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2,410 search results for “postcolonial studies” in the Public website

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  Shahab Daneshvar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mubarika Nugraheni PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  David Henley Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Erik-jan Zurcher Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Early Childhood Reading Proficiency in Curacao: The Influence of Instructional Practice Research project

  How is the instructional practice of teachers connected to the mastery of reading skills of students in kindergarten (group 2) to the third grade (group 5) of primary education in Curaçao?

• Islam in North Africa Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  As Lila Abu Lughod pointed out in 1989, North Africa has been one of the geographical ‘zones of prestige’ for the development of canonical approaches and crucial theoretical debates regarding the comparative study of Islam.

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  Edmund Amann Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tim Wuisman Tutor Bachelor Security Studies

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Léon Buskens Director NIMAR

  Faculty of Humanities

• Colonialism and slavery

  For a long time, the painful history of colonial slavery received too little attention. People whose ancestors lived in slavery are now asking critical questions about how we should address that past. Leiden University researchers study the history of colonialism and slavery and their long-term impact…

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  Ali Shobeiri Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria Research output

  This book describes the changing roles of traditional authorities in combatting contemporary security challenges.

• Writing the History of Nationalism Research output

  What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice.

• Special issue of Narrating 'Europe': a Contested Imagined Community Research output

  This special issue of Politique européenne 2019/4 (N° 66) contains, among others, a contribution by Astrid Van Weyenberg.

• Gender, Migration and Categorisation: Making Distinctions between Migrants in Western Countries, 1945-2010 Research output

  This volume is pubished in the IMISCOE-AUP Series and edited by Marlou Schrover and Deirdre M. Moloney.

• Epistemic actors. The role of Indonesians in the making of knowledge in the colonial era Research project

  Investigating the making of knowledge in anthropology and natural history in colonial and postcolonial Indonesia.

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

• Raising the colonial debate: ‘You have to create a story that’s easy to understand’ News - 18 March 2022

  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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  Jonathan Stökl University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Alireza Asghari PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Third Avant-garde: contemporary art from Southeast Asia recalling tradition Research project

  How are contemporary art practices from Southeast Asia negotiating notions of art and tradition?

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  Onur Ada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ugur Derin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• After the Tsunami: Disaster Narratives and the Remaking of Everyday Life in Aceh Research output

  The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused immense destruction and over 170,000 deaths in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The disaster spurred large-scale social and political changes in Aceh, including the intensified implementation of shari‘a law and an end to the long separatist conflict. After the Tsunami…

• Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series Event
• Ceramic Perspectives on Connectivity in the Ancient Mediterranean Research output

  The book explores how ceramic studies illuminate interactions among ancient Mediterranean communities. By integrating post-colonial perspectives and network analysis, the volume transcends traditional

• Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine Event - 22 January 2026

  Conference

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  Eric Jorink Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Elly Mulder PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Current PhD Research Projects Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities

  PhD Research Projects at LUCDH and Affiliated Faculties

• Case studies in archaeological predictive modelling Research output

  ASLU 14

• Leiden Slavery Studies Association Research project

  The Leiden Slavery Studies Association (LSSA) is dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of slavery and post-slavery in any period and any geographical region.

• Global Abolitionisms Network Leiden Slavery Studies Association

  The Global Abolitionisms Network, established in 2015, is an international network of scholars working on antislavery activism and abolitionism. It is affiliated to the Leiden Slavery Studies Association.

• Book Presentation of Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising Event - 11 March 2025

  Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture

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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Medical bhoots (ghosts) and gendered medicine in post-colonial Bangladesh Event - 17 November 2025

  CADS Research Seminar

• Study Dossier: Una Europa

  Expand your knowledge, gain international experience, and explore global challenges. From summer schools and online courses to virtual exchanges, Leiden University students at all levels (bachelor’s and master’s students, and PhD candidates) can participate in a range of learning opportunities.

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Media studies: Film and Photographic Studies Media Studies (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Film and Photographic Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video.

• Media studies: Book and Digital Media Studies Book and Digital Media Studies (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Book and Digital Media Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video.

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  Max Willem Lenssen PhD candidate

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  Siavash Rafiee Rad Assistant Professor Persian

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hisashi Owada Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23 Research output

  Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23, 2007

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Jan Erk elected Smuts Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University News - 28 April 2016

  Jan Erk, political scientist at Leiden University, has been selected as the 2016-2017 Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. During his residency at the renowned British academy, he will work on his research project ‘The Enduring Impact of Africa’s extinct kingdoms and invisible chief…

• Turkish Studies

  Welcome to the website of Turkish Studies at Leiden University. On this website you will find information on the work and the activities of the people studying the Ottoman Empire and Turkey at Leiden University.

• Website shows the history of Sri Lanka’s ‘Slave Island’: ‘Soon there will be none of it left’ News - 30 August 2024

  In the eighteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) housed its enslaved people on ‘Slave Island’ in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Today ‘Slave Island’ is under serious threat from property developers. Senior lecturer Alicia Schrikker, together with her Sri Lankan colleagues Iromi Perera…

• Completed Studies Babylab Leiden

  Below you can read about studies we have carried out in the past.