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Tenth Easter Island conference focuses on reconciliation
The tenth International Conference on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Pacific will be a special edition with a focus on reconciliation. The fatal shooting in 1722 will be remembered, when the Dutch shot and killed ten Easter Islanders. The conference will be held in Leiden from 19 to 24 June.
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Faculty of Humanities joined forces with vocational college (MBO) students to build a database. ‘We’re so compatible with each other.’
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
l.van.kessel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278003
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Kirsty RolfeFaculty of Humanities
k.rolfe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5372
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Elena DacomeFaculty of Humanities
e.dacome@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Gerritje van de Haar
Faculty of Humanities
g.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joe FortinFaculty of Humanities
j.l.fortin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Célestin Leba
Faculty of Humanities
c.leba@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thomas Bragdon
Faculty of Humanities
t.r.bragdon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Dimitris Kentrotis ZinelisFaculty of Humanities
d.kentrotis.zinelis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities
a.mohammadavvali@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Robin OomkesFaculty of Humanities
r.f.oomkes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elodie Hiryczuk
Faculty of Humanities
e.h.j.hiryczuk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Irene Urrutia Schroeder
Faculty of Humanities
i.x.urrutia.schroeder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Danielle Hofmans
Faculty of Humanities
d.m.a.hofmans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anders OttossonFaculty of Humanities
b.a.ottosson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Jakub Sindelar
Faculty of Humanities
j.sindelar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nienke van Leverink
Faculty of Humanities
n.m.van.leverink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alan Palacios
Faculty of Humanities
a.f.palacios@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Henk Zoomers
Faculty of Humanities
h.c.m.zoomers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
w.b.s.de.vries@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
g.bouaziz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6087
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Thijs Porck elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Thijs Porck, university lecturer of medieval English at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).
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Meet archaeologist Tuna Kalayci: ‘How can we integrate robots into archaeology?’
In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We kick off with Dr Tuna Kalayci, who joined…
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Former lecturer Wim Timmermans appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
Wim Timmermans, a former lecturer at Leiden Law School, has been appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded this prestigious honour, among other things, for his outstanding contributions in the field of Russian and East European law.
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When History Repeats Itself: Knowledge in Times of Crisis
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Palestine Poster Workshop (2): History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
Arts and culture
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Looking inside the tent: questions for deep history
Lecture
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Erik Bahre on Dutch radio about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement on Africa
Economic Anthropologist Erik Bähre talks on the Dutch News Radio Channel BNR about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement for African countries.
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Lisa ChengFaculty of Humanities
l.l.cheng@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272104
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
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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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Annas RabbaniFaculty of Science
a.rabbani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nur AhmadFaculty of Humanities
n.ahmad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278821
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Sara Polak: 'We have seen a failed attempt at a revolution'
A flood of news reports, push notifications and even extra news broadcasts: on Wednesday, the world was shocked by the storming of the Capitol in Washington. Americanist Sara Polak discusses the events.
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Book launch “Style en Society in the Prehistory of West Asia – Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse”
Conference, Book launch
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
s.l.a.brandellero@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1447
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Papyrus, roses and a sea cat: the Leiden Dioskurides
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Getting on Famously: The Netherlands and the Shah of Iran
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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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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Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria
Book Presentation
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Will McDonald
Faculty of Science
mcdonald@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Shuyu WangFaculty of Science
swang@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nanou van IerselFaculty of Law
n.van.iersel@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jaap Visser
Faculty of Science
j.visser@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727