444 search results for “history of south africa” in the Student website
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Sustainable Humanities Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
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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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Nisida Gjoksi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa
Conference
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incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
- Scholarships
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Corey Williams
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.
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EUniwell Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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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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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Leiden Classics: the man behind the beadle
Almost everywhere in the world where the post exists, the beadle is a ‘master of ceremonies’ who only makes his appearance on special occasions. In Leiden the beadle does much more. He is indispensable at dissertation defences and orations. He directs ceremonies and is a master at calming nerves.
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Tobias van der Wal
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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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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Poortgebouw
Rijnsburgerweg 10, Leiden
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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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What and why?
Exchange: What and why?
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What and why?
Exchange: What and why?
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How to ask? Politeness strategies in historical letters
Workshop
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Archaeology & Society
Changing the future, by understanding the past. Join Archaeology & Society and broaden your horizon!
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Ellen van Reuler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Summer winter schools
- Summer winter schools
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Guide dogs: anything but a modern invention
For a long time, even many researchers thought that guide dogs were a relatively modern invention. An accidental encounter with archival material showed university lecturer Krista Milne that guide dogs helped their blind owners as far back as the Middle Ages. Milne now has received an NWO XS grant to…
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair. The LUS provides independent advice on university-wide policies that concern all topics of relevance to students. It also awards…
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Two-day workshop Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT)™ 2
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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The Ritualisation of the Past. On the ‘Lesson of History’ for the Present
Inaugural lecture, Cleveringa Lecture
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible
Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of a feasibility study and is what the mayor and aldermen of Leiden write in a letter to the city council.
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Child rights activist Graça Machel speaks in Leiden on justice between generations
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel speaks October 27 at Leiden University about her work.
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Contact with other students
Staying in contact with other students might not always be easy but it is very important. Find out about the different ways in which you can meet other students.
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
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Jojanneke van der Toorn organises international Workpride conference
Professor Jojanneke van der Toorn has held the chair in LGBT workplace inclusion for five years. To celebrate, organised an international online conference on workplace inclusion, in cooperation with Workplace Pride that was hosted by the university on 20 and 21 May.
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NL Scholarship - Incoming students
Bachelor
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Construction Work around the University Sports Centre until the beginning of August
Facility, Organisation
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50 jaar MRI: Hoe het LUMC dit betaalbaar maakt
50 years ago Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI. Sine then MRI has become more expensive. Professor Andrew Webb describes what is needed to make MRI available for everybody.