News & Events

Bij het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (ASCL), Universiteit Leiden, is een vacature voor een Student-assistent secretariaat voor ongeveer 16 uur per week, met ingang van 3 maart 2025.

To start off the New Year the African Library has selected some great new books. Common thread: these books and writers offer new perspectives on Africa, from an African point-of-view. Check out the library picks from recent months!

The ASCL is proud to have acquired the photo exhibition 'Traces'. The photos will be on permanent display in the ASCL hallways. TRACES is a photo-ethnographic project by researcher Lidewyde Berckmoes and photographer Marieke Maagdenberg that investigates how violent conflict reverberates across borders and generations.

The ASCL is deeply saddened by the news that its former colleague Melle Leenstra passed away in The Hague on 8 January. Melle was seconded to the ASCL during his PhD project on the Zambian health sector from a political science perspective. He worked tirelessly on forging equitable relations between the Netherlands and Africa. 

Chibuike Uche and Azeb Amha have been awarded grants in the Leiden University Global Seed Fund. This Fund was established in 2024 to enhance the relationship between Leiden University and her partners in Africa, Latin America, North East and South East Asia.

On  Wednesday 5 March at 16:00 CET, Loes Oudenhuijsen will defend her dissertation Situating “wicked” women: Gender panic and savoir vivre in urban Senegal. This thesis analyses women’s gender and sexual dissidence in relation to social transformations in Senegal.