229 search results for “colonialism imperialisme and heritage” in the Student website
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Angus Martin
Faculteit Archeologie
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Simay Cetin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fang-I Chu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem van Wijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marika Keblusek
Faculty of Humanities
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The Colonial Era & Contemporary Indonesia
Lecture, Online
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Programme
From ancient sites to heritage rescue, from digital sciences to the evolution of human origins: at Archaeology & Society, you will learn about the many multidisciplinary aspects of archaeological research.
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
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Faculty track
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Elmer Veldkamp
Faculty of Humanities
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panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days
The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history of the buildings and how they have been renovated. And there is a first: tours in sign language.
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Fenneke Sysling
Faculty of Humanities
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
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Roberto Valcarcel Rojas
Faculteit Archeologie
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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John Kegel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lydia van de Fliert
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ian Simpson
Faculteit Archeologie
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Carina van den Hoven
Faculty of Humanities
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Daniel Turner
Faculteit Archeologie
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Martine Bruil
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Pels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Radhika Gupta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Aris Politopoulos
Faculteit Archeologie
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Letty ten Harkel
Faculteit Archeologie
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Michiel van Groesen
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Gerrit Dusseldorp
Faculteit Archeologie
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Corinne Hofman
Faculteit Archeologie
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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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Looted art returned to Sri Lanka: ‘It was a job tracing what came from where'
A cannon, a sabre, guns: these Sri Lankan objects had been in the Rijksmuseum for centuries. In early December, they were returned to Sri Lanka. Associate Professor of Colonial History Alicia Schrikker led the research that formed the basis for the restitution and published a volume on the findings…
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…
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Dutch armed forces were willing to accept high casualties in Indonesia
The decolonisation war in Indonesia was violent partly because the Dutch military operated on the conviction that ‘an uprising had to be forcibly suppressed.’ This what historian Christiaan Harinck from the KITLV discovered in his PhD research.
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Karwan Fatah-Black launches book series on slavery and emancipation
How do we account for historical power dynamics when writing new histories of slavery and emancipation? What critical methods can we employ when studying preserved archives and collections? A new book series aims to address these questions. The initiators Karwan Fatah-Black and Ilse Josepha Lazaroms…
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Students Sander, Linde and Melle create an online exhibition for the University Library
With a recently published major research project and an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, the struggle for independence in Indonesia has been thrusted back into the spotlight. Leiden University is devoting attention to this topic as well. History students Sander van der Horst and Melle van Maanen joined…
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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