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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
10 July 2013
The African Studies Centre in Leiden will be the secretary of a project wherein two so called Wikipedians in Residence will work in 12 specialized libraries in The Netherlands. The project (Wikipedians in Special Residence) will take place from October 2013 tot November 2014. A grant of EUR 94.000 from the PICA Foundation was awarded to the proposal, written under the auspices of the Group of Special Scientific Libraries in the Netherlands (WSWB).
27 June 2013
27 June 2013
25 June 2013
On 1 July 1863, slavery was abolished in the former Dutch colonies of Suriname and the Dutch Antilles. This ended a period of around 200 years of slavery in these colonies. To mark the 150th anniversary of Dutch abolition in 2013, various activities have been organized, including exhibitions in the National Library of the Netherlands and the History Museum of The Hague.
20 June 2013
13 June 2013
De Universiteit Leiden participeert in het nieuwe samenwerkingsverband Leiden Global. Hierin bundelen Leidse onderzoeksinstellingen en musea hun wetenschappelijke en educatieve kennis op het gebied van ‘Global and Area Studies’. Op 30 mei tekenden de partners, waaronder het Afrika-Studiecentrum, de overeenkomst.
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Ton Dietz (links), directeur van het Afrika-Studiecentrum overhandigt een symbolische wereldbol aan hoogleraar Maghiel van Crevel, voorzitter van Leiden Global.