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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
08 September 2020
03 September 2020
The African Studies Centre Leiden is a long-term partner of SAIL. The SAIL platform brings together seven international higher education and knowledge institutes in the Netherlands that contribute to the Sustainable Global Development agenda by means of research, education, engagement and projects, in collaboration with partners in the global south. SAIL has now launched a beautiful website!
27 August 2020
25 August 2020
25 August 2020
It is with great sadness that the African Studies Centre Leiden has heard the news of the death of Prof. Dr Bill Freund. Bill Freund was a renowned scholar of South(ern) African economic history. He was also a prolific scholar, who continued his studies and publications after his retirement from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. For many years Bill Freund served as a member of the editorial board of the Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, viz. of the sub-series focusing on South Africa.
24 August 2020
The Annual Report for 2019 is out now! In addition to an excellent list of publications by our researchers, you will find other highlights such as the well-visited conference 'The Future of the African City', the start of the Graduate Programme in African Studies, and the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Emmanuel Akyeampong, Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and American Studies at Harvard University.