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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
16 July 2024
Are you interested in Africa and is your master's thesis on a related subject? If so, the African Studies Centre Leiden is offering you the chance to win € 500,-. Moreover, your thesis will be published in the ASCL's African Studies Collection. Master students who have completed their thesis at a university on the African continent or in the Netherlands can apply.
09 July 2024
The ASCL is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher for a temporary position to strengthen the Centre’s research and teaching activities. The candidate will strengthen and co-develop research lines in one of the following thematic fields: infrastructure development and resources; health, technology and justice; or African security studies, conflict and conflict prevention.
08 July 2024
05 July 2024
This project by Annachiara Raia “gives voice” to Swahili pocket literature, a genre rarely included in scholarly discussions, classrooms, or bookshops. Its aim is to establish the TiaSauti @ Lab, an atelier to explore Swahili orature via digital content.
05 July 2024
This photo-ethnography on young people of Burundian heritage in Belgium and the Netherlands, explores the traces of war in Burundi. The book reveals how war reverberates across time and space: in people, places and through ‘war repertoires’.
05 July 2024
Leiden University is set to enhance its cooperation with African knowledge institutions. During a recent visit to Ghana, a delegation including ASCL director Marleen Dekker engaged with several African institutions to discuss strengthening their collaborative efforts.
04 July 2024
In 'Ondernemers in het wild' Olivier van Beemen investigates the non-profit organisation African Parks. The mainly white organisation, which manages 22 game parks, aims to protect Africa's untouched nature. Dr Harry Wels wrote a review of the book.
03 July 2024
On 22 July 2003 Kenyan humourist, Wahome Mutahi, died at the Kenyatta National Hospital. He was popularly known as Whispers after the name of the column he wrote for The Daily Nation from 1982 to 2003, offering a satirical view of the trials and tribulations of Kenyan life.