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1,363 search results for “centre african history” in the Staff website

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  Alain Wijffels Professor emeritus Legal History

  Faculty of Law

  a.a.wijffels@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1288

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  Stijn Bussels Scientific Director LUCAS/Professor Art history, expecially before 1800

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.p.m.bussels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2693

• Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history News - 19 June 2022

  Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.

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  Bernhard Rieger Professor of European History

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.rieger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1290

• Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne News - 15 February 2024

  Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on film. These photographs represent some of the earliest images taken in the heart of the African continent.

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  Carolien Stolte Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7308

• Tracing Expertise in Politics: A Digital History of Technocracy in the Dutch House of Representatives, 1917-1994 Event - 25 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Hans Janssen Professor emeritus History, in particular castles

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.l.janssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2682

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus of Codicology

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Ako Tsujita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.tsujita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Manfred Horstmanshoff Professor Emeritus History of medicine

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.f.j.horstmanshoff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166

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  Zhengshan Jiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.jiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6903

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  Diego Salama Editor Global Governance (journal)

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.salama@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Three new Master's specialisations in History: ‘More in line with students’ wishes’ News - 16 September 2025

  The Master's programme in History at Leiden University is set to change. From September 2026, three of the five specialisations will be replaced by new subjects that are more closely aligned with the field of research and students’ interests. One of these new specialisations will also be taught entirely…

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  Alicia Schrikker Senior University Lecturer / Director of Research

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769

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  Alp Yenen University Lecturer Modern Turkish History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.yenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2943

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  Akinyinka Akinyoade Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  a.akinyoade@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6701

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  Hendrik den Heijer Professor emeritus of Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• Save the date: Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week 2026 Event - 8 June 2026

  Workshops, lectures

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  Kim Beerden University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.beerden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2761

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  Eric Storm Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2721

• History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’ News - 22 March 2021

  Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on Amsterdam as a diplomatic city during the 17th and 18th centuries. For her thesis, she was awarded the Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis prize…

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  Raymond Fagel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2730

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  Vineet Thakur Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256

• Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases News - 27 September 2023

  Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…

• Jeff Fynn-Paul wins European History Quarterly Prize News - 30 August 2016

  Jeff Fynn-Paul, lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History, was recently awarded the European History Quarterly’s 2016 Prize for his article “Occupation, Family, and Inheritance in Fourteenth-Century Barcelona: A Socio-Economic Profile of One of Europe’s Earliest Investing Publics.”

• Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022

  What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.

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  Marie Louise Krogh University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.krogh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jeroen Oosterbaan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.oosterbaan@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Ying Zhang Professor Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.z.zhang.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6006

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  Maud Rijks PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.rijks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273516

• Movie screening: Aman 1967 Event - 8 December 2025

  Lecture, Peace Histories Seminar Series

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  Kate Brackney Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.l.brackney@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7212

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  Ilse Markensteijn Coördinator externe samenwerking Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability en Thesis Labs

  Faculty of Science

  i.d.markensteijn@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271476

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  Bastiaan Hoorneman Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.hoorneman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre News - 22 July 2024

  The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does justice to the city’s heritage. Researcher Fenna IJtsma delves into historical greenery to offer inspiration.

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  Pablo Isla Monsalve Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272061

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  Jonathan Powell Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.d.powell@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Limin Teh University Lecturer Modern Chinese History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.m.teh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5915

• Writing history together in the Transvaal News - 18 October 2021

  Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…

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  John Sunday Ojo Postdoc

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.s.ojo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Misha Plagis Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Law

  m.a.plagis@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Karin Nijenhuis Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  c.t.nijenhuis@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7377

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  Andrew Gawthorpe University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.gawthorpe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1740

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  African Studies Centre

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Henk Blezer University Lecturer Buddhist Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.w.a.blezer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9950

• So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’ News - 16 December 2024

  Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?

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  Peter Kop Teaching methodologist / guest

  ICLON

  p.m.g.m.kop@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273470