News & Events

Marleen Dekker has been appointed Professor of Inclusive Development in Africa at the African Studies Centre of Leiden University. Dekker is trained as a human geographer and holds a PhD in Development Economics. In addition to her work as a senior researcher at the ASCL, she is the coordinator of the Secretariat of INCLUDE, the Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies in Africa. Marleen Dekker will give her inaugural lecture on 9 October, when the new ASCL research programme and new ASCL professors are presented.

Prof. Ton Dietz has retired as Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden and as Professor of the Study of African Development on 1 September 2017. He gave his Farewell Lecture 'Africa: Still a Silver Lining' on Monday 25 September in the Academy Building, Leiden, after which he received the Order of Merit from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Here's an overview of all the news concerning Ton Dietz's farewell.

Award-winning author and Professor of African Studies at Oxford University Jonny Steinberg will give an ASCL seminar on Thursday 12 October. Prof. Steinberg will explore the nature of Verwoerd’s leadership of South Africa during the high apartheid era. More especially, he will examine how Verwoerd took command of a dubious conception of the future to accrue power in the present. You are very welcome, please register for this event!

ECDPM and the ASCL have the pleasure to invite you to a lunchtime discussion on how Dutch companies promote productive employment in Africa based on field research: What is the actual impact of big multinationals like Heineken, Unilever, FrieslandCampina or Shell in the region? In what ways are they fostering productive employment and economic development in the host countries? The discussion takes place on 18 September in Brussels.

On the occasion of the retirement of Ton Dietz as director of the ASCL (as of 1 September 2017), the ASCL Library created a special web dossier. It consists of, on the one hand, titles from the ASCL Library collection written by (or featuring a contribution by) Ton Dietz, and, on the other hand, titles from the ASCL Library collection written by others. All titles are related to subjects important in the work and private life of Ton Dietz. Enjoy this special web dossier!

Voormalig ASCL-directeur Ton Dietz werd op 4 september geïnterviewd door NOS Radio 1 over zijn directeurschap, zijn voorliefde voor Afrika, zijn achtergrond in de sociale geografie en recente ontwikkelingen op het continent, zoals de economische groei en migratie óp het continent en naar andere werelddelen.