672 search results for “colonialism imperialism and heritage” in the Staff website
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Esther Zwinkels
Faculty of Humanities
e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anita van Dissel
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.c.van.dissel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2760
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Wim Willems
Faculty of Humanities
w.h.willems@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 5374 5961
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Siyun Wu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.wu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Carola Hein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Cultural Anthropologist Peter Pels part of research team into colonial collections
Peter Pels, affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology of Leiden University, is one of the researchers. Together with Birgit Meyer (UU), he will lead the work package 'Heritage and the Question of Conversion'.
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Limin Teh
Faculty of Humanities
l.m.teh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5915
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in museums: ‘A lot of museums have a dormant collection of pre-colonial art’
What effect do trends in the art world have on the formation of museum collections? University lecturer Martin Berger wants to answer that question in his research within the Museums, Collections and Society project, which asks ethical questions about the origin of collections.
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Wim van den Doel
College van Bestuur
h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2922
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The ethics of returning colonial photography
Is it ethical to freely redistribute photographs taken in colonial contexts, historically and today? Christoph Rippe, PhD-candidate Cultural Anthropology, suggests that people might not have been always fully aware of what happened to their photographs after they were taken. 'But nowadays, with the…
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Ammodo Science Award to bring cultural heritage to life through play
A team of Leiden researchers has won the Ammodo Science Award for innovative humanities research on perceptions of cultural heritage.
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Evelien Campfens at LeidenGlobal on cultural heritage protection
How can we best protect cultural heritage in times of war? In an interview with LeidenGlobal, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens talks about her current research project on cultural heritage protection in Ukraine for the European Parliament (EP).
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall?
During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend their territories in continental Europe from an Allied naval invasion. The defensive line went right through the Dutch city of The Hague. The material remains…
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7308
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Festive gathering citizen science project Heritage Quest on January 26
Social
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives
Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…
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Falling bombs and looting soldiers: how to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage?
The war in Ukraine is leading not only to human suffering. Ukraine's cultural heritage is also experiencing the consequences of the war: museums are being bombed and 'Russification' in the occupied territories means children no longer learn Ukrainian. Researcher Evelien Campfens was commissioned by…
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Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural lecture on 24 November. ‘As a university community, we must dare to hold up a mirror to ourselves and, where possible and necessary, also take concrete…
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
Satellite conference
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2768
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Workshop ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison'
Last month (February 5-8 2024), the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, hosted a workshop entitled ‘Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global challenges: the case of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison’.
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
g.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2339
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Sophie Starrenburg
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.h.starrenburg@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Soulmates in Empire? Van Vollenhoven and the Colonial Contradictions of Grotius
On Thursday 14 October, Dr Martine van Ittersum gave the first lecture of the Van Vollenhoven Institute’s year-long workshop 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'. Attended by over 40 people, her lecture, entitled 'Van Vollenhoven and Grotius: Soulmates in Empire' examined Grotius’ influence on Cornelis…
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Elena Paskaleva
Faculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692
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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political chess board’
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PhD candidates: apply now for Una Europa's Heritage of Conflict Winter School
Research
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Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’
How can we best tell the current generations about some of the darkest parts of our past? To answer this question, researchers from Leiden are working with the Gedeeld Verleden, Gezamenlijke Toekomst foundation on public programmes about the Dutch history of slavery.
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Colonial Bureaucrats, the Metropole and the making of the 1875 East Indies’ Land Alienation Prohibition
On Thursday 9 December, Dr Upik Djalins presented an online lecture, entitled 'The Colonial Bureaucratic Network versus the Metropole: The Origin Story of Land Alienation Prohibition in the 1870s East Indies'.
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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
l.a.faber@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
l.j.bulten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473
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Tristan Mostert
Faculty of Humanities
t.mostert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1307
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Andrea Richards-Cummins
Faculteit Archeologie
a.c.richards@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marlieke Ernst
Faculty of Humanities
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Michael Herzfeld
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.f.herzfeld@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
maaker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6612
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Angus Martin
Faculteit Archeologie
j.a.martin@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1966
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Simay Cetin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.cetin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fang-I Chu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.chu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Willem van Wijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
w.l.van.wijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Underexposed colonial past: 'You can suddenly feel like you are connecting with someone from the past'
Attention to the colonial past may be increasing, but many aspects of it are still underexposed. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, in collaboration with, among others, Leiden researchers Anne-Marieke van der Wal-Rémy and Alicia Schrikker, therefore created a 'canon of the Dutch underexposed past', which…
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Roundtable on Slavery: From Scholarly Debates to Public Reckoning
Conference, Histories Connected: Faculty Roundtable
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Tentoonstelling: Het onvertelde Caribische verhaal
Het zichtbaar maken van ongeschreven verhalen van inheemse culturen en volken van de Cariben. Dat doet de tentoonstelling ‘Caribbean Ties’ in de Oude UB.
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The Colonial Era & Contemporary Indonesia
Lecture, Online
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How climate change affects intangible heritage: ‘Specific materials to build instruments are disappearing’
What do climate change and traditional Japanese music have to do with each other? A great deal, university lecturer Andrea Giolai suspects. He has been awarded an NWO grant to study the relationship in more depth.
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Podcast tips for Pentecost
Are you looking for some listening material for the upcoming long weekend? Staff members and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities have been creating various podcasts over the last few months. A selection is shown here: