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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
25 September 2018
20 September 2018
Ananda Devi’s new novel, Manger l’autre, is a tale of excessive consumption, an allegory of our society obsessed with body image and consumerism. With humor and wit, she exposes the taboo of body dysmorphia and obesity and shows the protagonist mirroring our world in a violent and absurdist way. Manger l'autre is the subject of our latest Library Highlight!
18 September 2018
07 September 2018
This LeidenGlobal lecture on 27 September by Tycho van der Hoog (ASCL) will illuminate the obscure history of the fraternal relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various African liberation movements. The lecture coincides with the photo exhibition 'Heritage on the move', currently to be seen in the hall of the Pieter de la Court building.
30 August 2018
The 8th European Conference on African Studies will be held in Edinburgh from 12 to 14 June 2019. ECAS-8 will be hosted by the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh. This year's theme: 'Africa: connections and disruptions'. Some 30 researchers from the African Studies Centre Leiden/Leiden University will be convening a panel or presenting a paper.