalderFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid