Fenneke Sysling

Important topic in Dutch academia picked up DJA - and while we're at it, could we also talk about the almost complete lack of PhD funding for students who have their own ideas? www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3224...

Tomorrow, the Flemish Young Academy are pleased to welcome the Young Academy of Sweden. Together, they will take a closer look at the freedom of science and art alongside broader tensions surrounding democracy, public institutions, and trust in expertise.

More information here: bit.ly/4big1fx !

Lecture at Leiden tomorrow about the history of medical ethics:

Nieuw fonds voor early career eerstegeneratie-wetenschappers
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News — Tassilo Adam in the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s for 2020 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Gartenberg Media Enterprises presents a rare clip that Tassilo Adam filmed with the cooperation of the Royal authorities, who staged processions, and gatherings, and rituals for his camera. A number o...

I found this footage of the 1920s in Indonesia and can't stop watching it: www.gartenbergmedia.com/news/2020/10...

Seksistisch literatuurtribunaal nagespeeld, geweldig idee van de kb: www.kb.nl/agenda/de-za...

Call for applications | Visiting fellowships 2025-2026 | Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden 🇳🇱

Deadline: 21 March 2025

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The ‘Java Man’, the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, is now home The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

“For too long, a significant part of our past held beyond everyday reach of Indonesian society. Scholars discussed it, museums displayed it, global narrative was shaped around it, yet the Indonesian people could not see them at home. That era ends today.” -Fadli Zon 🏺

Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine This conference is open to the public, but registration is mandatory. Please send an email to j.e.schep@hum.leidenuniv.nl if you would like to attend. Read the full conference programme [PDF]. See the...

I'm looking forward to this conference we're organizing next week. In person only but everyone is welcome (if registered)
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

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

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...

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

The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar

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
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I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...

De Jonge Akademie Dashboard wat zeggen de partijen over wetenschap - De Jonge Akademie Actueel

Wil je weten hoe verschillende politieke partijen in hun #verkiezingsprogramma's denken over deze (en meer!) aspecten van wetenschap en #wetenschapsbeleid? Check het The Young Academy Dashboard Verkiezingen 2025 (dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/31328...)

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...

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

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...

Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp
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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/...

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...

This is a first: The Netherlands will return the Java Man fossils, the type specimen for Homo erectus, to Indonesia www.government.nl/latest/news/....

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...

The news in English: www.government.nl/latest/news/....

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.

The Netherlands will return the famous Java man fossils to Indonesia: www.trouw.nl/binnenland/i...

Please do promote it once it's out because I'm getting curious too!

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/...

Boekentip: 'De oma van de oma van mijn oma' van Marc ter Horst was bij ons populair om voor te lezen!

Een concentratiekamp. Interessant concept.

De Rijksoverheid zoekt: Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s in Bilthoven voor 32 uur bij RIVM

Voor net afgestudeerde historici: www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/hi...

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.

📣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

Even without the mythmaking :). One day, I'm going to write about this in a feline themed edited book!

Flying animals! Reminds me of Operation Cat Drop: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

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...

(Call for Papers) Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/mede... #histSTM #medhum

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