Welcome to the ASC!

The African Studies Centre in Leiden is the only 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

Announcement ASC's director Leo de Haan is appointed Rector of the Institute of Social Studies		25 November 2009 Conference: Elections in Africa: Fair, Façade or Failure?
New publication Africa Yearbook 2008 : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara		New publication Islam, Etat et société en Afrique
New publication In the shadow of good governance : an ethnography of civil service reform in Africa		New publication Deforestation and reforestation in Namibia : the global consequences of local contradictions

ASC calendar
 

25 November 2009
Conference: Elections in Africa: Fair, Façade or Failure?

14 January 2010
Author workshop: Health and Healing in Africa

20 January 2010
APAD Conference: Call for papers.

5-9 July 2010
Int. Summer School: Religion, AIDS, and Social Activism

Research Masters Apply for the Research Masters African Studies