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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
30 September 2013
ASC researcher Rijk van Dijk (1959) has been appointed Professor at the University of Amsterdam as of 1 October. He is appointed Professor by special appointment of Religion and Sexuality in Africa. The Chair was established on behalf of the African Studies Centre. He will be affiliated to the research group Health, Care and the Body of the Amsterdam International School of Social Science Research (AISSR).
26 September 2013
Anthropologist Janneke Verheijen will defend her PhD 1 October at the University of Amsterdam. Her dissertation, published by the ASC, is noteworthy for two reasons. Her findings are contrary to the common assumption that poverty pushes women in Sub-Saharan Africa to exchange sex for material support, one of the explanations for the spread of HIV. And she will make all her raw data accessible online.
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