38 search results for “colonialism and slavery” in the Staff website
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Johan VisserFaculty of Humanities
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Anne van der Wal-RemyFaculty of Humanities
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Household Slavery: 'An Overlooked Method of Enslaving People'
When discussing enslavement, attention often focuses on Africans forcibly shipped to South America. Researcher Timo McGregor's new Veni research sheds light on a lesser-known method, whereby indigenous populations were enslaved through the households of colonisers.
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Ammodo Science Fellowship for Sophie Rose's research on the perception of mental illness in the Dutch East Indies
Sophie Rose is one of the fellows of the Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024. She will use this fellowship to conduct research at Leiden University.
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’
In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role in the French economy, and thus in the colonial system. PhD student Tessa de Boer explored how this came about.
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
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Michiel van GroesenFaculty of Humanities
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Now also in Indonesia: The butterflies of Boven-Digoel
Three years ago, associate professor Alicia Schrikker published De vlinders van Boven-Digoel, in which she chronicled several stories about colonial life in present-day Indonesia. Now there is a translation, by Rianti Manullang, who is also an assistant professor at Universitas Indonesia and doing her…
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Felicia RosuFaculty of Humanities
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Fenneke SyslingFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challenges
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that although healthcare in Asia was well organised, the VOC faced persistent problems for two centuries.
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Traces of Slavery in Leiden
Guided city walk
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Control: The Krio Elite and the Transformation of Labour Relations in Colonial Sierra Leone, 1868-1919
PhD defence
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Augmenting a Digital Nusantara: Re-generating Colonial Datasets in Technofeminist Art
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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'All A-H Bombs should be buried’ - Indonesian activists, decolonization, and global nuclear disarmament, 1950-1965
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Hollandsdenken Dekoloniseren
Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
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Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas, 1580-1700
PhD defence
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From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE]
Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar
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Decolonisation for whom?: Museum Practices in Europe, Asia, and Japan
Lecture
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Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan
Lecture
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