210 search results for “empires and slavery” in the Staff website
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Roundtable on Slavery: From Scholarly Debates to Public Reckoning
Conference, Histories Connected: Faculty Roundtable
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Special Guest Lecture ‘Knickerbocker Renaissance: Dutch Schools and Slavery in the Early United States’
Lecture, Histories Connected: Special Guest Lecture
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Student Sjoerd reveals link between cloth trade and slavery
What do the cloth trade and slavery have to do with each other? Quite a lot, as it turns out, as by history student Sjoerd Ramackers demonstrated in his bachelor’s thesis. He reveals that cloth merchant Daniel van Eijs was closely associated with four plantations in Berbice, a former Dutch colony on…
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Enlightenment, Empire and Fanaticism
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2666
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Slavery excuses: 'Cabinet created its own problem by rushing in'
The excuses for the slavery past? It would have been better if the cabinet had taken some more time on that, thinks university lecturer and Atlantic slavery expert Karwan Fatah-Black. 'Too bad they didn’t wait for the results of the study.'
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736
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Karwan Fatah-Black launches book series on slavery and emancipation
How do we account for historical power dynamics when writing new histories of slavery and emancipation? What critical methods can we employ when studying preserved archives and collections? A new book series aims to address these questions. The initiators Karwan Fatah-Black and Ilse Josepha Lazaroms…
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Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare
The Mapping Slavery project will place markers that tell the story of Leiden’s slavery past. Why is this important and what does it mean for today’s society? Before the markers are placed, a panel came together on 24 March to discuss the slavery past of not only the city but the University too.
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The Chains of Holland’s Glory: research into South Holland's slavery past completed
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)…
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191
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researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
c.m.m.mertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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International PhD Seminar on Slavery, Servitude & Extreme Dependency
Conference
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2632
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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From Slavery to Freedom
Conference, Webinar
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in Dutch
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in English
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.koops@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7527
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
m.j.janse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4167
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2759
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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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Oran KennedyFaculty of Humanities
o.p.kennedy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honour by Leiden mayor Henri Lenferink after giving his valedictory lecture, ‘The future of the colonial past’, in the Academy Building of Leiden University…
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Lisa AnsemsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.f.m.ansems@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5714
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3362
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Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage: Tracing Experiences and Identifying Shared Decolonial Practices
INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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Marlon KruizingaFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.v.kruizinga@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ekaterina (Kate) PukhovaiaFaculty of Humanities
e.pukhovaia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5046
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Sofia de JongFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.w.m.de.jong@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Koen CaminadaFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
vice-dean@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9554
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
The IFLA-Section Rare Books and Special Collections committee and the Indigenous Matters Section, in collaboration with Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organize a satellite conference in Leiden – Friday August 18th and Saturday August 19th – prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress…
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
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.
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Camille LefebvreFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.l.lefebvre@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gitta VeldtFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.m.veldt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1093
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Gieneke TeeuwenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.teeuwen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167
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Jessie PoolFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.m.w.pool@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4035
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Masterclass: The Lores of Flatbush: Dutch Storytelling in Colonial North America
Lecture, Histories Connected: Masterclass
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
g.g.van.beijeren.bergen.en.henegouwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6509
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculteit Archeologie
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jean-Pierre van der RestFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.i.van.der.rest@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6135