478 search results for “american slavery” in the Staff website
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Damian Pargas
Faculty of Humanities
d.a.pargas@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2736
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Yemen’s history of slavery and its lasting impact on social and racial hierarchies
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Christine Mertens
Faculty of Humanities
c.m.m.mertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun
On 1 July – Keti Koti, in the year ahead, our university community will be able to reflect extensively on the history of slavery by engaging in research, education and many other activities.
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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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Pilar Jimenez Galindo
Faculty of Humanities
m.d.p.jimenez.galindo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Nira Wickramasinghe receives grant to research forgotten Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe will research forgotten lineages with an NWO Open Competition grant, in particular the afterlife of Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World.
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘
Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leiden' want to change this with guided tours and street markers. Representatives of the University and other Leiden institutions will be giving the first…
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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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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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From Slavery to Freedom
Conference, Webinar
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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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Adam Fairclough
Faculty of Humanities
a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Karwan Fatah-Black
Faculty of Humanities
k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2666
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Faculty of Humanities
j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191
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A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward
Exhibition, Photo exibition
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Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery
Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…
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Leiden Law Cast: Slavery & the Somerset Case with Egbert Koops
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Pablo Isla Monsalve
Faculty of Humanities
p.a.isla.monsalve@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2061
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Soledad Valdivia Rivera
Faculty of Humanities
s.valdivia.rivera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2947
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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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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
w.m.schmidli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2341
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Call for Papers International PhD Seminar in American History / American Studies RIAS
Research
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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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Why Nixon Went, and Trump Stuck Around
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Roundtable on Slavery: From Scholarly Debates to Public Reckoning
Conference, Histories Connected: Faculty Roundtable
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Rens Tacoma
Faculty of Humanities
l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2632
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Eveline Crone receives American Award for innovation
Eveline Crone has been selected for the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS). 'It's very special to get recognition from your peers in the United States.'
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Jelle van Buuren Explains American Boogaloo Boys
A particular group of counter protesters have been sighted at numerous Black Lives Matter protests that were held in the United States. An extreme right movement known for its characteristic Hawaii Shirts and heavy weaponry that calls itself the Boogaloo Boys. Which is cause for concern among the American…
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International PhD Seminar on Slavery, Servitude & Extreme Dependency
Conference
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Adriana Churampi Ramirez
Faculty of Humanities
a.i.churampi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2064
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Edmund Amann
Faculty of Humanities
e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1007
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‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’
American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.
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Honorary doctorate for Canadian-American astrophysicist Sara Seager
Leiden University will confer an honorary doctorate on astrophysicist Sara Seager for her work on exoplanets.
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Felicia Rosu
Faculty of Humanities
f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4116
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Ancient History Research Seminar December 2024
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Andrew Gawthorpe on ABC Radio about ‘Orbánism’ and the American right
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas last week. University lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe explains in an interview with ABC Radio what the embrace of 'Orbánism' means for the American right, and democracy more broadly.
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Do you buy your partner chocolates and roses? Fascination for American holidays explained
Buying chocolates as a sign of love, getting the best deals on Black Friday and putting on a spooky costume for Halloween. In recent years, these holidays and traditions have taken off in the Netherlands, even though they originated on the other side of the ocean. Why are we so excited about American…
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Egbert Koops
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.koops@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7527
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Joyce Esser gives lecture on American administrative law during virtual Res Publica study trip
The traditional Res Publica study trip took place this year from 20 to 24 April. Because of the coronavirus restrictions, the members of Res Publica – the faculty’s study association for constitutional and administrative law – travelled ‘virtually’ to Portugal, the United States and Singapore. Of course,…
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Regilme wins a 2022 Human Rights Publication Accolade from American Sociological Association
Salvador Santino Regilme received Honorable Mention for the 2022 Best Scholarly Article Award from the Sociology of Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He won for his paper “Visions of Peace Amidst a Human Rights Crisis: War on Drugs in Colombia and the Philippines,”…
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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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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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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‘American’ Black Power movement was also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
In the 60s and 70s, Black Power groups were also active in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This is what PhD candidate Debby Esmeé de Vlugt has discovered.