The African Studies Centre Leiden is the only multidisciplinary academic knowledge institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It has an excellent library that is open to the general public. The ASCL is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University.
Jan-Bart Gewald, Harry Wels and Frans Kamsteeg present a grim picture of South Africa as an emerging stagnant political economy that seems to conform smoothly to the conspiracy of authoritarians. ‘South Africa's BRICS partnership seems now stronger than ever, as the “Rainbow Nation” shares the “my country first” credo supported by the politics of authoritarian leadership’, they write in a contribution to Clingendael Spectator.
Het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden is op zoek naar een communicatiemedewerker (0.8 fte). De functie is voor 32 uur per week, verdeeld over 5 dagen. Een belangrijke taak is het organiseren van de ASCL seminars en andere events. Reageren kan tot en met 24 februari.
The conference on the Future of the African City, held on 24 January 2019 at Leiden University, brought together different perspectives on the possibilities and problems of African cities, by excellent keynote speakers and a committed Societal Advisory Council of the African Studies Centre Leiden. The conference was co-organized with African Architecture Matters and featured the presentation of the first copy of the Ng'ambo Atlas to the Ambassador of Tanzania in the Netherlands. Read the keynote lectures, watch the pics!
We are happy to announce that the Knowledge Platform INCLUDE will continue working towards making Africa more inclusive. The ASCL is part of the Secretariat of INCLUDE, together with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and The Broker. Six years after its initiation, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has granted INCLUDE a new subsidy to support its efforts in policy making for inclusive development.
The library will undergo major maintenance, and will be temporarily relocated to the neighbouring Library of Social Sciences. The ASCL Library will return to its own location at FSW at the beginning of March. Another relocation the ASCL Library has faced is the temporary move of some 30,000 books from the ASCL collection to the Leiden University Libraries at the Witte Singel 27. All books can be requested and picked up at the ASCL Library (2-day service) or at the Witte Singel (1-hour service).
