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1,290 search results for “africa history” in the Staff website

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.c.walhout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276412

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272764

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
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  Ariadne Schmidt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.schmidt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272502

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  Nicolette Mout Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.h.n.mout@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche News - 13 May 2025

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, for her thesis 'Media Representations of Male Perpetrators of Violence against Women and Children:…

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  John Kegel Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history' Event - 27 August 2026

  Conference

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.h.willems@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Turaj Atabaki Emeritus Professor by special appointment

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.atabaki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aad van Mastrigt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.mastrigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments News - 29 September 2025

  Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.

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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009313

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.b.lauret@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272772

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  Wouter van Beek

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276641

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  Maud Rijks PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.rijks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273516

• PhD candidate reveals link between North Korea and southern Africa News - 7 March 2022

  North Korea is generally thought to be an isolated country. But, according to PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog from Leiden’s African Studies Centre, the opposite is in fact the case. North Korea actually has strong alliances with countries in southern Africa. Van der Hoog is trying to shed more light…

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  Bianca Angelien Claveria PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.a.claveria@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274165

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  Rafal Matuszewski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.matuszewski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272701

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  Esther Zwinkels PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Leo Lucassen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.c.j.lucassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272724

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  Manon van der Heijden Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.c.van.der.heijden@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272670

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  Ann Marie Wilson Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009355

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  Wim Boot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Soledad Valdivia Rivera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.valdivia.rivera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272947

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  William Michael Schmidli Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.m.schmidli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272341

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  Jeffrey Fynn-Paul University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009191

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  Anika Altaf Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.altaf@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273376

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  Alette Vonk Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.vonk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272746

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  Wim van den Doel Dean LDE / Professor

  Administration and Central Services

  h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272922

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  Robert Stein Senior University Lecturer in Medieval History

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272712

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  Lennart Bes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272768

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  Rebekka Grossmann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.m.grossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0642241229

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  Steven Lauritano University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.m.lauritano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276078

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  Jos Gommans Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272167

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274692

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  Timo McGregor Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.mcgregor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272706

• Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche News - 18 June 2025

  Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetrators of violence against women and children in South Africa. Her research challenges dominant narratives and emphasises the need for fair media representation…

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  Andrew Shield Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.d.j.shield@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272550

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.j.j.meel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272654

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  Bente de Leede PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Pieter Slaman Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  p.j.slaman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273097

• Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective - Joint Art Talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff Event - 7 May 2026

  Alumni event, Arts and Culture

• ‘History has long been written mainly from a male perspective’ News - 23 April 2026

  Historian Seran de Leede delved into the life of Lie Alma (1909–1990), the courageous woman from the Dutch province of Drenthe who spoke out against fascism in the 1930s and remains a source of inspiration to this day.

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.augusteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272763

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  Nira Wickramasinghe Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272982

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  Lionel Laborie Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.p.f.laborie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273546

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272762

• Winner Africa Thesis Award 2025: Yonwaba Matshobotiyana News - 16 March 2026

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2025 prize has been awarded to Yonwaba Matshobotiyana of the University of the Free State, South Africa, with a thesis on Black women's poetry in South Africa.

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  Miko Flohr University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.flohr@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272753