1,293 search results for “dutch east india” in the Staff website
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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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Erik OdegardFaculty of Humanities
e.l.l.odegard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6563
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Wim van den DoelExecutive Board
h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272922
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769
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Hendrik den HeijerFaculty of Humanities
h.j.den.heijer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Cosmos Malabaricus programme: researching early modern Kerala through Dutch sources
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Spice War: Ternate, Makassar, the Dutch East India Company and the struggle for the Ambon Islands (c. 1600-1656)
PhD defence
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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What did resistance look like in Indonesia during the Second World War?
Stories of resistance in the Second World War are widely covered in Dutch historiography: Hannie Schaft, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, and Professor Cleveringa are some of the best known. But these accounts largely focus on the Dutch domestic perspective. On the other side of the world, a complex colonial…
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Towards the Hinduisation of India?
The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is secularism giving way to religious rule in the world’s largest democracy? How does this resonate with India’s culturally diverse population? France 24…
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Lidewij van de PeutFaculty of Humanities
l.e.van.de.peut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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Vincent Chang on East Asia Forum: ‘China globalises its pantheon of national heroes and martyrs’
In an article for East Asia Forum, University Lecturer Vincent Chang sheds light on China’s ambition to globalise its pantheon of national heroes.
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East Europe’s Forgotten Peasant Revolution: The Era of World Wars Reconsidered
Lecture, Seventh Annual Austrian Studies Lecture
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mat ImmerzeelFaculty of Humanities
m.immerzeel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Lindsay BlackFaculty of Humanities
l.black@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2218
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Rachel Beckles WillsonFaculty of Humanities
r.beckles.willson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
z.azhar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arman HasanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.hasan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tim van de MeerendonkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
t.van.de.meerendonk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276760
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Deniz TatFaculty of Humanities
d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7100
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Marcel IJsselstijnFaculty of Archaeology
m.ijsselstijn@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
c.h.van.zoest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272036
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Boyao ZhangFaculty of Humanities
b.zhang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Helena HanhikangasFaculty of Humanities
h.h.hanhikangas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Online exhibition Tourism in the Dutch East Indies
From travel stories, travel guides and hotel vignettes to postcards, drawings, menus, brochures, posters and photos. The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) hold many sources that provide insight into the development of tourism in the Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia, from 1870…
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Documentary From Aksum to India premiered during Week of Classics
For the annual Week of Classics, Dr Marike van Aerde and her team made a documentary about their research project Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity. In the film the team touches upon the interactions of Greeks and Romans with the wider ancient world, ranging from the African kingdom of Aksum…
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Cahit Mete OguzFaculty of Humanities
c.m.oguz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275477
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Xinyu DongFaculty of Humanities
x.dong.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Chisato Makishima
Faculty of Humanities
c.makishima@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000
On 15-16 June, Jos Gommans, Marieke Bloembergen, and Carolien Stolte will organize an international conference entitled “India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000”. The conference asks: why is it always India that has been imagined as a wonder, and what did that wonder mean, intellectually…
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Sander BaxFaculty of Humanities
p.a.bax@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
e.m.a.radar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3662
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128
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Anita KeizersLeiden University Library
a.g.m.keizers@library.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272039
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Jo-Hannah PlugFaculty of Archaeology
j.plug@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yujing TanFaculty of Humanities
y.tan.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009303
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practice-oriented and connected history of Christianities in the medieval Middle East (12th-17th centuries
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Vietnam on Dutch maps
In 2023, it will be fifty years since Vietnam and the Netherlands established diplomatic relations. This will be commemorated in both countries. At the beginning of November, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. On that occasion Leiden University Libraries will launch…
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Ying ZhangFaculty of Humanities
y.z.zhang.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276006
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2740
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Gerrit van der KooijFaculty of Archaeology
g.van.der.kooij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2158
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Victor Meijers| +31 71 527 7880
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Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections
Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…
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Anthropologist Radhika Gupta Explains India-Pakistan historical and cultural relation in NOS Interview
Learn how the daily Attari-Wagah border ceremony continues despite political tensions between India and Pakistan. Anthropologist Radhika Gupta offers insights into the complex historical and cultural relationship between these two nations in this recent NOS article.
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Book: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East
Five questions for James Shires, assistant professor at ISGA, about his new book, The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. The book is available to order now.
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Willemien den OudenFaculty of Law
w.denouden@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 --
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
m.p.defilet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727