287 search results for “colonial encounter” in the Student website
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Alexander van der Meer
Faculty of Humanities
a.van.der.meer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Sex, power and colonialism: 'Marriages and sexuality were fundamental to colonial power'
Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. PhD student Sophie Rose investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. 'You can see that there was constant fighting over who stood where in the social hi…
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
j.v.roitman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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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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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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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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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769
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Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Faculty of Humanities
e.w.rosen.jacobson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1293
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From canned fried rice to colonialism: Leiden Transvaal neighbourhood shows world history in miniature
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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A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward
Exhibition, Photo exibition
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Lennart Bes
Faculty of Humanities
l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2768
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks
The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students? These two 'colleagues' are certain of it.
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2126
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Geke Burger
Faculty of Humanities
g.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2339
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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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Leonor Faber-Jonker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
l.a.faber@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
l.j.bulten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473
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Nira Wickramasinghe
Faculty of Humanities
n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2982
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Philip Post
Faculty of Humanities
p.g.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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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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The Colonial Era & Contemporary Indonesia
Lecture, Online
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
m.a.goncalves@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2946
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fenneke Sysling
Faculty of Humanities
f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
o.j.praamstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Roberto Valcarcel Rojas
Faculteit Archeologie
r.valcarcel.rojas@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1966
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256
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Aya Ezawa
Faculty of Humanities
a.ezawa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2548
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Ethan Mark
Faculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
t.w.brocades.zaalberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2770
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John Kegel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
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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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Radhika Gupta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
Conference
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Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast
In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…
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Erik Odegard
Faculty of Humanities
e.l.l.odegard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2772