News & Events
Find the latest news below, and our event calendar on the right.
Would you like to stay updated on our latest research news, publications and events? Please subscribe to our monthly newsletter!
Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
13 March 2014
12 March 2014
East Africa has delivered an impressive economic growth rate and is expecting an economic boom in the near future. However, the ordinary East African does not feel the benefits yet. At the ASC seminar on 15 April Aidan Eyakuze, Associate Regional Director of the Society for International Development, will present the State of East Africa Report 2013, revealing new information and sparking the imagination for the processes that are shaping East Africa.
07 March 2014
The ASC Country Portal is online! Offering an abundance of information on African countries. This database brings together sources of digital information, grouped per country: news, statistics (UN, Worldbank, elections turnout), publications, Africa experts, Twitter, maps and much more. While 29 out of the 54 African countries are now ready, all countries can be accessed. Countries that are still under construction are marked as such.
05 March 2014
On the occasion of his appointment as a Professor of History of Southern Africa, ASC researcher Prof. Jan-Bart Gewald gave his inaugural address 'To Grahamstown and Back: Towards a Socio-Cultural History of Southern Africa' at the Department of Humanities at Leiden University on Friday 6 June. The video of the inaugural address can now be watched on our website.
03 March 2014
On 21 August 1986 all human and animal life in the Nyos Valley in Cameroon died, without a trace of damage to houses or crops. Until today the cause of this disaster is not known. Was it an eruption of gas from a nearby crater? Or a French nuclear test? An Israelian bomb? Or punshment from the gods? In his book Stikvallei Dutch author Frank Westerman examines not only the facts and theories with respect to this catastrophe, but also the emergence of myths surrounding the mysterious mass deaths. The splendidly researched Stikvallei is our latest Acquisition Highlight. (Please note that it is written in Dutch, as is the book).
Pages
26 September 2024
10 October 2024