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1,813 search results for “history of south africa” in the Staff website

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692

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  Hans Mol Professor emeritus of Medieval Frisian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor of International Studies and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.g.b.m.duijvesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9325

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  Bente de Leede PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Klaas van Walraven Researcher

  African Studies Centre

  k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3362

• Europa Seed Funding Call: collaborate with researchers in Europe and Africa Announcement - 7 November 2023

  Organisation, Research

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  Nada Heddane PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Law

  n.heddane@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2398

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  Nadia Sonneveld Associate Professor

  Faculty of Law

  n.sonneveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3037

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  Gerald Acho External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.a.acho@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Andrew Shield University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.j.shield@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2550

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

• The Open Door to Hidden Paganism. Abraham Rogerius’s Account of South Indian Hinduism (1651) Event - 27 May 2025

  Lecture, Booklaunch - CoGloSS | Oosters Genootschap | Leiden University Press

• 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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  Martijn van Ette PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.ette@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2713

• ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture

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  Claire Vergerio Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.vergerio@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anahita Arian Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.arian@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.flohr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2753

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  Patricio Silva Professor emeritus Modern Latin American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.silva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• LeidenASA Annual Meeting: Leiden-based Africa research in the spotlight News - 22 December 2022

  The Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) held its Annual Meeting on 12 December. LeidenASA is the network of Leiden based Africa-researchers. Fifteen researchers gave pitches on their projects, and sketches of Leiden University's Africa strategy were outlined.

• Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Geke Burger Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272339

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  Mayke Kaag Professor Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375

• New Cluster South building progresses steadily News - 9 June 2023

  The new Cluster Zuid building is progressing steadily. The glass roof over the atrium has been installed and the window frames are being fitted. The future locations of the offices and classrooms are also becoming increasingly visible. See Stijn Poelstra's photo report below.

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  Jacqueline Hylkema Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Rodrigo Ochigame Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.k.ochigame@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2829 8901

• Bloomreach Experience 16 _ Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History December 2025 Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Academic Freedom: The Palestinian Condition and the Production of History Event - 13 November 2025

  Lecture, LUCIS Keynote

• Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA) News - 5 December 2024

  In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.

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  Eefke de Haan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.de.haan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Klaas Worp Professor emeritus of Papyrology

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Junjie Huang PhD candidate / contract

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.huang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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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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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• An archaeological perspective on South Holland and its Water Past and Present News - 16 June 2023

  Four students of the Faculty of Archaeology investigated how the current and past inhabitants of the Dutch province of South Holland deal with water. Their findings now feature in an exhibition that can now be visited in the Van Steenis building’s Reuvenshal.

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  Johan Visser PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.visser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1744

• Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact News - 22 March 2022

  Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.

• Irma Mosquera Valderrama speaks at Africa taxation webinar News - 21 February 2022

  On 15 February 2022, Irma Mosquera Valderrama, Professor of Tax Governance, holder of the EU Jean Monnet Chair on EU Tax Governance EUTAXGOV and Principal Investigator of the ERC funded project GLOBTAXGOV, participated in the High-Level Webinar Taxation and Business in Africa.

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  Rieneke Sonnevelt PhD candidate/external

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.m.sonnevelt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jay Huang Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  y.c.huang@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9596

• Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox Event - 14 May 2025

  Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025

• Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related' News - 8 September 2025

  Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey through South Korea. How has the country developed over the past decades? And what is the impact of last December's failed coup?

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  Rijk van Dijk Professor of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora

  African Studies Centre

  r.a.van.dijk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 727

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  Giliam de Valk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.g.de.valk@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9028

• Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry News - 4 May 2023

  Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…

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  Costanza Franceschini Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.franceschini@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 06 52607745

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  Esther van de Camp Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.van.de.camp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other News - 30 April 2024

  North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog warns.

• New residents in the South Cluster from Spring 2024 News - 13 September 2023

  There has been good progress with the new South Cluster construction through the summer months. All the door and window frames are now in place, the building will soon be wind and watertight and the interior finishing has already begun. The work will be completed in the months ahead, with the building…

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167