963 search results for “boer history” in the Staff website
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Lecture and Exhibition
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Palestine Poster Workshop (2): History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
Arts and culture
- Museum Talks at the Leiden Department of Art History
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When History Repeats Itself: Knowledge in Times of Crisis
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8004192
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
c.v.zaepffel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Looking inside the tent: questions for deep history
Lecture
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Sarah CramseyFaculty of Humanities
s.a.cramsey@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278825
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
i.m.scarborough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272655
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Truth and Post-Truth: Thinking with Chinese History
Inaugural lecture
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Where Are You Going? Composing Novel Oceanic Art Histories
Inaugural lecture
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Pluriversal Politics: Otomi History, Language, Culture and Cosmovision
Film screening and Book Launch
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Monique Koemans staat graag vooraan als er geschiedenis wordt geschreven
Monique Koemans werkt sinds 2,5 jaar op de Nederlandse ambassade in de Verenigde Staten. 'Leiden is een opvallende rode draad in mijn leven.'
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop
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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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Spanish village full of Leiden residents: dozens of textile workers once migrated to Guadalajara
In the Spanish town of Guadalajara, there is a street named ‘Burgemeester Fluiterstraat’, named after a descendant of Leiden migrants who had done well in the South. He was not the only Guadalajara resident with Leiden roots: at the beginning of the eighteenth century, a stream of Dutch textile workers…
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Introducing: Edmund Amann
Professor Edmund Amann will be the new Professor of Brazilian Studies. A short introduction.
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Hundred-year-old causes of death mapped: ‘The past is the laboratory of the present’
If it is up to university lecturer Evelien Walhout, in a year's time we will know exactly what people from Haarlem and Zwolle died of a century ago. Together with colleagues from other universities, she started the doodsoorzaken.nl platform, where causes of death are recorded. ‘Somewhere around the…
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa Professor
The French political theorist Hélène Landemore has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Professor. She will deliver her inaugural lecture on 26 November.
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NIAS grant for research into 19th century bohemians and their love for anarchistic assassins
It was a remarkable trend in 19th-century London: middle-class bourgeois bohemians falling in love with anarchism and its assassins. University lecturer Michael Newton has been awarded a NIAS subsidy to reconstruct the lives of three of these families.
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Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market
Lecture, China Seminar
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Meet Dr. Lital Abazon LJSA Member
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses ranging from Introduction to Zionism to World Cinema.
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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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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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Rubicon for research into Roman law: ‘We don’t know what wider society thought about law’
Expert in Classics Renske Janssen has been awarded a Rubicon grant. She will use the grant to conduct research at the University of Edinburgh into how Roman law was perceived by society at the time.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…
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Fossil Urbanism: Global Forces, Local Contexts, and Urban Environmental History
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Heino van RijnberkFaculty of Humanities
h.van.rijnberk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
m.g.w.reichgelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272063
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Rong YuanFaculty of Humanities
r.yuan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Catherine WoodFaculty of Humanities
c.m.wood@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277177
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
a.amadou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Vera ScepanovicFaculty of Humanities
v.scepanovic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272342
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
a.bdaiwi@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271639
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Matthew SungFaculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125
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Liesbet NyssenFaculty of Humanities
e.a.nyssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Leonardo Arias AlvisFaculty of Humanities
l.arias.alvis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Xuan Dong
Faculty of Humanities
x.dong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Carmen Kurpershoek
Faculty of Humanities
c.kurpershoek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Seraina RenzFaculty of Humanities
s.renz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tony van der Togt
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.van.der.togt@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Marcin RabizaFaculty of Humanities
m.rabiza@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Dimitris Kastritis
Faculty of Humanities
d.kastritis@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Koen van der LijnFaculty of Humanities
k.m.van.der.lijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272241
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Anthony Coxeter
Faculty of Humanities
a.j.coxeter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8001646
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Li-Fan LeeFaculty of Humanities
l.f.lee@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ghulam Ali Murtaza
Faculty of Humanities
g.a.murtaza@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646