47 search results for “colonialism and slavery” in the Staff website
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Johan VisserFaculty of Humanities
j.visser@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1744
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Household Slavery: 'An Overlooked Method of Enslaving People'
When discussing enslavement, attention often focuses on Africans forcibly shipped to South America. Researcher Timo McGregor's new Veni research sheds light on a lesser-known method, whereby indigenous populations were enslaved through the households of colonisers.
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The colonial contacts of the firm De Heyder & Co: ‘Completely intertwined with the colonial market’
The Lakenhal depot houses three nineteenth-century sample books in which the cotton company De Heyder & Co kept precise records of who placed which orders. History student Marit Scheepsma used them to find out more about the company's colonial contacts.
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
w.nkwi.gam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272322
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2666
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
l.j.verheijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1743
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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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Ammodo Science Fellowship for Sophie Rose's research on the perception of mental illness in the Dutch East Indies
Sophie Rose is one of the fellows of the Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024. She will use this fellowship to conduct research at Leiden University.
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272126
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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’
In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769
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‘Louisiana wanted to restart the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century’
In 1808, the United States banned the transatlantic slave trade. Not everyone was happy about this, as Marcella Schute discovered. In her thesis, she shows how politicians from Louisiana made serious attempts to restart the slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2765
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2982
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
a.schmidt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2502
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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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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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8546
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167
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A sample of perspectives: Rick Honings sought and found new perspectives on Indonesia
Anyone who wanted to get an impression of the Dutch East Indies between 1800 and 1945 quickly turned to travel literature. Large groups of readers devoured non-fiction accounts of the island empire on the other side of the world – and were given a one-sided picture. Most of the sources that reached…
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research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
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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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges
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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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7308
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Was Suriname expensive or not? ‘The economic situation has never been properly assessed’
His Surinamese neighbours in Amsterdam gave Russia expert and economic historian Isaac Scarborough an idea: a re-evaluation of the Surinamese economy in the twentieth century. An NWO XS grant will enable him to make a start on this.
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Control: The Krio Elite and the Transformation of Labour Relations in Colonial Sierra Leone, 1868-1919
PhD defence
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Augmenting a Digital Nusantara: Re-generating Colonial Datasets in Technofeminist Art
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in Batavia, ca. 1700-1850
PhD defence
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The regularity of irregular warfare and colonial violence
Inaugural lecture
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Constructing Colonial Legitimacy in the Moluccas, 1750-1870
PhD defence
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'All A-H Bombs should be buried’ - Indonesian activists, decolonization, and global nuclear disarmament, 1950-1965
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Hollandsdenken Dekoloniseren
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas, 1580-1700
PhD defence
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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar
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Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond
Conference
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Decolonisation for whom?: Museum Practices in Europe, Asia, and Japan
Lecture
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Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan
Lecture
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