728 search results for “dutch colonial and postcolonial literature” in the Student website
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A Colonial and Material History of Astrophotography at Leiden Observatory, 1918-1960
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
Conference
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
a.dutta.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eduardo Herrera Malatestae.n.herrera.malatesta@arch.leidenuniv.nl |
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Wim van den DoelAdministration and Central Services
h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272922
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Marcos Neto de CordovaFaculty of Humanities
m.neto.de.cordova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272358
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
a.m.c.van.dissel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272760
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
e.a.op.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274381
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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The colonial contacts of the firm De Heyder & Co: ‘Completely intertwined with the colonial market’
The Lakenhal depot houses three nineteenth-century sample books in which the cotton company De Heyder & Co kept precise records of who placed which orders. History student Marit Scheepsma used them to find out more about the company's colonial contacts.
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278010
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
r.d.manullang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
n.n.w.akkerman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272065
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
r.e.kon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
e.edelmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272415
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Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
bloembergen@kitlv.nl | 071 5272459
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
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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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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272765
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.bouteligier@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277628
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political chess board’
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272706
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
d.e.a.schellens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276553
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
g.j.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272160
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272717
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Sjoerd RamackersFaculty of Humanities
s.j.ramackers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 2709
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Emma SowFaculty of Humanities
k.sow@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271345
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271743
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
t.w.brocades@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272770
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From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature
Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will present their findings on Thursday 20 October, at a specially organised mini-festival in the neighbourhood.
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
l.a.smits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ingrid SamsetFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
i.samset@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Radhika GuptaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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‘Interaction between politics, science and colonial impact often overlooked’
How did science relate to politics and colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Assistant Professor Lauren Lauret has been awarded an NWO XS grant to map the colonial and political activities of nineteenth-century scientists.
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272740
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273473
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272167
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Dialogue Session on Leiden University’s Colonial and Slavery Past
Dialogue session
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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’
In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.