Tycho van der Hoog

Tycho van der Hoog is assistant professor at the Netherlands Defence Academy and a guest researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden.

Tycho is a former PhD candidate at the ASCL. He successfully defended his dissertation (under embargo until 7 May 2026) on 7 May 2024. His dissertation, titled ‘North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa, 1960-2020’ seeks to reveal the ties that bind North Korea to the African continent. His monograph Monuments of Power: The North Korean Origin of Nationalist Monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe was published by the African Studies Centre Leiden in 2019. His monograph Breweries, Politics and Identity: The History Behind Namibian Beer was published by Basler Afrika Bibliographien in 2019.

He is the recipient of the BISA African Affairs Postgraduate Paper Prize 2021.

Tycho holds a bachelor’s degree in history, a bachelor’s degree in political science, a research master’s degree in African Studies, and a master’s degree in history (cum laude) from Leiden University. He previously worked at the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa and lectured at BA programme Korean Studies of Leiden University.

Keywords: African history, liberation struggle, liberation movements, frontline states, international relations, nationalism, Southern Africa, North Korea, South Korea.

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