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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
12 September 2023
We are thrilled that the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2023 will be given by Dr Mercy Iroaganachi, University Librarian of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her lecture on 7 December deals with the place of archives in modern African Studies and puts a searchlight on the patronage of the National Archives of Nigeria, Ibadan.
12 September 2023
12 September 2023
The ASCL proudly presents the kick-off of the iAfrica Film Festival 2023. On Thursday 12 October the film Money, Freedom, a Story of the CFA Franc (2022), by Katy Léna Ndiaye, will be screened in Leiden.
11 September 2023
The new students of the Master and Research Master African Studies, as well as the LDE minors African Dynamics and Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development have started! Early September, more than sixty students were introduced to their courses.
06 September 2023
04 September 2023
As part of its teaching innovation agenda, the ASCL took the lead in a EUniWell project that explored how students from different geographical and cultural backgrounds perceive well-being in their respective societies.