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1,272 search results for “history of south africa” in the Student website

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  Jürgen Zangenberg Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272579

• Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg' News - 10 February 2022

  Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.

• Asia Academy #17: South Korea's Political Rollercoaster Event - 11 February 2025

  Lecture, LAC Asia Academy

• Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden News - 22 November 2023

  Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.

• Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden' News - 20 September 2024

  Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester she starts her bachelor's degree.

• Britain at a Time of Death: A Global Microhistory between Britain and South Africa Event - 9 April 2025

  Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar

• Towards a Reconstruction of the Proto-South Omotic Suprasegmentals: Initial Findings Event - 12 December 2025

  Lecture, This Time for Africa series

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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

• ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture

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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.

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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208

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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

• ASCL Seminar: Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City Event - 5 March 2026

  Lecture

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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…

• ‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands News - 24 April 2024

  In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.

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  Felix Ameka Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.k.ameka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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.

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  Tim Claerhout PhD Epiphytic bryothytes and lichens

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

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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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  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.

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  Carolien Jacobs Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277517

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.r.zandamela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272307

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  Marja Spierenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.spierenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276699

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272242

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  André Leliveld Senior Lecturer

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.h.m.leliveld@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.petrollino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273069

• 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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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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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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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• Programme African Studies (BA)

  When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

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  Pichayapat Naisupap PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.naisupap@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• ‘A damaged ecosystem can’t be "fixed" in 3 years’ News - 22 January 2026

  Often landscape restoration is seen as a quick technical fix, when a long-term and more sensitive approach is necessary. Within her PhD research, conducted over the past five years in South Africa, Ancois de Villiers explored how we can change this approach. ‘A damaged ecosystem can’t be "fixed" in…

• Jeroen Duindam appointed new academic director of the Institute for History News - 1 October 2021

  The Institute for History has a new academic director. Professor of Early Modern History Jeroen Duindam will take on this role from 1 September. ‘You can only do this job properly if you make time for it.’

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  Gus Kraus PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Li-Fan Lee PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.f.lee@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dimitris Kastritis Tutorial lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.kastritis@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Erika Riccobon PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.riccobon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274203