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1,255 search results for “history of south afrika” in the Student website

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764

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  Femme Gaastra Professor emeritus Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
• Sensing Scripts: Popular Religion, the Senses and Textuality Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture, Keynote

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  Ariadne Schmidt Professor by special appointment of History of Urban Culture, in particular of Leiden

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.schmidt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2502

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  Wim Boot Professor emeritus of Japanese, Chinese and Korean Language

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.boot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Roos Stolker PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.stolker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound News - 21 June 2022

  The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.

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  Carel Smith Associate professor

  Faculty of Law

  c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277733

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  Jorrit Smit Visiting researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.smit@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Rethinking community in upland, ‘indigenous’ South Asia News - 9 March 2022

  Erik de Maaker wrote a monograph on how Garo, an indigenous community of the extended eastern Himalayas, experience and negotiate such disparities. The book shows how relatedness is reinterpreted as religious practices change, and communally held land ends up being privately controlled. Erik de Maaker…

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  Coen van 't Veer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.b.van.t.veer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Jeffrey Fynn-Paul University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor of Ancient History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2669

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  Fenneke Sysling Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737

• Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun News - 1 July 2023

  On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.

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  Ben Schoenmaker Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.schoenmaker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’ News - 11 October 2021

  South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.

• European integration and the United States: Have we reached the end of the "Cold War aberration"? Event - 14 November 2025

  Lecture, European Union Seminar / CHEI Seminar

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  Christine Mertens PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.m.mertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Photo Report Cluster South News - 15 January 2024

  The renovation of the South Cluster has been in full swing over the recent period. As the completion date approaches, no later than 1 April, we're excited to provide you with a glimpse of the current state of the building.

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  Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan Postdoc / guest

  International Institute Asian Studies

  g.shahzad@iias.nl | 071 5272727

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History March 2026 Event - 13 March 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History May 2026 Event - 22 May 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History November 2025 Event - 21 November 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History February 2026 Event - 13 February 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History April 2026 Event - 17 April 2026

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

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  Leo Lucassen Professor of Global Labour and Migration History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.a.c.j.lucassen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2724

• Andrew Gawthorpe on The Conversation: 'Trump's Greenland plan ignores a history of segregation' News - 22 May 2025

  University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe discusses on The Conversation how Trump's Greenland proposal overlooks the historical discrimination faced by Indigenous Alaskans.

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  Kees Verduin Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.j.verduin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.e.rodriguez.estrada@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• NWO Grant for Research into the History of Languages: ‘It tells us something about our past as humans’ News - 2 October 2024

  A collaboration between linguists, geographers and anthropologists aims to uncover how languages spread across South America over thousands of years. Associate Professor Rik van Gijn is responsible for the linguistic side of this NWO project.

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  Wim Willems Professor emeritus of Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed News - 8 June 2023

  Karwan Fatah-Black and Lauren Lauret are co-authors of Geketend voor Hollands Glorie (The Chains of Holland’s Glory) that studies the political and economic connections between South Holland and slavery. The findings of this research will be presented with Dr. Joris van den Tol (Radboud University)…

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

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  Dario Fazzi Professor by special appointment Transatlantic Environmental History

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.fazzi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272704

• Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam News - 18 November 2021

  From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…

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  Dirk Alkemade Training Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.g.a.alkemade@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278052

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  Antje Wessels Professor of Latin Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.b.wessels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2681

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  Alexander Geurds Professor Archaeology of Middle America

  Faculty of Archaeology

  a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272206

• Vici for Victoria Nyst: 'The history of sign language contributes to identity formation' News - 14 May 2024

  Victoria Nyst's love for sign language was sparked when she accidentally ended up at a deaf school while studying African linguistics. The university lecturer has since been awarded a Vici grant to research the history of these languages.

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  Wim van den Doel Dean LDE / Professor Contemporary History

  Executive Board

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

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  Maarja Seire PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.seire@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271707

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  Jessica Roitman Strategic Advisor Research Policy

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.v.roitman@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2762

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  Paul van Trigt Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.w.van.trigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271349

• New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters News - 23 October 2023

  Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.

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  Glenn Aguilar Hernandez Postdoc / lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  g.a.aguilar.hernandez@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5557

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  Harry Stroomer Professor emeritus of Afroasiatic Languages

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.stroomer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125