Tycho van der Hoog

Tycho van der Hoog is a PhD candidate at the African Studies Centre Leiden. His PhD project, tentatively titled ‘Blood, Bullets, and Bronze: The Relations Between North Korea and Southern Africa, 1960-2020’ seeks to reveal the ties that bind North Korea to the African continent. His monograph Monuments of Power: The North Korean Origin of Nationalist Monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe was published by the African Studies Centre Leiden in 2019. His monograph Breweries, Politics and Identity: The History Behind Namibian Beer was published by Basler Afrika Bibliographien in 2019.

He is the recipient of the BISA African Affairs Postgraduate Paper Prize 2021.

Tycho holds a bachelor’s degree in history, a bachelor’s degree in political science, a research master’s degree in African Studies, and a master’s degree in history (cum laude) from Leiden University. He previously worked at the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa and lectured at BA programme Korean Studies of Leiden University. He is currently a university lecturer at the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Keywords: African history, liberation struggle, liberation movements, frontline states, international relations, nationalism, Southern Africa, North Korea, South Korea.

(Photo: Simone Both)

T.A. (Tycho) van der Hoog
PhD candidate
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Pyongyang as a crossroads for Afro-Asian cooperation
(2024)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Waar worden de Noord-Koreaanse raketten van betaald?
(2023)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

How North Korean ideology inspired African development
(2023)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

A monumental relationship: North Korea and Nambia
(2023)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

Paper, pixels, or plane tickets : multi-archival perspectives on the decolonisation of Namibia
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog; B.C. Moore
Type of Publication: Journal Article

On the success and failure of North Korean development aid in Africa
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Editors: K. Yonho
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Oppressed and resisting: dreaming of the liberation of southern Africa
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Editors: M. van Groesen; K. van Ommen; A.-I. Richard; A. Schrikker; M. Storms; G. verhoeven
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

We need to interrogate the North-South dichotomy in African Studies publishing
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

A new chapter in Namibian history: reflections on archival research
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Geheimen en spionage in een Afrikaans archief
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

The military ties between African ruling parties and North Korea
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Other

Onderdruk en in verzet: dromen van de bevrijding van zuidelijk Afrika
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Editors: M. van Groesen; K. van Ommen; A.-I. Richard; A. Schrikker; M. Storms; G. verhoeven
Type of Publication: Miscellaneous

Brewing tensions : the colonial gaze of the German-Namibian publishing industry
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Microphone revolution: North Korean cultural diplomacy during the liberation of Southern Africa
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Editors: C. Stolte; S.L. Lewis
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Research note: the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) pamphlet collection
(2022)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Journal Article

A history of beer in Namibia
(2020)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Newspaper Article

Dutch labour market shortages and potential labour supply from Africa and the Middle East: Is there a match? Excecutive summary and main report
(2019)
N. Oomes; A. Heyma; T. Belt; N. Berthiaume; P. Bisschop; D. Jongerius; V. Spanikova; A.J. Dietz; A. Akinyoade; T.A. van der Hoog; M.M.A. Kaag
Type of Publication: Other

Breweries, politics and identity: the history behind Namibian beer
(2019)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Book

Uncovering North Korean forced labour in Africa : towards a research framework
(2018)
T.A. van der Hoog
Editors: R.E. Breuker; I.B.L.H. van Gardingen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Brewing identity: beer and the establishment of the Namibian nation
(2016)
T.A. van der Hoog
Type of Publication: Book
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Breweries, politics and identity: the history behind Namibian beer
Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB), 2019
T.A. van der Hoog

Monuments of power : the North Korean origin of nationalist monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), African Studies Collection 74, 2019
T.A. van der Hoog
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Brewing identity: beer and the establishment of the Namibian nation
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2016
T.A. van der Hoog
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'Oppressed and resisting: dreaming of the liberation of southern Africa'
In: M. van Groesen; K. van Ommen; A.-I. Richard; A. Schrikker; M. Storms; G. verhoeven: 'Maps that made history: 1000 years of world history in 100 old maps', Tielt: Lannoo Publishers, 2022.

'On the success and failure of North Korean development aid in Africa'
In: K. Yonho: 'Ideology and economic policy in North Korea', Washington: George Washington University, 2022.
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'Microphone revolution: North Korean cultural diplomacy during the liberation of Southern Africa'
In: C. Stolte; S.L. Lewis: 'The lives of Cold War Afro-Asianism', Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2022.
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'Uncovering North Korean forced labour in Africa : towards a research framework'
In: R.E. Breuker; I.B.L.H. van Gardingen: 'People for profit: North Korean forced labour on a global scale', Leiden: LeidenAsiaCentre, 2018.
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Washington, D.C.: East-West Center, 2023.
Amsterdam: NEMO Kennislink, NEMO Kennislink blog 2023.
Washington DC: Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), On Korea: academic paper series 2022.
Amsterdam: NEMO Kennislink, Blog Faces of Science 2022.
Birmingham: Bri)tish International Studies Association (BISA), 2022.
London: London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE blog 2022.
Leiden; Amsterdam: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL); SEO Amsterdam Economics, 2018.