Welcome to the ASC!

The African Studies Centre in Leiden is the only multidisciplinary academic research institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It welcomes African scholars through its visiting fellowship programme, has a monthly seminar programme and an extensive library that is open to the general public. Learn more about the ASC’s research programme.

What's new

New Webdossier Water in Africa		ASC in the Media Constitutional Reform Processes and Political Parties: Principles for Practice
Education Apply for the Research Masters African Studies		Announcement New ASC Research Programme
65 years of expertise and knowledge about Africa The ASC is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year		Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Nouvelles de l'Afrique News from Africa - English
New publication Settling in and holding on. A socio-economic history of northern traders and transporters in Accra		24 May 2012 Seminar: Military Modernization and the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Project
22 May 2012 Seminar: Publish and Still Perish: The Challenges Facing Scholarly Publishers in Africa

ASC calendar  

22 May 2012
Seminar: Publish and Still Perish

24 May 2012
Seminar: Rethinking China-Africa Relations in the Cold War

31 May 2012
Seminar: Violence, Urbanization and Rationalization

7 June 2012
Seminar: Do Elections Matter?

8 June 2012
16.00 uur: Stadssafari door Leiden

10 June 2012
14.00 uur: Stadssafari door Leiden

Call for papers
Biographies in Times of Crisis (deadline 15 June)

21 June 2012
Seminar: In Defence of ‘Useless’ Research in African Studies

5 July 2012
Seminar: Archaeology, Delafosse and the States of W- Sahel

Research Masters Apply for the Research Masters African Studies Overview of all theses

Visiting Fellowship Apply for the programme