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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history 24 November 2022
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature 17 October 2022
Together with students and local residents, historians Ariadne Schmidt and Alicia Schrikker researched the Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood. They will p...
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Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel 26 September 2022
Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will...
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Four Leiden researchers awarded Rubicon grants 14 April 2022
Four promising young researchers will be able to conduct two years of research at a university abroad thanks to a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Researc...
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Leiden’s slavery past laid bare 29 March 2022
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 s...
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Call for Panels and Papers: "Conflict and Inequity, Peace and Justice: Local, Regional and International Perspectives" 16 March 2022
The Seventh European Congress on World and Global History, entitled "Conflict and Inequity, Peace and Justice: Local, Regional, and International Pers...
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Royal honour for Gert Oostindie 20 December 2021
Gert Oostindie, Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He was awarded the royal honou...
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Innovative research on impact of violent conflicts on food security in Chad 13 December 2021
Violent conflicts and civil wars in Chad impede most rural households' access to food security, agricultural activities and access to essential servic...
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Reseach funding for 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Conflict' 10 November 2021
Mirjam de Bruijn has received funding from the Research Council of Norway for the research project 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Confl...
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Writing history together in the Transvaal 18 October 2021
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and...
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Podcast: the history of self-tracking 10 December 2020
Fenneke Sysling has recently launched a podcast: Het Gemeten Zelf (in Dutch). This five-part podcast series explores the history of self-tracking.
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New collaboration project will make the VOC archive of Kerala more accessible 04 December 2020
With financial support from the Dutch National Archives, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Foreig...
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Call for Papers: Imperial Artefacts. History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property 10 June 2020
On 28 and 29 January 2021 the conference 'Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Property' takes place at Leiden University. Key...
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Black lives matter: ‘Why the American protests have resonated in the Netherlands’ 04 June 2020
The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police may have sparked the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and here in the Netherlands...
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#CoronaHulp: ‘There's a broad desire to help one another' 17 March 2020
Coronavirus is generating a great deal of uncertainty throughout the world. Fortunately, there are some bright spots, such as the residents of Italian...