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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
01 February 2022
Due to illness, the ASCL seminar by Peace Medie has unfortunately been cancelled. We hope to come up with a new date for her seminar on the UN, the Women’s Movements, and Post-Conflict response to sexual violence as soon as possible.
19 January 2022
Independent writer and researcher Nanjala Nyabola gave the 2021 Stephen Ellis Annual Research Lecture on 9 December 2021. The title of her lecture was: African Feminism as Method. In her presentation, she proposed a possible theoretical framework for African women’s work and African feminisms as political science method. You can now watch the video of the lecture!
19 January 2022
The Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) held its Annual Meeting on 6 December 2021 – online, because of the COVID-19 restrictions. LeidenASA is the network of Leiden based Africanist researchers. A lively panel discussion focused on decolonising academic education and research.