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• From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery News - 28 May 2024

  Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.

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  Johan Visser PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.visser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1744

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  Damian Pargas Professor History and Culture of North America

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736

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  Otto Boele Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.f.boele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2085

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  Timo McGregor Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706

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  Egbert Fortuin Professor Russian Language and Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.fortuin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2075

• 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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  Karwan Fatah-Black Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2666

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  Walter Nkwi Gam Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.nkwi.gam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272322

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  Dorine Schellens University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.a.schellens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6553

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  Heleen Smits Scientific Information Specialist

  African Studies Centre

  h.j.smits@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3355

• Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery News - 1 July 2024

  Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…

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  Jesse Wichers Schreur Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.g.wichers.schreur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Coen van 't Veer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Matthew Frear Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.frear@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272089

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  Alicia Schrikker Senior University Lecturer / Director of Research

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272077

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  Nira Wickramasinghe Professor of Modern South Asian Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2982

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  Maartje Janse Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167

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  Yaming Zhang Lab coordinator & technician

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8104

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  Bart Alewijnse Programmer/lab technician

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.alewijnse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2320

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  Frits Kortlandt Professor emeritus of Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.h.h.kortlandt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2501

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  Rita Spithoff Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.spithoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9589

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  Bart Verheijen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1743

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  Gert Oostindie Professor emeritus Colonial and Postcolonial History

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Felicia Rosu Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116

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  Eugénie Stapert Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.l.stapert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

• 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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  Michiel van Groesen Professor Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2765

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  Jos Gommans Professor of Colonial and Global History

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167

• Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism News - 3 April 2025

  Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.

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  Marijn van Putten Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.putten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1583

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  Rick Honings Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126

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  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus African Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.g.m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Willemijn Heeren Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.f.l.heeren@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7068

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  Vincent van Heuven Professor emeritus of Experimental Linguistics and phonetics

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.j.j.p.van.heuven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.petrollino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3069

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  Fei Bai PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.bai@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yingyang Wang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wang.116@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jiang Wu Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.wu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Fenneke Sysling Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737

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  Rens Tacoma Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2632

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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8546

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  Jill Jeffery University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.jeffery@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1513

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  Olga Nozdracheva PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.nozdracheva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125

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  Isaac Wei Contract PhD Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wei@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272125

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  Sasha Lubotsky Professor emeritus of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272413