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354 search results for “post colonialism” in the Staff website

• Special Guest Lecture: Maps, manuscripts, and the colonial division of the Malay world Event - 14 March 2025

  Guest Lecture | SSEALS

• Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery News - 4 July 2023

  In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?

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  Kenan van de Mieroop Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Environmental Activism, Indigenous Survival, and Settler Colonialism in the Unist’ot’en Camp’s Resistance against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Event - 26 September 2024

  Lecture

• Recovery Plan for Ukrainian Astronomy: Supporting Post-war Recovery in Ukraine through Astronomy Event - 10 June 2025

  Conference

• ‘Connecting Histories of Abolition: ‘Ameliorating’ slavery in British crown colonies in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean’ Event - 26 May 2023

  Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress

• Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges News - 20 January 2025

  The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the VOC faced persistent problems for two centuries.

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2654

• Domestic Liberties: The Imperial Imaginary of the ACLU and the U.S. Colonial Empire, 1920-1941 Event - 15 May 2025

  PhD defence

• programs and perceptions of eligibility for assistance in post-conflict settings Event - 7 June 2023

  Seminar

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  Maya Fridman External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• On Kino and On Analogue: Obsolete Media in Post-socialist China Event - 21 May 2025

  Lecture, China Seminar

• PhD and Post Doc’s Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside of academia Event - 29 February 2024

  Festival, Career Event

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  Beryl Prenen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.b.prenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Neilabh Sinha PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Kerstin Winking PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.winking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Bruno Allahissem PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7392

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  Pichayapat Naisupap PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.naisupap@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Willem de Vries PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.b.s.de.vries@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Interface Zones: The Cases of Poland and the Netherlands in Post-Napoleonic Europe Event - 20 September 2023

  Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar

• Forgotten heroes

• CfP: Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond News - 27 June 2025

  We are pleased to invite submissions for a conference exploring how heritage and memory practices, alongside the legacies of climate coloniality, shape contemporary understandings and mobilisations of reparations. This event will examine how historical and political dynamics influence reparative justice…

• Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond Event - 29 October 2025

  Conference

• Royal honour for Gert Oostindie News - 20 December 2021

  Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…

• ‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands News - 24 April 2024

  In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.

• Call for Papers: Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-1850 News - 7 February 2025

  Keynote speakers: Jennifer Gaynor (University at Buffalo SUNY) and Sue Peabody (Washington State University)

• Leiden’s slavery past laid bare News - 29 March 2022

  The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.

• 
  Hendrik den Heijer Professor emeritus of Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Amadou Adamou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.adamou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 'All A-H Bombs should be buried’ - Indonesian activists, decolonization, and global nuclear disarmament, 1950-1965 Event - 28 February 2025

  Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress

• ‘Irregular warfare is not going away, however much we’d like it to’ News - 23 October 2025

  The fight against insurgents, guerrillas and resistance movements is an ‘incredibly unpopular’ topic with experts and military personnel, says Professor by Special Appointment of Military History Thijs Brocades Zaalberg in his inaugural lecture. He warns that ignoring these forms of irregular warfare…

• Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor News - 4 October 2022

  Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…

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  Aart Ruijter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.ruijter@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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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  African Studies Centre

  m.k.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Koundja Mayoubila PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Henk Zoomers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.c.m.zoomers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Louie Buana PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.a.a.buana@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Daphne Engel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Timur Khan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.khan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6154

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  Modibo Cisse PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.cisse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mamadou Togola PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.togola@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Elena Dacome PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.dacome@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Martijn Storms Curator

  Leiden University Library

  m.storms@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272855

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  Mehmet Kentel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.m.kentel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9322

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  Amza Adam PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.adam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Young researchers looking for partnerships in Indonesia News - 17 July 2023

  A number of young researchers recently took part in a knowledge mission to Indonesia, aiming to build a lasting relationship with the country. How did they find the trip, what did they do, and how are they creating new connections with scientists in Indonesia?

• A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward Event - 26 June 2024

  Exhibition, Photo exibition

• Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments News - 29 September 2025

  Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.

• Introducing: Márcia Gonçalves News - 10 March 2022

  Márcia Gonçalves joined Institute for History recently as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and specialises in the history of modern European colonialism (19th-20th Centuries). Below she introduces herself!