News & Events

Former ASCL PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog was recently interviewed by VPRO journalist Bram Vermeulen for the podcast Achter de Frontlinie.

On 8 March 2025, we celebrate International Women's Day and highlight the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. On this occasion, we would like to call attention to the remarkable life of Regina Gelana Twala and the recent publication of her archive.

The journey of fieldwork research and thesis writing is a defining experience for master’s students. To enhance this process, the LDE Thesis Lab Seminar Week, held in Nairobi last January, provided an immersive and enriching environment for Kenyan and Dutch students embarking on their research journeys.

The article explores the shifting socio-economic landscape of Africa, opening with the story of a 26-year-old Nigerian juggling three part-time jobs just to make ends meet—one of many struggling under the country’s soaring 30% inflation. 

PhD candidate at the ASCL Walker Swindell has written a new blog post for the Boom2Dust project, a comparative study among three industrial mining centres in southern Africa between 1870 and 2020.