347 search results for “dutch colonial and postkoloniale literature” in the Library website
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Jacobine Melis -
Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah - a reading list
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Swedish Academy praises Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents". The works in the reading…
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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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Oriol Febrer i VilasecaFaculty of Humanities
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Satellite conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
The IFLA-Section Rare Books and Special Collections committee and the Indigenous Matters Section, in collaboration with Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organize a satellite conference in Leiden – Friday August 18th and Saturday August 19th – prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress…
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Willemien den OudenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Julius van der Poel
Faculty of Humanities
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Roderick Geerts -
Alex ReunekerFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Victor PosthumaFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mariana Françozo -
Diederik SmitFaculty of Humanities
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Southeast Asian Special Collections
The Southeast Asian Special Collections contain text and audiovisual materials pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, religions, literatures, and (material) art of the region. The focus lies on the Malay world, in particular on the Nederlands-Indies/Indonesia. Apart from books and periodicals…
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne Carson, Jamaica Kincaid en Maryse Condé, many of whom were tipped by academics and literary critics as being strong contenders for the prize in 2020.…
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Ronny BoogaartFaculty of Humanities
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…
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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collections
After large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once again being widely debated. This renewed and intensified interest in the problems surrounding racism is prompting many to (re)read important works by black…
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Georgios-Evgenios DouliakasFaculty of Humanities
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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Marijn NagtzaamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Frank van Lunteren
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Rozemarijn VlijmFaculty of Humanities
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Neilabh SinhaFaculty of Humanities
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Beryl PrenenFaculty of Humanities
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Jelmer RotteveelFaculty of Humanities
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Willemijn TuinstraFaculty of Humanities