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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.

• Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’ News - 25 September 2023

  The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with the current Dean and a predecessor who was there at the Academy's founding. A conversation about identity, inspiration, and impact ensues. ‘It is about…

• Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ News - 27 February 2023

  The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272112

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  Maria Boletsi Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.boletsi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272357

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  Roos van Oosten Assistant professor / Director of education

  r.m.r.van.oosten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272448

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272449

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  Mayke Kaag Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273375

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  Kim Beerden University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.beerden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272761

• Travelers defense course for female staff members Course

  Personal development

• Towards Persistent Identification of Research Instruments Event - 9 June 2026

  Workshop

• Twenty-five lecturers gain Senior Teaching Qualification News - 13 January 2026

  Twenty-five passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 12 January. Five of these lecturers talk about how the SKO has benefitted them and what they think ‘good teaching’ is.

• Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List News - 2 September 2024

  The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.

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  Mark Driessen Assistant professor

  m.j.driessen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271756

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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Peter Akkermans Emeritus hoogleraar

  p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 31623067925

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