The African Studies Centre Leiden is the only multidisciplinary knowledge institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It has a research library that is open to the general public. The ASCL is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University.
The African Studies Centre Leiden has two vacancies. For the project 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Conflict' (DDMAC) we are looking for a junior researcher. The key goal of the DDMAC project is to gather empirical evidence defining and demonstrating the use, spread, content and agenda setting role of social media in regions of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa. For the Knowledge Platform INCLUDE we are looking for a student-assistant.
The Annual Report for 2020 is out now! In addition to an excellent list of publications by our researchers, you will find other highlights such as the (pre-COVID-19) conference 'Africa: 60 years of independence', the honorary doctorate awarded to Prof. Lungisile Ntsebeza (UCT), and the prolific three-month online conference Africa Knows!
ASCL PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog is the winner of the British International Studies Association (BISA) African Affairs Postgraduate Paper Prize for 2021. He has been awarded the prize for 'The Military Alliance Between North Korea and Southern Africa', according to the awarding panel 'an exciting paper that uses original research to revisit the history of the Cold War from both Africa and North Korean perspectives'.
This paper by Prof. Jon Abbink offers a political analysis of the development of the TPLF-induced armed conflict in northern Ethiopia and considers the international responses in media and international policy circles. In spite of the unilateral TPLF extension of the armed conflict since late June 2021, the responses of international policy circles, notably from the Western donor countries and the UN, have been negative towards the federal government and mild on the TPLF.
