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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈
about 1 month ago
This is quite a story. Trying to trademark the word ‘sabzi’ is the equivalent of trying to trademark the word ‘food’.
www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
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I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
https://www.theguardian.com/food/commentisfree/2025/dec/04/recipe-book-sabzi-vegetables-yasmin-khan-trademark?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Coming up next in our Global Histories of Knowledge Series: Remco Ensel about the discipline of economics, Leiden University and colonialism, 11 December, 15:30-17:00
about 1 month ago
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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh 🍉🌻🟥
2 months ago
Next Thursday (13 Nov), I'll talk about early modern southern Africa's framing as the "Western Part of the East Indies"
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I'll speak about future directions from this paper:
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The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
https://universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025/11/global-histories-of-knowledge-seminar-november-2025
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Tazuko van Berkel
3 months ago
Wil je weten hoe verschillende politieke partijen in hun
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denken over deze (en meer!) aspecten van wetenschap en
#wetenschapsbeleid
? Check het The Young Academy Dashboard Verkiezingen 2025 (
dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/31328...
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De Jonge Akademie Dashboard wat zeggen de partijen over wetenschap - De Jonge Akademie
Actueel
https://dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/3132820.aspx?t=De-Jonge-Akademie-Dashboard-wat-zeggen-de-partijen-over-wetenschap
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Bernhard Gissibl
3 months ago
The Humanities of Nature
@mfnberlin.bsky.social
continue their online lecture series on "Heritage & Justice: Unpacking legal Narratives in Natural History". Start is this Wednesday at 1pm, full program and zoom link
www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/forschung...
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H-Soz-Kult
3 months ago
CFP: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158042
Leiden, 22.01.2026-23.01.2026, Fenneke Sysling; Caroline Schep, Leiden University, Bewerbungsschluss: 01.11.2025
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https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158042
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Universiteitshistoricus VU
3 months ago
Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp
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Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren… ...
Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren v...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ab-flipse_een-nogal-schokkend-rapport-over-de-problematische-activity-7379165070158688256-69Wb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAKNJOkBVlg4jWQ3uWGTjmNcPlM2HdFxKFs
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Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website:
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
3 months ago
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This is a first: The Netherlands will return the Java Man fossils, the type specimen for Homo erectus, to Indonesia
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The Netherlands will return Dubois collection to Indonesia
The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and...
https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2025/09/26/the-netherlands-will-return-dubois-collection-to-indonesia#:~:text=The%20Netherlands%20plans%20to%20transfer,a%20request%20by%20Indonesian%20authorities
3 months ago
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The Netherlands will return the famous Java man fossils to Indonesia:
www.trouw.nl/binnenland/i...
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Indonesië krijgt beroemde Javamens terug (en duizenden andere fossielen)
Na lang onderzoek besluit de Nederlandse overheid dat de resten van de homo erectus terug moeten naar Indonesië. Daarmee verliest het Leidse museum Naturalis een belangrijke trekpleister.
https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/indonesie-krijgt-beroemde-javamens-terug-en-duizenden-andere-fossielen~b8634260/
3 months ago
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Turns out Sara Baartman's skull dimensions are still used by bio-anthropologists! Fascinating article about how race and colonial violence continue to be present in today's databases:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.28095
4 months ago
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Nadia Bouras
6 months ago
Een concentratiekamp. Interessant concept.
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Voor net afgestudeerde historici:
www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/hi...
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De Rijksoverheid zoekt: Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s
Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s in Bilthoven voor 32 uur bij RIVM
https://www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/historisch-onderzoeker-vaccinatie-en-hielprikprogramma-s-RIVM-2025-0103
6 months ago
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM)
7 months ago
📣CFPs - for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context. Conference dates: 22 and 23 January 2026 Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Leiden Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2025
#histmed
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Call for Papers: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context.
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/05/cfp-ethical-regimes.-doctors-patients-and-ethics-in-colonial-and-postcolonial-medicine
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Alexandre Klein
7 months ago
(Call for Papers) Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine
histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/mede...
#histSTM
#medhum
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Médecins, patients et éthique dans la médecine coloniale et postcoloniale
Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine Call for Papers Conference Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Le...
https://histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/medecins-patients-et-ethique-dans-la.html
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Warwick Anderson
7 months ago
The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person
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The Indonesian government plans to release new history books. The big question is how Suharto's human rights abuses will be portrayed but the committee has also pushed back the start of history. What used to be 'prehistory' will now be 'early history', starting with homo erectus 1.8 million yrs ago.
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Postdoc positions (one in Environmental Heritage and another in Identity and Popular Culture) at Tilburg
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Job opening: Two postdoctoral fellows (22786)
https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=S003974031P&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH&rcm_site_locale=en_US&career_job_req_id=22786&selected_lang=en_US&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&browserTimeZone=Europe/Amsterdam&_s.crb=NTKOX%2fov69dglMCjo6F47pEouoQxCRY4b49EqiXiPys%3d
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www.lumc.nl/over-het-lum...
Verder heb je: graag enige bereidheid om met historici samen te werken en affiniteit met historische vraagstukken.
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Conservator Anatomische en Pathologische Collecties | LUMC
Het LUMC beheert een indrukwekkende collectie anatomische en pathologische preparaten, waarvan de oudste stukken teruggaan tot de 17de eeuw. Als conservator anatomisch museum zorg jij ervoor dat deze ...
https://www.lumc.nl/over-het-lumc/werken-bij/vacatures/d-25-mv-cv-20-conservator-anatomische-en-pathologische-collecties/
8 months ago
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Ligia Giay yesterday presented her report on the colonial and slavery history of Leiden University:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/con...
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https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/algemeen/vooronderzoek/explorative-report-on-the-colonial-and-slavery-history-of-leiden-university.pdf
9 months ago
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Rosa de Jong
10 months ago
🚨 Three days left!🚨 Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives You can still apply for the workshop I am co-organizing with Lieke Speerstra. A highly relevant and timely workshop (think CABR gate) on questions of politics in archives and digitization.
www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/works...
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Workshop 'Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives' - Huizinga Instituut
What knowledge of paper archives do historians need to understand digitized or digital archives? This workshop’s central question gained much attention due to the recent opening (or better the not-ope...
https://www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/workshop-paper-knowledge-in-digital-archives/
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Larissa Schulte Nordholt
10 months ago
23 April: Symposium Colonial History & Global Health among Dutch knowledge institutions - with very knowledgeable people like Esther Captain, Leen Dorsman, Henk van Rinsum, Fenneke Sysling, Gani Jaelani and myself.
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
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Activiteit details - KCGH
The colonial history of the Netherlands continues to shape healthcare systems and the production of scientific knowledge today. But how do these legacies manifest in contemporary education and researc...
https://www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten/129/symposium-colonial-history-global-health-among-dutch-knowledge-institutions
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TU Delta
10 months ago
Dr. Rachel Los deed onlangs iets ongekends: naast de verplichte bedankjes voegde ze aan haar TU Delft-proefschrift ‘nee-bedankt-betuigingen’ toe. “We moeten deze ondermijning tegengaan”, schrijft ze in deze brief.
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‘Ik zeg ‘nee bedankt’ tegen degene die me aanzag voor de koffiedame’ - Delta
Dr. Rachel Los deed onlangs iets ongekends: naast de verplichte bedankjes voegde ze aan haar TU Delft-proefschrift ‘nee-bedankt-betuigingen’ toe. Die waren gericht aan iedereen die haar impliciet of e...
https://delta.tudelft.nl/article/ik-zeg-nee-bedankt-tegen-degene-die-me-aanzag-voor-de-koffiedame
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Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/postdoctoral-researcher-colonial-history-of-botanic-gardens
10 months ago
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2 UD positions with a salary starting in scale 10? Is that regular or lower than it used to be?
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11 months ago
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Op zoek naar goede kandidaten voor deze vacature op het gebied van kennis en kolonialisme:
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PhD Position (1.0 FTE) in the project Epistemic Actors
The Institute for History at the University of Leiden invites applications for:a PhD Position (1.0 FTE) in the project Epistemic Actors The PhD candidate will become part of the NWO-funded project “Ep...
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q4/15358phd-position-1.0-fte-in-the-project-epistemic-actors
12 months ago
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Susie Protschky
about 1 year ago
Coming up 3 December: Fenneke Sysling will deliver the Stevin Seminar on COLONIAL PATIENTS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH at the VU Amsterdam, with a short response from me, followed by Q&A +🍷
#indonesia
#history
@fsysling.bsky.social
@vuhistoricus.bsky.social
www.stevincentre.com/event/stevin...
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Stevin Seminar: Colonial patients and medical research – Stevin Centre for History of Science and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
https://www.stevincentre.com/event/stevin-seminar-colonial-patients-and-medical-research/
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Upcoming workshop!
about 2 years ago
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Our project "Who did all the Work? The hidden labour of colonial science" published two blogs! One is an introduction to the project
medium.com/@whodidallth...
the other is a story about two bird-of-paradise hunters from Ternate in the early 20th century
medium.com/@whodidallth...
about 2 years ago
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I'm looking for a postdoc in my project! Postdoc "The Afterlife of Colonial Medicine" - Leiden University (
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about 2 years ago
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