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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
16 August 2024
Last May we bid farewell to our colleague Ella Verkaik-Steenvoorden. She had worked at the Library of the ASCL for more than 40 years, and went into early retirement as she was moving to the eastern part of the Netherlands. Sadly, life took a different turn. Ella passed away in her new house in Delden, on 14 July.
30 July 2024
Per direct is er een vacature bij het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden voor een Communicatiemedewerker (0,8 fte). Kerntaken zijn o.a. het organiseren van ASCL-events, technische event-support, en het mede-uitvoeren en -ontwikkelen van de communicatiestrategie van het ASCL. Deadline = woensdag 28 augustus.
16 July 2024
Are you interested in Africa and is your master's thesis on a related subject? If so, the African Studies Centre Leiden is offering you the chance to win € 500,-. Moreover, your thesis will be published in the ASCL's African Studies Collection. Master students who have completed their thesis at a university on the African continent or in the Netherlands can apply.
09 July 2024
The ASCL is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher for a temporary position to strengthen the Centre’s research and teaching activities. The candidate will strengthen and co-develop research lines in one of the following thematic fields: infrastructure development and resources; health, technology and justice; or African security studies, conflict and conflict prevention.
08 July 2024
05 July 2024
Leiden University is set to enhance its cooperation with African knowledge institutions. During a recent visit to Ghana, a delegation including ASCL director Marleen Dekker engaged with several African institutions to discuss strengthening their collaborative efforts.
05 July 2024
This photo-ethnography on young people of Burundian heritage in Belgium and the Netherlands, explores the traces of war in Burundi. The book reveals how war reverberates across time and space: in people, places and through ‘war repertoires’.
05 July 2024
This project by Annachiara Raia “gives voice” to Swahili pocket literature, a genre rarely included in scholarly discussions, classrooms, or bookshops. Its aim is to establish the TiaSauti @ Lab, an atelier to explore Swahili orature via digital content.
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20 November 2024
21 November 2024