Het Afrika-Studiecentrum biedt, samen met de Nederlandse Defensie Academie (NLDA), twee promotieplekken binnen de Kennishub Afrika.
๐ Projecten:
โข Klimaat en Krijgsmacht in Afrika
โข Multipolariteit en Militaire Samenwerking in Afrika
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Deadline: 2 juni
๐ Meer weten: buff.ly/6WOTfDE
๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ!
๐๏ธ Do you have a keen interest in Africa and are you looking for a suitable masterโs programme? Then apply for the Master African Studies at @unileiden.bsky.social! Deadline: 15 May
๐๐พ www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education...
#AfricanStudies #Africa
What does it mean to choose hope amid conflict, climate breakdown, and inequality, without naive optimism or cynicism?
Irene Guijt explores hope as a deliberate practice that fuels agency and leadership.
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07 May
๐ 16:00โ17:30
๐ Herta Mohr Building, Leiden (Room 0.31)
๐ Register: buff.ly/lpW2rRY
๐ข๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ท๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ: ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐น
Conflicten in West- & Centraal Afrika spelen zich niet alleen op de grond af, maar ook online. Prof Mirjam de Bruijn @unileiden.bsky.social & @ascleiden.bsky.social lichtte dit toe tijdens een Actualiteitencollege in Den Haag. โคต๏ธ
๐ข On 28 April, Antonio Frank defends his PhD: โPolicing the Periphery: Party-anchored hybrid policing in Luanda, Angolaโ.
๐More info: buff.ly/T8PB9EQ
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Date: April 28
๐ Time: 4:00 PM โ 5:00 PM
๐ Address: Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ Leiden, Groot Auditorium
๐ข Last Sunday Anika Altaf spoke on NPO Radio 1 about the consequences of the closure of the strait of #Hormuz for countries like #Ethiopia and #Pakistan.
๐ป๏ธ Listen to the full interview (in Dutch): www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/m...
Image source: Ottoman newspaper Servet-i Fรผnun, issue no. 377, published in 1898.
๐ CRG Seminar | AfroGlobal Politics of Conflict
Dr. Kerem Duymus uncovers Afro-Ottoman relations through archival insights, shedding light on the trans-Saharan trade in enslaved Africans and its lasting global impact.
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21 April
๐ 15:30โ17:00
๐ Herta Mohr Building, Leiden
๐ buff.ly/rVFC3iX
๐ Join us for a thought-provoking seminar featuring @tariztia.bsky.social and @eric-cezne.bsky.social, exploring the politics, lived experiences, and grassroots perspectives shaping #energytransitions in the Global South.
๐
14 April
๐ 15:00โ17:00
๐ Herta Mohr Building, Leiden
๐ buff.ly/4aDokGe
In dit actualiteitencollege legt prof. Mirjam de Bruijn uit hoe sociale media worden gebruikt als politiek wapen. Beelden en berichten creรซren een soort parallelle, bijna dystopische wereld, waarin propaganda en tegenstellingen het beeld bepalen.
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7 april
๐ 17:00 โ 18:15
๐ Amare, Den Haag
๐๏ธ Gratis
How can we address antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) in a fair, inclusive & sustainable way? In a special issue of Public Humanities (eds. Varadan, De Wit, Waltz, and Kirchhelle) the authors contemplate what an equitable & sustainable future with AMR might look like
๐ www.ascleiden.nl/news/antimic...
๐ฃ๏ธ At the 'Green Hydrogen SouthโSouth Dialogue from Below' in Windhoek, community leaders, indigenous representatives, and civil society actors from Africa and Latin America came together to share grounded perspectives on green hydrogen.
๐ Read more: buff.ly/ARv83MB
@eric-cezne.bsky.social
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐น: ๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป
Afrikadeskundige Mirjam de Bruijn @unileiden.bsky.social & @ascleiden.bsky.social laat zien hoe propaganda & beeldvorming online de realiteit vervormen en tegenstellingen aanwakkeren.
๐ Amare, Den Haag
๐ 7 april'26
CANCELLED: ASCL Seminar 2 April: Writing the history of the Cameroon War (1945-1971) in committee: challenges, practices and results. Unfortunately, this seminar has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. It will be rescheduled for a later date. We apologise for any inconvenience.
ASCL seminar "Writing the history of the Cameroon War (1945-1971) in committee: challenges, practices and results"
Karine Ramondy discusses whether writing the history of the #Cameroon war contributes to reparations.
๐ 2 April
๐ 16:00 - 17:30
๐ Herta Mohr Building, Leiden
๐https://buff.ly/e4hedK9
'The colonial past lives on in these maps.'
Describing almost 1400 maps of Africa in three months - itโs no small task that student assistants Artemis Mantheakis and Beatriz Veiga have been working on within the joint ASCL-UBL Africa Maps Project.
Learn more now via the ๐https://buff.ly/TRbCwH2
In this double seminar, researchers explore the often overlooked role of women in prevention efforts in Kenya.
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20 March 2026
๐ 14:00โ16:00
๐ Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building, Witte Singel 27a, Leiden
๐ Register here: buff.ly/vokZDl3
The Africa Thesis Award 2025 has been awarded to Yonwaba Matshobotiyana.
"Of Speaking and Visibility: The Intersectional Resistance and Resilience of Black Women in Koleka Putumaโs Collective Amnesia, vangile gantshoโs red cotton and danai mupotsaโs feeling and ugly'"
๐https://buff.ly/ag4VdZG
๐ฝ๏ธ Discover icons of African Cinema at the #AfricanLibrary!
Whether you are a cinephile, or just curious, our collection of over 2500 DVDs brings Africa's most influential films to your fingertips.
Explore our collection and start binge-watching! buff.ly/WfmBbbC
#AfricanFilm #AfricanCinema
In this upcoming seminar, Better Jack explores the lived realities of women in the Niger Delta, where oil pollution continues to reshape ecosystems and livelihoods.
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18 March 2026
๐ 15:00โ17:00
๐ Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building, Witte Singel 27a, Leiden
๐Register: buff.ly/yvv9jPo
Photo by Simone Both for NEMO Kennislink
๐ Vijf redenen om Afrika te bestuderen!
In een nieuw blog voor #FacesOfScience beschrijft alumnus Tycho van der Hoog de redenen waarom je #Afrika moet bestuderen tijdens je Bachelor of Master studie.
๐ Lees hier het hele blog: buff.ly/AMXoPob
#AfricanStudies #SlimKiezen @unileiden.bsky.social
With the celebration of International Womenโs Day 2026, weโre taking a closer look at stories that spark conversation, highlighting a collection of novels by African women writers who explore the complexities of polygyny.
Visit our Library Highlight to discover the featured works buff.ly/IRLWvAq
๐ข Just published: Urban Transitions in Africa
This book provides an invaluable overview of urban transitions in Africa with a focus on innovations that offer alternative development approaches for these areas. Editors: Mandipa Ndlovu and Shuaib Lwasa.
More info: ascleiden.nl/news/urban-t...
Join visiting fellow Rim Yassine Kassab for a seminar exploring how Rabat has been transformed into a globally visible cultural capital in contemporary Morocco.
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10 March 2026
๐ 13:30โ15:00
๐ Herta Mohr Building, Leiden
๐ buff.ly/NOFn7Kd
๐ข Join us for the ASCL seminar "Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City" by Wayne Dooling @soasuni.bsky.social to explore 19th-century Cape Town within Africaโs wider urban history.
๐ Thursday 5 March
๐ 16:00 - 17:30 CET
๐ Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building
๐๏ธ Wayne Dooling
๐ buff.ly/MCDakR7
On 28 January, researcher Annachiara Raia hosted a pilot roundtable at the Lamu Fort Library (Kenya), bringing together local custodians of Swahili literary and musical traditions to explore collaborative ways of safeguarding heritage through digital and open-access platforms.
Read: buff.ly/ljYVe2K
๐ข Join us for the ASCL seminar "Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City" by Wayne Dooling @soasuni.bsky.social to explore 19th-century Cape Town within Africaโs wider urban history.
๐ Thursday 5 March
๐ 16:00 - 17:30 CET
๐ Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building
๐๏ธ Wayne Dooling
๐ buff.ly/MCDakR7
In a new episode of Africa Knows, Rahmane Idrissa discusses topics ranging from the impact of 9/11 on his academic journey to the rise and fall of the Songhai Empire, West African social structures, and todayโs security crises in the Sahel.
๐๏ธ Listen here: buff.ly/DY0Z3GJ
๐ข New blog by Chaimaa Radouani on #AFCON 2025 โฝ๏ธ in Morocco.
AFCON was born in 1957. It provided recognition and a stage to imagine the continent differently. However, those ideals were tested almost immediately. The tension between unity and division has not disappeared over time.
๐ buff.ly/3UMTgcF
๐ข Join us for the ASCL seminar "Cape Town: The Making of a Colonial City" by Wayne Dooling @soasuni.bsky.social to explore 19th-century Cape Town within Africaโs wider urban history.
๐ Thursday 5 March
๐ 16:00 - 17:30 CET
๐ Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building
๐๏ธ Wayne Dooling
๐ buff.ly/MCDakR7
Our latest archival collection is now available for consultation in the #AfricanLibrary
๐ The research collection of Ton Dietz - former ASCL Director - on his favourite spot in Africa: #Pokot, in #Kenya. Explore the Ton Dietz Archive here: buff.ly/UcICQuO
