1,025 search results for “russian and slavery linguistics” in the Staff website
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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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Egbert Fortuin appointed professor of Russian Language and Linguistics: 'I am back'
On 1 August, Egbert Fortuin has been appointed Professor of Russian Language and Linguistics. After a five-year term as vice-dean of the Faculty Board, he is eager to fully devote himself to the study programme. His appointment can therefore be summarised in three words: 'I am back'.
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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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Language during war: the changing position of Russian in Ukraine
The impact of war extends beyond destroyed buildings and torn families. In bilingual Ukraine, the ongoing war with Russia is a major driver for increasingly discarding the Russian language. What does this mean for the position of Russian in Ukraine?
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Johan VisserFaculty 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.
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (CIEL) Seminars
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Damian PargasFaculty of Humanities
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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.
- SMILE - Experimental Linguistics series
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Otto BoeleFaculty of Humanities
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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24th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics
Conference
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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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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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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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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Heleen SmitsAfrican Studies Centre
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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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Jesse Wichers SchreurFaculty of Humanities
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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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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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The language of Russian propaganda
In 2014 Russia entered Ukraine and occupied Crimea, and about two and a half years ago it began a large-scale invasion. For Ukraine, it’s a war. But Russia calls it a ‘special military operation’. Word choices of this kind affect how people look at issues. A Dutch Research Council (NWO) project led…
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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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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Alicia SchrikkerFaculty of Humanities
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Mermru: Building a Dynamic and Integrated Linguistic Engine for Ethio-Semitic Languages
Lecture
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Jos SchaekenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Alumni Event Russian and Eurasian Studies
Alumni event
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‘Louisiana wanted to restart the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century’
In 1808, the United States banned the transatlantic slave trade. Not everyone was happy about this, as Marcella Schute discovered. In her thesis, she shows how politicians from Louisiana made serious attempts to restart the slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century.
- Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL)
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Yaming ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Bart AlewijnseFaculty of Humanities
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Frits KortlandtFaculty of Humanities
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Rita SpithoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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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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47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47)
Conference
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities