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Klaas van Walraven and  Djaouga Idrissa  (near  Dargol, 31-10-05). © Klaas van Walraven (ASC Leiden). Photo by Issa YounoussiThe ASC’s current research programme aims to understand Africa better following the recent global restructuring. With assistance from members of the ASC Community,  its new research programme, which runs from 2012 to 2016, focuses on the following four major areas: Africa's global connections, Constellations of governance, Identification and belonging in a media age and Resources and well-being. You may also browse all the ASC (research) projects by keyword.

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ASC seminars and conferences

Seminar
30 May 2013
Seminar: Colonial administration, native taxation and fiscal subjects in former Portuguese Africa
Seminar
03 June 2013
Seminar: PADev
Seminar
13 June 2013
Seminar: Unlikely Allies: Zambia, Yugoslavia and the Quest for Nonaligned Economic Development
Seminar
14 June 2013
Seminar: China’s Global Backyard: Comparing Chinese Relations with Southeast Asia and Africa
Conference
27 June 2013 to 29 June 2013
European Conference on African Studies: African dynamics in a multipolar world

ASC recent publications

Worlds of human rights: the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa. New ASC publication by B. Derman, A. Hellum and K. Bergtora Sandvik
COSATU's contested legacy: South African trade unions in the second decade of democracy. New ASC publication by Sakhela Buhlungu and Malehoko Tshoaedi

ASC in the media

16 May 2013
Rector magnificus Carel Stolker reageert op Open Access brief Jos Damen, de Mare

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