1,039 search results for “africa history” in the Staff website
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Dario Fazzi becomes professor by special appointment: ‘We live in an era of tremendous ecological challenges’
Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the Faculty of Humanities. He starts on 1 September and will combine his new position with his current teaching duties at the Institute for History.
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
l.claes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278016
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.
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Introducing: Marlisa den Hartog
Marlisa den Hartog is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History since January 2017. She is working on a thesis about perceptions of sexual desire and sexual identity in Italy between 1450 and 1550.
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Thea HilhorstFaculty of Humanities
t.d.j.m.hilhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Floris Plak
Faculty of Humanities
f.c.k.plak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Introducing: Matthias Lukkes
Matthias Lukkes recently joined the Institute for History as a PhD candidate within the NWO-funded project ‘Revisiting the Invention of Africa, 1590-1720’ led by Michiel van Groesen. Below he introduces himself.
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?'
As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
p.z.de.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271954
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Sander Tetteroo
Faculty of Humanities
a.e.g.tetteroo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Simon Kemper
Faculty of Humanities
s.c.kemper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Intigam MamedovFaculty of Humanities
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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
s.p.van.der.horst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272372
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Introducing: Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy
Anne Marieke van der Wal-Rémy recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. She introduces herself.
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Martijn StormsLeiden University Libraries
m.storms@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272855
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Sjoerd RamackersFaculty of Humanities
s.j.ramackers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 2709
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Emma SowFaculty of Humanities
k.sow@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271345
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities
j.l.j.buhari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278073
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
r.a.clemens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272165
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272089
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Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…
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Maia Casna
m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276416
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Alexandra Tutwilera.a.tutwiler@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Frits van der MeerFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
f.m.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo
Panel discussion
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Introducing: Lauren Lauret
In February 2015 Lauren Lauret started her PhD project titled 'Meeting practices of the Dutch States General and the continuity of the early modern world of the political (1780-1848)' at the Institute for History, supervised by prof. H. te Velde.
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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While the men are away, the Scheveningen women do it their way
Women confined to the kitchen? Not in Scheveningen around 1900. There, some women ran entire shipping companies. This is according to new research by history student Sjors Stuurman. He compiled the results in a book he wrote for Muzee Scheveningen.
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incredible feeling, rewriting such an iconic event from a country’s history.’
Ever since Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature & Culture, came across a woman spy in her research, secret agents have kept cropping up in her work. Now there’s Spycraft, a popular history book exploring the espionage techniques used by early modern spies, which she has co-written with…
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
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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Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond.
Inaugural lecture
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Kerstin Winking
Faculty of Humanities
k.winking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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Kevin Horbach
Faculty of Humanities
k.m.p.horbach@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Julian Grob
Faculty of Humanities
j.n.grob@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Jasper Krijns
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.p.krijns@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rebecca WensmaFaculty of Humanities
r.j.wensma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272710
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Mehmet KentelFaculty of Humanities
k.m.kentel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009322
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Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht
Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege
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Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great'
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.
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Dancing around the throne: networking in the time of King William I
Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time. Joost Welten's latest book reveals how, during the reign of William I, the elite danced around his throne both literally and figuratively.
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer
Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for a unique visit with a Leiden History MA Alum
On Tuesday November 25, 2025, Sarah Cramsey travelled with students from her masters seminar on 'New Approached to the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe' taught at the History Institute to Amsterdam for a unique opportunity. There, Lotte Sophie Groenendijk, an alumna of the History Research Masters…
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Introducing: Walter Gam Nkwi
Walter Gam Nkwi is lecturer at the Institute for History, University of Leiden since 1 September 2019. He also lectures at the Den Haag campus. Walter introduces himself below.
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Toon KerkhoffFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
a.d.n.kerkhoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009484
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Jay HuangFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
y.c.huang@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009596
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272193