Stephen Ellis Archive inventory
| Title | Stephen Ellis Archive inventory |
| Publication Type | Other |
| Year of Publication | 2024 |
| Authors | S. Ellis, and T.A. van der Hoog |
| Date Published | 2024 |
| Publisher | [Stephen Ellis] |
| Place Published | Leiden |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Africa, African National Congress (South Africa), anti-apartheid resistance, civil wars, crime, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, personal archives (form), Sierra Leone, South Africa, Stephen Ellis (1953-2015) |
| Abstract | This collection is the personal research archive of Stephen Ellis. It covers his entire working life, from his PhD research at the University of Oxford in the late 1970s until his untimely death in 2015, when he was working as a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden. The archive consists of notes, correspondence, photographs, video material, drafts, newspaper articles, archival sources, book reviews, publications, and a variety of miscellaneous material. The data covers the majority of the African continent, with a focus on Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and in particular South Africa. |
| Notes | The archival inventory was prepared by Tycho van der Hoog. https://ascleiden.nl/news/inventory-stephen-ellis-archive-rich-resource-... Biographical note: Stephen Ellis (1953-2015) was a British historian of Africa and a former director of the African Studies Centre Leiden. Educated at the University of Oxford, Ellis had worked as a teacher in Cameroon and Madagascar, after which he became a researcher at Amnesty International. Between 1986 and 1991 Ellis was the editor of Africa Confidential, a specialist newspaper based in London. In 1991 he became the director of the African Studies Center Leiden. After three years he resigned from his post and took up a number of other activities: he worked for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa (1997-1998), was acting as Chair of the South Africa-Netherlands Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD) (1995-2001), director of the Africa Programme of the International Crisis Group (2003-2004), and a scientific advisor to the West African Commission on Drugs (2012-2014). In 2008 he was appointed Desmond Tutu professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at VU University Amsterdam. Ellis was a prolific author and a leading commentator on Africa. |
| Citation Key | 13077 |