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1,026 search results for “history of south africa” in the Staff website

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  e.e.rodriguez.estrada@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maria van der Schaar Senior researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.van.der.schaar@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Femke Fakkeldij PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.k.fakkeldij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jorge Blake PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

• The Open Door to Hidden Paganism. Abraham Rogerius’s Account of South Indian Hinduism (1651) Event - 27 May 2025

  Lecture, Booklaunch - CoGloSS | Oosters Genootschap | Leiden University Press

• Writing history together in the Transvaal News - 18 October 2021

  Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…

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  Timo McGregor Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272706

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  Khizar Jawad Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.jawad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272709

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  Daniele Paolini Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.p.paolini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272623

• New Cluster South building progresses steadily News - 9 June 2023

  The new Cluster Zuid building is progressing steadily. The glass roof over the atrium has been installed and the window frames are being fitted. The future locations of the offices and classrooms are also becoming increasingly visible. See Stijn Poelstra's photo report below.

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  Marcel Keurentjes External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.keurentjes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA) News - 5 December 2024

  In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.

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  Kenan van de Mieroop Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.van.de.mieroop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272715

• Workshop: The Stories Toolkit: Digital Storytelling for Teaching and Research in the Humanities Event - 4 June 2026

  Course, Workshop

• Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact News - 22 March 2022

  Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.

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  Klaas van Walraven Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related' News - 8 September 2025

  Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey through South Korea. How has the country developed over the past decades? And what is the impact of last December's failed coup?

• Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History News - 10 February 2026

  From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and practices of solidarity while also exposing tensions over the centrality of decolonization in global struggles…

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  Martine Bruil University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.bruil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273340

• New residents in the South Cluster from Spring 2024 News - 13 September 2023

  There has been good progress with the new South Cluster construction through the summer months. All the door and window frames are now in place, the building will soon be wind and watertight and the interior finishing has already begun. The work will be completed in the months ahead, with the building…

• This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news News - 24 December 2021

  Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.

• Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other News - 30 April 2024

  North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog warns.

• Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast News - 26 March 2021

  In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…

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  Doreen Müller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.mueller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274954

• Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022

  Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…

• South Cluster construction work continues over the summer News - 12 August 2022

  The construction work on the South Cluster is going ahead throughout the summer. See the photo's and the video below!

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  Peter Pels Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ News - 8 November 2022

  Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to incorporate different scholarly approaches into my work and raise the profile of Central European Studies in Leiden.'

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  Simon Kemper PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.c.kemper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' News - 14 October 2025

  A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…

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  Carla Cisternas Guasch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.g.cisternas.guasch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.honos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Nadia Rojas PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.j.rojas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Nestor Marin Bravo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.f.marin.bravo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  David Home Valenzuela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.home.valenzuela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Tomás Díaz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.diaz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mariana Gaba PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.gaba@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Felipe Cousiño PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.cousino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Joaquin Fernandez Abara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.r.fernandez.abara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Cristian Saavedra Bastía PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.e.saavedra.bastia@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Juliët Tinebra Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.tinebra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carlos Rilling Tenorio PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.g.rilling.tenorio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Theresa St John PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.l.st.john@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Daphne Engel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.engel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Gabriel Veppo de Lima PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.veppo.de.lima@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Andrea Bravo Lee PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.bravo.lee@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646