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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
19 October 2017
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) will take place on 7 December. The Meeting is open to all members of LeidenASA, staff and students of Leiden University. Also Africanists and students of Delft University and Erasmus University are welcome as they are part of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus strategic alliance. Prof. Elísio Macamo (Centre for African Studies, University of Basel) will give a keynote speech: 'If Africans could Speak: Knowledge and Authority in African Studies', and the Africa Thesis Award will be presented to its winner, Adriaan Steyn, alumnus of Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
16 October 2017
The Kenya Coast Bibliography now contains more than 2,200 records. The Bibliography has references to 1050 journal articles, 300 book titles and other publications such as book sections etc. More than 160 titles have been added since the previous update of February 2016. The Bibliography is part of the Kenya Coast Portal, a service provided by the African Studies Centre Leiden for students, researchers, development workers, government officials and others with an interest in the Kenya Coast.
10 October 2017
Monday 9 October was a festive day for the ASCL: the newly appointed ASCL professors gave short lectures about their Chairs and research intentions, and Marleen Dekker gave her inaugural lecture as Professor of Inclusive Development in Africa (watch the video!). Prof. Rijk van Dijk announced the establishment of a Graduate School at the ASCL, which means all ASCL professors will be able to mentor PhD students at the ASCL. Rijk van Dijk is the intended coordinator of the Graduate School, that is anticipated to start in 2018.
10 October 2017
Guinea-Bissau is one of the poorest countries in the world. Due to the poor education system parents often try to set up schools themselves. Also in the area of vocational training for adolescents, private initiatives arise. Roel Burgler made a reportage of education in Guinea-Bissau with SOS Children’s Villages.
09 October 2017
05 October 2017
We welcome Dr Camino Kavanagh to deliver the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2017 on 13 December in Leiden. For more than three decades, ICTs have been slowly becoming part of daily life across Sub Saharan Africa. They have brought with them enormous economic opportunities, but just as many challenges. This lecture will focus on how ICTs are being embraced across the continent and the growing role they play in the process of state building and broader economic and social development.
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