496 search results for “dutch colonial and postcolonial literature” in the Staff website
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Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Leiden researchers.
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your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2027
Education
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Online exhibition Tourism in the Dutch East Indies
From travel stories, travel guides and hotel vignettes to postcards, drawings, menus, brochures, posters and photos. The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) hold many sources that provide insight into the development of tourism in the Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia, from 1870…
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
c.kleinherenbrink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Oda Nuijo.m.nuij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lucas da Costa Maciell.da.costa.maciel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory'.
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Podcast tips for Pentecost
Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here:
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Weishuo Liw.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009355
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Mette Langbroekm.b.langbroek@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arjan Louwena.j.louwen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271968
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154
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Karla Paola Cabrera AcuñaFaculty of Humanities
k.p.cabrera.acuna@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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'The Butterflies of Upper Digul' now also published in Indonesia
Three years ago, Associate Professor Alicia Schrikker published 'De vlinders van Boven-Digoel', in which she chronicled several stories about colonial life in present-day Indonesia. Now there is a translation, by Rianti Manullang, who is also an assistant professor at Universitas Indonesia and doing…
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Jasper van der SteenFaculty of Humanities
j.a.van.der.steen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271492
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Jasper DekkerFaculty of Humanities
j.j.dekker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272516
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Henk ZoomersFaculty of Humanities
h.c.m.zoomers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Martijn StormsLeiden University Libraries
m.storms@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272855
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Marten van Harten
Faculty of Humanities
m.van.harten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.h.van.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Eddie Meijer
Faculty of Humanities
h.e.t.meijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
f.r.bosch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
w.b.s.de.vries@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Sulakshana de Mel
Faculty of Humanities
demel@kitlv.nl | 071 5272727
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
h.van.der.kraan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Anouk Koenderink
Faculty of Humanities
a.koenderink@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Sander van der HorstFaculty of Humanities
s.p.van.der.horst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272372
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Eileen van der BurghFaculty of Humanities
e.van.der.burgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271745
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
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.
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271611
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Municipality of Leiden apologises for role in slavery and announces further research
On 2 December, the Municipality of Leiden will apologise for the role previous administrations played in colonialism and slavery. A further study will be carried out.
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums are very innovative’
The plan was to research the years surrounding the creation of the signature H.P. Berlage building of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, but due to the lockdown, University Lecturer Laurie Kalb Cosmo has hardly been able to visit museums. Yet she succeeds in continuing her research for the Museums, Collections…
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
r.p.fagel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272730
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Irena ZagarFaculty of Humanities
i.zagar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272098
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
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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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Wim VoermansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
w.j.m.voermans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277718
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Anna Dlabacova receives ERC Starting Grant for research on late medieval prayer books
Assistant Professor Anna Dlabacova has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. She will use this grant of around 1.5 million euros to conduct research on the Dutch vernacular ‘book of hours’.
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
n.helden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Colonial government by correspondence: the British government's communicative practice in colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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Myra ArendsFaculty of Humanities
m.arends@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273314
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What influence did French really have on Dutch?
Just as some people today dislike English influences on the Dutch language, in early modern times people also criticised the Frenchification of Dutch. But to what extent did French actually leave its mark in our language? PhD student Brenda Assendelft made a surprising discovery. PhD defence 24 May.
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Wouter Veenendaal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
w.p.veenendaal@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Leiden MAIR Hosts 2nd Humanities & International Relations Graduate Conference
On 11 June 2025, the MA in International Relations (MAIR) Programme convened its 2nd Humanities & IR Graduate Conference at The Hague Campus (Schouwburgstraat), welcoming over sixty participants from twenty institutions in Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
a.krogull@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727