500 search results for “colonial encounter” in the Student website
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If You Encounter Strife, Return to Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Alexander van der MeerFaculty 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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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
h.w.van.den.doel@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2922
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Jessica RoitmanFaculty of Humanities
j.v.roitman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
w.h.willems@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 5374 5961
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
a.m.c.van.dissel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2760
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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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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2769
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Liesbeth Rosen JacobsonFaculty of Humanities
e.w.rosen.jacobson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1293
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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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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political chess board’
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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 BesFaculty of Humanities
l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2768
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2126
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Geke BurgerFaculty of Humanities
g.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Leonor Faber-JonkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
l.a.faber@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
t.mostert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1307
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Andrea Richards-CumminsFaculteit Archeologie
a.c.richards@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
n.k.wickramasinghe@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2982
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Philip PostFaculty of Humanities
p.g.post@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Marlieke ErnstFaculty of Humanities
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
m.c.r.schute@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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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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Cultural Anthropologist Peter Pels part of research team into colonial collections
Peter Pels, affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology of Leiden University, is one of the researchers. Together with Birgit Meyer (UU), he will lead the work package 'Heritage and the Question of Conversion'.
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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 LeedeFaculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
m.a.goncalves@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2946
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Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
f.h.sysling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2737
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
o.j.praamstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Vineet ThakurFaculty of Humanities
v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2167
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
t.w.brocades.zaalberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2770
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
a.ezawa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2548
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7308