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

Education Apply for the Research Masters African Studies		12 April 2010 16:00: Academiegebouw. Afscheidsrede Prof. Leo de Haan
Vacature Vacature medewerker secretariaat (M/V, ca. 32 uur per week)		Call for papers NVAS Conference: Africa for Sale. Analysing and Theorizing Foreign Land Claims and Acquisitions
1 May 2010 Deadline submissions Tracking Development Falsification Award		Vacature Bibliotheekmedewerker (M/V, 20 uur per week)
New publication Ghanaian nurses at a crossroads. Managing expectations on a medical ward		New publication Coping with cancer and adversity. Hospital ethnography in Kenya

ASC calendar
 

15 March 2010
Seminar: The Prestige Economy

12 April 2010
16.00, Academiegebouw Leiden: Afscheidsrede Leo de Haan

1 May 2010
Deadline: Tracking Development Falsification Award

28 October 2010
Call for papers: NVAS Conference "Africa for Sale"

Research Masters Apply for the Research Masters African Studies

Visiting Fellowship Apply for the 2011 programme