915 search results for “history of racial” in the Staff website
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272686
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The Principles of Representative Government: Thirty Years Later
Lecture, Workshop
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Can the Qing subaltern speak? Exploring Tibetan and Mongol history through the use of sub-provincial Chinese language archival sources
Lecture, China Seminar
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Back to the Future: What vision of the future did people have during perestroika?
In many Central and Eastern European countries, a period of greater openness emerged in the late 1980s. How did this affect the future perspective of residents? And can we learn anything from this period for our current times? University lecturer Dorine Schellens delves into the literature to investigate…
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The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health of LGBTQIA+ child asylum-seekers
Lecture, LIMS seminar
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained
In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections promise to be the most closely contested in years, with the opinion polls showing very small differences and everything at stake, including for Europe. Alp…
- The global ordering of authority and diversity
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ASCL Seminar: Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City
Lecture
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Forced Choices: Migration, Identity, and Belonging in the South Tyrolean Option (1939-1955)
Lecture, LIMS seminar / Austrian Studies Seminar
- Unfolding Finitudes: Current Ethnographies of Aging, Dying and End-of-Life Care | Online Webinar Series
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Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress
Permission was recently given for all members of the examining committee and co-supervisors at PhD ceremonies to wear academic dress, even if they’re not full professors. How historic is this change?
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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‘All students want to be seen and heard’
A safe place to discuss burning social issues such as racism with each other. The student workspace Space to Talk About Race and the Afro Student Association both meet this need and also organise many other activities. Three board members explain why this is necessary.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Ten scientists from Leiden University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to launch their own project, form their own research team and implement their best ideas.
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Introducing: Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette
Catherine Wood and Martijn van Ette recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the NWO Vidi-funded project "American foreign policy and liberalism", led by Andrew Gawthorpe. Below they introduce themselves.
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Archaeology students play important role in visit indigenous Ka’apor people
As part of Mariana Françozo’s BRASILAE project, a group of representatives of the Ka’apor people was invited to visit Leiden. The Ka’apor, an indigenous people from Brazil, are some of the present-day relatives of the Tupi-speaking peoples who used to live in the northeastern region of Brazil, claimed…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Book Launch: Explorations in Islamic Archaeology
Book Launch
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Who’s still afraid of CRT? Equity research in education as resistance
Keynote & Q&A
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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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Cheia de Axé (Full of Axé): Spirituality, Resistance, and Repair in Pernambuco’s Afro-Brazilian Traditional Communities
CADS Research Seminar
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’
Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
s.t.m.de.beer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272671
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
k.fedorova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272952
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Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sarah WolffFaculty of Humanities
s.wolff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272698
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Rik van GijnFaculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413
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Gerlov van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
g.n.t.j.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271692
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculty of Archaeology
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eelco van der MaatFaculty of Humanities
e.van.der.maat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271739
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Masoud KianiFaculty of Humanities
m.kiani@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
k.a.milne@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272978
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Turkic Patronage in Central Asia: Patterns and Challenges
Lecture
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Who was the owner of the drowned books near Texel? 'It must be someone who travelled a lot'
When hobby divers revisited a nearly 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Texel, they discovered more than 1,000 objects in wooden boxes. Eight years later, postdoc Janet Dickinson used recovered books to compile a profile of the mysterious owner.
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Toward an AI Attuned to Dissent and Consensus in Historical Events: Evidence from Wikipedia
Lecture
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Radical Spotlights: Desire, Sexuality, and the Economy
Lecture, Radical Spotlights Seminar
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Visualizing Multispecies Resistance: Pan-Amazonian Indigenous Perspectives
Lecture
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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AnyAge.ai Hackathon: Addressing Age Bias and Fairness in AI-Driven Job Recruitment
Hackathon
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2025
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York
How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement
...What does seem clear, though, is that there is a great deal of room for improvement in the process of out-of-home placement. The FSW's social and behavioural scientists give their views.
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Don Weenink appointed as professor of Violence and Policing: ‘I am fascinated by how violence emerges’
Why do people commit violence? A question that may not occupy many minds, but one that Don Weenink has been researching for many years. Since 1 March, the sociologist has held the title of professor of Violence and Policing.
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.