102 search results for “colonialism” in the Library website
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty of Humanities
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art?
Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the debate on art and collectors’ items from a loaded past. Inaugural speech on 2 December.
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
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Liesbeth Rosen JacobsonFaculty of Humanities
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
The IFLA-Section Rare Books and Special Collections committee and the Indigenous Matters Section, in collaboration with Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organize a satellite conference in Leiden – Friday August 18th and Saturday August 19th – prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress…
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Lennart BesFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Geke BurgerFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Richards-CumminsFaculteit Archeologie
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Marlieke ErnstFaculty of Humanities
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Luc BultenFaculty of Humanities
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Philip PostFaculty of Humanities
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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Cartographic Collections
In addition to the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection, the map collections of the former library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the map collection of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the collection of Maps and Atlases includes several smaller sub…
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Roberto Valcarcel RojasFaculteit Archeologie
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Vineet ThakurFaculty of Humanities
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Radhika GuptaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maps and Atlases
The collection of maps and atlases consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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Asian Special Collections
The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.
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Erik OdegardFaculty of Humanities
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
Satellite conference
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Southeast Asian Special Collections
The Southeast Asian Special Collections contain text and audiovisual materials pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, religions, literatures, and (material) art of the region. The focus lies on the Malay world, in particular on the Nederlands-Indies/Indonesia. Apart from books and periodicals…
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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Collections
The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.
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UNESCO World Heritage
The UBL holds five sets of manuscripts recognised by UNESCO as documents of universal value and exceptional significance to the world. They are included in UNESCO's International World Heritage list of documents (Memory of the World Register).
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Palestine and Israel
This subject guide is a work in progress, aimed to provide access to relevant academic works and online resources on Palestine and Israel, as well as, documentaries, films, and literature to familiarize yourself with the complexities of the conflict.
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities