News & Events

Information Specialist Heleen Smits (ASC Library) gave a lecture at the Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum (Sudan). The subject was in line with the research she conducts on the grammar of the Lumun language, which is her PhD subject at Leiden University. Heleen also purchased some 25 books at the Khartoum university's bookshop for the ASC Library.

In recognition of the Month of the Exciting Book (a theme month organized by the Dutch Book Promotion Foundation), the ASC Library has purchased a new set of African crime novels covering contemporary African crime writers from across the continent, such as Malla Nunn, Michael Stanley (the duo of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip) and Kwei Quartey. Among these recently acquired novels are Blood Rose by Margie Orford and Zulu by Caryl Férey. They form the subject of our latest Acquisition Highlight!

South African photographer Pieter Hugo was guest editor of the latest issue of the 'De Luxe' magazine of Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad (Magazine #24, Juni 2015). In this magazine, pictures were shown from books by Pieter Hugo and other South African photographers. Many of these books can be borrowed from the ASC Library.