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.
Voor het Kennisplatform Inclusive Development Policies (INCLUDE Knowledge Platform) zijn wij op zoek naar een student-assistent (0,4 fte) per 1 februari 2022. Het platform slaat een brug tussen wetenschap enerzijds en praktijk en beleid anderzijds op het gebied van inclusieve ontwikkeling in Afrika.
Black Minds Matter tells the story of one of the most outspoken clerics of Africa, Emmanuel Milingo, who was Archbishop of Lusaka from 1969 to 1983. Milingo became widely known for his healing ministry, which was rooted in African spiritual ideas. This brought him into years of conflict with the dominant powers in the Catholic Church, and eventually led to his excommunication in 2006. Black Minds Matter was written by Gerrie ter Haar, emeritus Professor of Religion and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
In the past few weeks thirteen students of the Master and Research Master African Studies graduated. During an online graduation ceremony on 3 November Christen Faver, Shannon Lorimer, Femke van Zeijl and Mira Demirdirek all graduated cum laude. And on 10 November Marly van den Boom, Daniel Okiror, Bernardo Tiberi Venturucci (Research Master), Diene de Jong, Jochem Scheelings, Junyang Shen, Janina Hubmann, Marcia Semedo Gonçalvez and Samantha da Luz graduated in the Academy Building in Leiden, the last three of whom cum laude. Congratulations!
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'.
