The African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden University, has a vacancy for Head of the Library, Documentation and Information (LDI) Department. As head of the LDI department, you will strengthen the connection between the collection, research and education of the ASCL. Application deadline: 5 January.
Leiden University offers one full Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS) to an African candidate interested in the two-year Research Master African Studies, thus non-EEA/non-EFTA applicants. LExS is a prestigious scholarship and includes a fee waiver and a monthly allowance.
Within the GROW Research Programme one more position opened for a PhD candidate with professor Janine Ubink (Leiden Law School) and professor Mayke Kaag (ASCL) and/or Chibuike Uche (ASCL). The ideal candidate has a proven interest in the relationship between law and society in Africa.
On 4 December the ASCL had the honour of hosting Koert Lindijer, Africa correspondent for NRC and NOS, who delivered the 10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture. Based on his experience of 40 years of reporting from Africa, Lindijer gave a compelling lecture on the issues facing African governance today.
The first Leiden Africa Platform (former Leiden ASA) Annual Meeting was held on 9 December 2024 at the Wereldmuseum Leiden, with a number of speakers and presentations by guests and Platform members. Invited guest Melle Leenstra, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the need to connect with African interests and African realities.
Jan-Bart Gewald has written a new blog post for the Boom2Dust project, which investigates the environmental history of three industrial mining centres in southern Africa. In the article Prof. Gewald commemorates the death of the important Zambia-historian Andrew Roberts.
