In line with university measures, ASCL staff will be working from home until at least 28 April. They can be reached by email (see organisation). The office is closed, but general questions can be sent to asc@asc.leidenuniv.nl. All events until 1 September have been cancelled. Read more about the library regulations.
ASCL researchers and members of the ASCL Community have started to write blogs about the spread of COVID-19 through Africa, and the impact of the virus on African countries. Read about what corona teaches us about Africa’s global connections (Mayke Kaag); the virus’ impact on society and academic life in Ghana (Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu); the situation in Niger (Rahmane Idrissa for The New York Review of Books, Pandemic Journal), and Pentecostals' prayers against COVID-19 in South Africa. More posts are to be expected!
This volume, published by Brill in the African Dynamics series and edited by Klaas van Walraven, investigates the development of biographical study in African history and historiography. In addition to methodological insights, the book offers many case studies, e.g. of Abdullah Abdurahman (first South African politician of colour elected to public office), Cornelius Badu (born in 1847 in Elmina, Gold Coast, current Ghana), and politicians like Barthélémy Boganda (CAR) and Laurent Kabila (DRC).
Registration for the two Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) minors that the ASCL co-organizes will be open until 15 April. The minor 'African Dynamics' fosters a deeper understanding of sustainable development approaches in Africa. The minor 'Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development' offers insight into how frugal innovation can contribute to sustainable global development. Accessible for third-year bachelor students from the LDE universities!
This book, edited by Duncan Money and Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, showcases new research on white workers and the white poor in Southern Africa. It demonstrates that social class remained a salient element throughout the twentieth century, how Southern Africa’s white societies were often divided and riven with tension and how the resulting social, political and economic complexities animated white minority regimes in the region.
In the framework of the programme University of Edinburgh-University of Leiden Joint Funded PhD Studentships, the African Studies Centre Leiden will recruit two PhD candidates. The proposed research must address topics of urbanisation, urbanity, and urban diversity in relation to African Studies. The proposed research should also relate to one (or more) of ASCL’s priority research themes as identified by its Collaborative Research Groups. Submit your application online no later than 1 May 2020. Read more about the selection criteria.
