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The impact of the slave trade on the Dutch economy
To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation 'Walcherse Ketens', Gerhard de Kok looks at Vlissingen and Middelburg, the most important slave trade cities in the Netherlands during the second half of the 18th century. It turns out that, although…
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Universiteit Leiden onderzoekt eigen slavernijverleden
Het College van Bestuur laat door een postdoc een eenjarig vooronderzoek doen naar het koloniale en slavernijverleden van de Universiteit Leiden.
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education
Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti were unable to reap benefits from this. PhD candidate Anita van der Hulst researched why so few Roma and Sinti went on to higher education. PhD defence on…
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In 450 days... 450 years of Leiden University!
In exactly 450 days’ time, on 8 February 2025, it is the university’s 450th anniversary. We are going to celebrate this with our students, staff, alumni and friends. In the run-up to the anniversary, we are compiling our top 450: Who or what is your favourite?
- Global Histories of Knowledge 2023 - 2024
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
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The Roman empire and world history
Debate
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Why have murals been used in social and political movements?
Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Merayo MontesFaculty of Humanities
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Cigdem Billur-Ada - Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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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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Leiden researchers on king’s apology for the Netherlands historical role in slavery
In a speech on Keti Koti the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, apologised on behalf of the royal family for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery. What is the significance of this?
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Carla Cisternas GuaschFaculty of Humanities
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Pichayapat NaisupapFaculty of Humanities
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Bálint HonosFaculty of Humanities
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Nestor Marin Bravo
Faculty of Humanities
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David Home Valenzuela
Faculty of Humanities
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Tomás Díaz
Faculty of Humanities
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Mariana Gaba
Faculty of Humanities
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Felipe Cousiño
Faculty of Humanities
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Felix BoschFaculty of Humanities
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Joaquin Fernandez Abara
Faculty of Humanities
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Cristian Saavedra Bastía
Faculty of Humanities
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Juliët TinebraFaculty of Humanities
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Alliance Mango Kubota
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Carlos Rilling Tenorio
Faculty of Humanities
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Gabriel Veppo de Lima
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahdis Mirzadeh
Faculty of Humanities
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Harold van der Kraan
Faculty of Humanities
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Andrea Bravo Lee
Faculty of Humanities
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Macarena Alegria Garcia
Faculty of Humanities
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Daphne EngelFaculty of Humanities
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia Rojas
Faculty of Humanities
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Theresa St John
Faculty of Humanities
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Sil DoumaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Nicole Pereira Ríos
Faculty of Humanities
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations'
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and Society' project. Researchers will reconstruct how seventeenth-century scientists recorded and shared their groundbreaking microscopic discoveries. We…
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Ruchama Noorda Doctoral Degree
PhDArts candidate Ruchama Noorda will graduate on Wednesday 9 December 2015
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Pilgrim Year: a commemoration rather than a celebration
Myths abound about the Pilgrims, the group of religious refugees from England who set sail for America in 1620. Did they really live in peace with the indigenous peoples of America? In an international conference, historians from Leiden will seek to draw attention to the more negative effects of the…
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Rival women at the Court of The Hague
Dr Nadine Akkerman, lecturer in Early Modern Literature and postdoctoral researcher in Leiden, has written a new book to accompany the exhibition on Elizabeth Stuart and Amalia von Solms at the Historical Museum of The Hague. ‘They were like goddesses, constantly trying to upstage one another,’ says…