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1,247 search results for “history of south afrika” in the Staff website

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  Jos Raadschelders Professor emeritus

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.c.n.raadschelders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009400

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  Casper van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.van.dijk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.m.van.de.haar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272179

• Ancient History Research Seminar, Student Presentations Event - 6 November 2025

  Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar

• Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues wins KHMW Brouwer Thesis Prize for History News - 7 January 2025

  Master's student Vicente Fischer de Miranda Rodrigues is the winner of the KHMW Brewer Thesis Prize for History. He was awarded the prize for his research on donatism.

• Book Talk: A Modern History of China’s Art Market Event - 26 March 2025

  Lecture, China Seminar

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  Jasper van der Steen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.van.der.steen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271492

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  Jasper Dekker PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.dekker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272516

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  Henk Zoomers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Eddie Meijer PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.e.t.meijer@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

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  Sulakshana de Mel PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  demel@kitlv.nl | 071 5272727

• European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’ News - 26 April 2022

  Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.

• Executive Board visits Institute for History: ‘History helps us make sense of the present’ News - 1 July 2025

  Each research institute has its own dynamic. The Executive Board is visiting our institutes to find out what they are up to. On 24 June, it was the turn of the Institute for History. ‘History helps us make sense the present, whether through family stories, local issues or world politics.’

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  Carola Hein LDE professor Water, Ports & Historic Cities

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• University history complete: Otterspeer presents fourth volume News - 8 February 2021

  At the Dies Natalis Willem Otterspeer, Professor Emeritus of University History, presented the fourth and final volume of Groepsportret met Dame, his series on the history of Leiden University. De 'Strategie van de Aanpassing' covers the period 1876-1975. Otterspeer talked about his book in a podcast…

• 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…

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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273372

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  Nadia Bouras Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.bouras@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272088

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  Marika Keblusek Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.keblusek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272360

• PhD candidate Didi van Trijp researches: When is a fish a fish? News - 30 September 2021

  Bird, butterfly, fish: when you look through a children’s book, you usually don’t think about the fact that humans divided these animals, depicted in bright colours, into categories. Yet, this division has been discussed for centuries. In her PhD dissertation, Didi van Trijp shows how natural scientists…

• Peter Verstraten over het succes van Koreaanse films News - 11 October 2022

  What makes South Korean films successful? In the first part of the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', University Lecturer Peter Verstraten discusses the recent success of South Korean cinema.

• Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden News - 14 June 2023

  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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  Tim Claerhout PhD Epiphytic bryothytes and lichens

  t.claerhout@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• When the Rains Came: A Medieval Moment in South Asia Event - 2 April 2026

  Lecture, VVIK lecture

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  Pouwel van Schooten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.s.van.schooten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271589

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  Judith Pollmann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272740

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  Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Professor by Special Appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.brocades@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272770

• fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature News - 17 October 2022

  Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will present their findings on Thursday 20 October, at a specially organised mini-festival in the neighbourhood.

• 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…

• ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran? News - 11 April 2022

  How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

• From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa News - 2 October 2024

  At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.

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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278546

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.r.j.b.blarel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278010

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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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  Pichayapat Naisupap PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.naisupap@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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  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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  Gabriel Veppo de Lima PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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