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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
07 September 2018
This LeidenGlobal lecture on 27 September by Tycho van der Hoog (ASCL) will illuminate the obscure history of the fraternal relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various African liberation movements. The lecture coincides with the photo exhibition 'Heritage on the move', currently to be seen in the hall of the Pieter de la Court building.
30 August 2018
The 8th European Conference on African Studies will be held in Edinburgh from 12 to 14 June 2019. ECAS-8 will be hosted by the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh. This year's theme: 'Africa: connections and disruptions'. Some 30 researchers from the African Studies Centre Leiden/Leiden University will be convening a panel or presenting a paper.
27 August 2018
The African Studies Centre's Annual Report for 2017 is out now! In 2017 the outcome of the external evaluation was generally positive about the ASCL, with particularly high praise for the Centre’s library. It was also the year in which senior researcher Prof. Chibuike Uche was appointed as the Chair holder for the new Stephen Ellis Chair for the Governance of Finance and Integrity in Africa at Leiden University.
23 August 2018
23 August 2018
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