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655 search results for “africa history” in the Staff website

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  Bruno Allahissem PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277392

• Edmund Amann

  Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University and Visiting Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Previously he was Reader in Development Economics at the University of Manchester and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

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  José María Castro Ibarra PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.castro.ibarra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Matthew Sung

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  Erika Riccobon PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.riccobon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274203

• Marijana Vujosevic

  Marijana Vujosevic is university lecturer moral and political philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy.

• Laurens van Apeldoorn

  Laurens van Apeldoorn is an assistant professor of tax law at Leiden University.

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  Fransiskus Widiyarso PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.x.widiyarso.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Maria Zisimopoulou

• Arnold Mol

  My research revolves around philosophy, intellectual history and Islamic studies, and broad subjects surrounding the humanities i.e., philosophy of religions and worldviews, religious studies, hermeneutics, and ethics.

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277733

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  Jorrit Smit Visiting researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.smit@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273997

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

• Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history News - 24 November 2022

  It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…

• Leiden Africa Platform Annual Meeting Event - 30 October 2025

  Annual meeting

• Rodrigo Ochigame

  Rodrigo Ochigame is an assistant professor in the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University. Their research examines unorthodox models of computational rationality, such as nonclassical logics from Brazil, nonbinary Turing machines from India, and frameworks of…

• 
  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thomas Maguire Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  t.j.maguire@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Simon Willmetts Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.d.willmetts@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• Kai Hebel

  Kai Hebel (DPhil, Oxford University) is Assistant Professor of International Relations. Dr. Hebel’s research interests include international security, diplomacy, international history, cultural studies and IR theory. He has published on a wide range of topics, including military intervention, the Cold…

• Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery News - 27 June 2024

  What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.f.langa.da.camara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Quintijn Mauer

  Quintijn Mauer is an Assistant Professor for the department Legal History at the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law.

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  Isabelle Duijvesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.duyvesteyn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009325

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  Tobias van der Wal Lecturer

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  t.b.d.van.der.wal@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276879

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276480

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  Egbert Koops Professor of Legal History

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.koops@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277527

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  Dick van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.van.broekhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henego@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276509

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  Nina Jaspers PhD candidate

  n.l.jaspers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.

• 
  Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña University Lecturer Development Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272189

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Anahita Arian

  Anahita Arian is an assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science.

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

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

• 
  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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  Robert Pitt External PhD/ guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.k.pitt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Laurie Kalb Cosmo Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.k.cosmo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272249

• 
  Lieke Smits

• Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too News - 30 November 2023

  Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.

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  Philippe Buc Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.buc@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272707

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  Miel Groten Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.groten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271596