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913 search results for “postcolonial history” in the Staff website

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  Marieke Bloembergen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  bloembergen@kitlv.nl | 071 5272459

• Leonor Jonker

  Leonor Jonker (1987) is a historian, author, and artist. She was the scientific curator of an exhibition on the Namibian genocide at the Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris (25 November 2016 - 12 March 2017).

• Geert Onno Prins

  Geert Onno Prins is an external PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

• Vineet Thakur

  Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer in International Relations at the Institute for History, Leiden University.

• Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’ News - 18 March 2022

  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.

• Peace Movements: A Global History Event - 24 March 2027

  Conference

• Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’ News - 30 August 2024

  In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…

• Histories Connected Event
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  Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Marlisa den Hartog

  Marlisa den Hartog is university lecturer at the Institute for History

• Anita van Dissel

  Anita van Dissel is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

• 
  Jeroen Touwen Vice Dean / Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.touwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

• 
  Helen Steele Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.l.steele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009937

• Rens Tacoma

  Rens Tacoma is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.

• 
  Marion Pluskota Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.pluskota@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278568

• Art History Book Launches Event
• Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026: Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands Event - 19 June 2026

  Festival, Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026

• Dennie Oude Nijhuis

  Dennie Oude Nijhuis is University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

• Eileen van der Burgh

  Eileen van der Burgh is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

• 
  Nina Witteman Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.g.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271636

• Willem Otterspeer

  Willem Otterspeer is Professor Emeritus of University History (chair from 2002 to 2016).

• 
  Femme Gaastra Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Luuk de Ligt

  Luuk de Ligt is a professor at the Institute for History.

• Louis Sicking

  Louis Sicking lectures medieval and early modern history at the Leiden University Institute for History and is Aemilius Papinianus professor of History of Public International Law, at VU University Amsterdam.

• Marlou Schrover

  Marlou Schrover is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History.

• 
  Ingrid Samset Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  i.samset@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• Randal Sheppard

  Randal Sheppard is University Lecturer at the Institute for History.

• Ben Schoenmaker

  Ben Schoenmaker was Professor by special appointment of Military History from 2012 to 2024, on behalf of the Netherlands Defence Academy.

• Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History Event - 8 June 2026

  Lecture

• 
  Evelien Walhout Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.c.walhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276412

• 
  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272764

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• 
  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271399

• Papers: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine News - 19 May 2025

  We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context.

• Ariadne Schmidt

  Ariadne Schmidt is professor by special appointment of the History of urban culture, in particular of Leiden (the Magdalena Moons Chair, funded by the Magdalena Moons Chair Foundation) and associate professor Economic and Social History. She is also Chair of Education of the bachelor, master and research…

• 
  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  John Kegel Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history' Event - 27 August 2026

  Conference

• 
  Wim Willems Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Turaj Atabaki

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.b.lauret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272772

• 
  Rafal Matuszewski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.matuszewski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272701

• 
  Bianca Angelien Claveria PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.a.claveria@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274165

• Esther Zwinkels

  Esther Zwinkels is an external PhD candidate at the Institute for History.

• Leo Lucassen

  Leo Lucassen is Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at the Leiden University Institute for History and director of the International Institute of Social History (IISH) in Amsterdam. His research focuses on Global Migration History, Integration, Migration Systems, Migration Controls, Gypsies…

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272670

• 
  Ann Marie Wilson Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009355

• Wim Boot

  Prof. Willem Boot is emeritus professor. He doesn't have a desk at the university anymore. Please send an email if you want to contact him. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.

• 
  Dario Fazzi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.fazzi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272704

• Jeffrey Fynn-Paul

  Jeffrey Fynn-Paul is a university lecturer at the Institute for History.