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, offers seminars twice a month and has an extensive library that is open to the general public. Learn more about the ASC’s research programme.

What's new
ASC in the Media Health workers in Ghana not negative towards HIV patients		New exhibition Paintings by Jon Eiselin (South Africa)
16 February 2012 Seminar: A Reinterpretation of the ANC and Popular Movements in Urban Struggles in South Africa		65 years of expertise and knowledge about Africa The ASC is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year
8 March 2012 Seminar: Socialist Modernities and Discourses of Development: The Drive-in Cinema in Dar es Salaam		VICI awarded to Prof. Mirjam de Bruijn Understanding Communication and Conflict in Middle Africa’s Mobile Margins
5 April 2012 Seminar: The Origins and Spread of Dry Laid, Stone-Walled Architecture in Pre-Colonial South Africa		19 April 2012 Seminar: Violence, Urbanization and Rationalization in Cape Town's Taxi Industry (1990-2010)