679 search results for “ de colonisation” in the Staff website
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz Monteiro
Faculteit Archeologie
c.monteiro@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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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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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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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Peter Meel
Faculty of Humanities
p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2654
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Pieter de la Court
Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden
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Matthias de Vrieshof
Matthias de Vrieshof 1-4, Leiden
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Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Stefan de Jong
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
s.p.l.de.jong@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Emma de Vries
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.a.de.vries@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jaap de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
j.c.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2137
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Anna de Jong
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.w.de.jong@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Rachel de Jong
Science
r.g.de.jong@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Mathias de Vrieshof
During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the square on the northern side of the Leiden University Library (UB, red line). In bad weather, gather in the Lipsius Building (blue line).
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Restaurant Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Reception Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Pieter de la Court Building
During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the front or backside of the building. If this is too close to the calamity, the emergency response coordinators will guide you to the car park of the Willem Einthoven Building (other side Sandifortdreef).
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All-gender toilet Matthias de Vrieshof
Matthias de Vrieshof, Matthias de Vrieshof 1-4, 2311 BZ, Leiden
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Service desk Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Quiet room Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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ICT-desk Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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De Kattekop Day Care Centre
Wassenaarseweg 8, Leiden
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Ana Luísa Orlandi Maryssael de Campos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.l.orlandi.maryssael.de.campos.3@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Non-food vending machine Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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All-gender toilets Pieter de la Court
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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LU-Card Support Centre Pieter de la Court (FSW)
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Nursing mothers' rooms Pieter de la Court Building
Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Introducing: Sara de Wit
Sara de Wit has recently joined the Institute for History as an Assistant Professor in African Studies and will work on a new interdisciplinary research project to develop a humanities approach on Digital Health in Africa. Below, she introduces herself.
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Introducing: Kenan van de Mieroop
Kenan van de Mieroop recently joined the Institute for History as Assistant Professor. Below, he introduces himself.
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Robine de Lange-Tegelaar joins Board of Governors
Ingrid van Engelshoven, outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), has appointed Robine de Lange-Tegelaar to the Board of Governors of Leiden University.
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023)
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Leiden University.
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Wat is er te doen op de Leidse Museumnacht?
Op zaterdag 3 juni vindt de Museumnacht Leiden plaats. Ook dit jaar zijn Leidse wetenschappers en studenten onderdeel van de programmering.
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Introducing: Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali & Felipe Colla de Amorim
Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali and Felipe Colla de Amorim recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates. Together they work an an integrated, collective project. Learn more about them below!
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Frans de Haas appointed Scientific Director - Change Manager at the Mathematical Institute (MI)
Frans de Haas, professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Director of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, will join the management team of the MI on a temporary basis, in any event until 1 January 2022, in the role of Scientific Director-Change Manager.
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Mirjam de Baar reappointed as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Mirjam de Baar has been Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and portfolio holder for education of master’s and research master’s programmes since 2016. As a result of her reappointment, she will continue to fulfil this role for an additional four years. ‘Being asked by the Vice-Rector and the Dean…
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL), one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France, has elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as foreign corresponding member (correspondant étranger), to fill the seat of the renowned Egyptologist Edda Bresciani.
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Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art
Koen de Ceuster, university lecturer for Korea Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, was interviewed on the NKNews Podcast about art in North Korea. He speaks about the role of art in North Korean society, art ‘business’, and argues why it is not possible to separate propaganda…
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Letters of Johan de Witt give a glimpse behind the scenes at the Disaster Year 1672
The government, the people and the country were in desperate straits. This about sums up the state of affairs in the Disaster Year of 1672. It was 350 years ago, and to mark the occasion PhD candidate Roosje Peeters collaborated on a series of letters to and from a key political figure Johan de Witt,…
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Drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde and dr Sjef Houppermans presented with high French honour
“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…
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Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel
Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will be on Fulani social networks in war and cultural violence.
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Casper de Jonge: 'By broadening the canon we keep antiquity modern'
On 1 May, Casper de Jonge will be appointed Professor of Greek Language and Literature. ‘Greek literature did not come from Athens alone: authors from Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor also wrote in Greek.’
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Jessica den Oudsten wins the eighth Uitgeverij Verloren/ Johan de Witt thesis award
Jessica den Oudsten won this year’s Uitgeverij Verloren/Johan de Witt thesis award for history with her master’s thesis, entitled "The descendants of Norwegian and Danish Immigrants". The prize was awarded for the eighth time in collaboration with Elsevier Weekblad. The incentive award went to Amber…
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Lecturer and students taking action: 'Anton de Kom deserves a statue in The Hague’
Why doesn't the Surinamese resistance hero and independence fighter Anton de Kom have a memorial site in his former hometown, The Hague, while there are streets named after colonial leaders? The students of university lecturer Anne Marieke Van der Wal-Rémy are committed to the erection of a statue.
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’
Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with effect from 1 September. We asked him about his plans for the future of the LIAS.
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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A quick call with Caroline de Ruijter about the Kiem grants for interdisciplinary collaboration
Be it in climate change, public health or artificial intelligence, when different disciplines join forces, science often flourishes. The new small-scale Kiem grants will enable Leiden researchers to explore or start collaborative projects with colleagues from other faculties. ‘So seek each other out…