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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
19 October 2018
On behalf of the Africa Thesis Award jury, the ASCL is pleased to announce this year's three nominees: Rebecca Chudaska (Wageningen University & Research) for her thesis on how water-related information affects farming practices and decision-making in Ada East (Ghana); Tycho van der Hoog (Leiden University) for his thesis on North Korean monuments in southern Africa; and Cynthia Olufade (Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan) for her thesis on oath taking and the transnationalism of silence among Edo female sex workers in Italy.
11 October 2018
This presentation draws on Pedro Pombo's ongoing research as a LeidenASA ASC-IIAS fellow that aims to situate the contemporary presence of Africa in India through three main locations: the (in)visible presence of diverse Afro-Indian communities, the production of African prints by Indian textile companies and art projects that critically approach the recent violence faced by African migrants in the country.
11 October 2018
The 8th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2019), to be held in Edinburgh 12-14 June 2019, invites the submission of panel proposals addressing the theme of 'Africa: Connections and Disruptions'. Panels and papers representing all disciplines and methodological approaches of the Social Sciences and Humanities are welcomed. The call for panels is now open and will close on 14 November.
11 October 2018
To mark the 50th anniversary of Equatorial Guinea's independence (from Spain) the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier on Equatorial Guinea. The dossier consists of selected titles from the ASCL Library Catalogue, extended with sources available through the UBL Catalogue. The dossier is introduced by PhD candidate Anita Brus and concludes with a selection of links to relevant websites. Read the web dossier.
10 October 2018
Nous nous proposons de revisiter l’histoire de la traite négrière au Congo vue sous le prisme de Brazzaville, d’examiner la typologie des lieux de mémoire, les différentes institutions qui ont participé à la traite négrière dans le temps.
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