82 search results for “africa” in the Public website
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SciSTIP – Bibliometric identification of research teams in Africa
This project is opening up the possibility of systematically studying research teams from a broad perspective, by developing specific bibliometric methodologies able to identify active collaborative research teams in Africa. Based on the extensive experience of CWTS and CREST, this project represents…
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Antonio Frank
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.frank@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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W van Kessel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
w.m.j.van.kessel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6605
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Karin Nijenhuis
Afrika-Studiecentrum
c.t.nijenhuis@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7377
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Anika Altaf
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.altaf@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3376
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Views on Africa
In the media, we hear a lot of worrying news from Africa: refugees, attacks, Ebola, starvation, corruption... But Africa is much more than that: it is a continent in transition, with developments occurring at breakneck speed. African Studies scholars from different academic disciplines in Leiden conduct…
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8546
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Indigeneship, bureaucratic discretion, and institutional change in Northern Nigeria
‘Can he do it?’ Since the remarkable victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 Nigerian presidential elections, this has arguably been the most frequently posed question in Nigerian politics.
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Leiden University to strengthen research on Africa
The Leiden African Studies Centre (ASCL) will become part of the University from 1 January 2016.
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments
North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history student Tycho van der Hoog for his master's thesis. These monuments can be an important source of income for a country that has become quite isolated on…
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David Ehrhardt
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9313
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa
Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African knowledge institutions about intensifying their collaboration.
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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Harry Wels
Afrika-Studiecentrum
h.wels@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3771
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Michel Doortmont
Afrika-Studiecentrum
m.r.doortmont@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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PhD candidate reveals link between North Korea and southern Africa
North Korea is generally thought to be an isolated country. But, according to PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog from Leiden’s African Studies Centre, the opposite is in fact the case. North Korea actually has strong alliances with countries in southern Africa. Van der Hoog is trying to shed more light…
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Chibuike Uche
Afrika-Studiecentrum
c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3854
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Julia Foudraine
Afrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.foudraine@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Caroline Archambault
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
c.archambault@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9963
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Gunnar Weimann
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.j.weimann@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9965
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Verba Africana
The project
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Knowledge exchange visit: Morocco as an intermediary between Africa and the Netherlands
Strengthening the cooperation between Moroccan, other African, and Dutch institutions for higher education. This was the focus of a two-day seminar at NIMAR (Netherlands Institute Morocco) in Rabat in July, during which scholars of the African Studies Centre Leiden interacted with colleagues from NIMAR…
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‘It’s time to modernise African Studies’
In 1960, not one but 17 African countries became independent. Sixty years later the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) is offering a wide programme to mark this celebration. African Studies itself proved to be a topic of conversation at the kick-off conference on 30 January.
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Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact
Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.
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Large Vidi subsidies for 5 humanities scholars
5 talented Leiden humanities scholars have received a Vidi research subsidy of 800.000 euros to set up or expand their own line of research.
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Jos Damen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
j.c.m.damen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3352
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372
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Lidewyde Berckmoes
Afrika-Studiecentrum
l.h.berckmoes@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3445
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Rijk van Dijk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
r.a.van.dijk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 727
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Akinyinka Akinyoade
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.akinyoade@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6701
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Mayke Kaag
Afrika-Studiecentrum
m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375
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Jan Abbink
Afrika-Studiecentrum
g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fire and grazers in the West African savanna
Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Alice Kubo
Afrika-Studiecentrum
a.m.kubo@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marleen Dekker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
m.dekker@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6715
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Sara Petrollino
Faculty of Humanities
s.petrollino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3069
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Carolien Jacobs
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4698
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Densua Mumford
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
d.mumford@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Nancy Kula
Faculty of Humanities
n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Gerald Acho
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.a.acho@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Interreligious Encounter in a West African City: A Study of Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity Among the Yorùbá of Ogbómòsó, Nigeria
How has interreligious encounter in Ogbómòsó created multiple religious belongings and identities among individuals and groups?
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The social life of Ogooué-Ivindo forests
Explore how stakeholders in Gabon's Makokou region interact with forest resources in logging, agriculture, and mining, and their impacts on social and environmental changes.
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Shishani & The Namibian Tales: 'We bring the world together in our music’
With her debut album ‘Itaala’, the multicultural Shishani & The Namibian Tales are taking the Dutch music scene by storm. The album, which was crowned by Mixed World Music as the best Dutch World Music Release, merges different musical traditions to create an unprecedented new genre. Shishani Vranckx,…
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NWO Open Competition funding for three humanities scholars
Manon van der Heijden and Leo Lucassen, and Maarten Mous will receive NWO Open Competition funding. This funding amounts to a maximum of 750,000 euros and is intended to carry out research into a subject of their your own choice, without thematic preconditions.
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Return of customary law often a let-down for local people
Traditional leaders in many African countries have regained some of their former powers. Politicians and companies in some of these countries manage to gain access to valuable land via these leaders, at the cost of the local population. This is the message of Professor of Law, Administration and Development…
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Tycho van der Hoog
Afrika-Studiecentrum
t.a.van.der.hoog@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.
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Jan Erk elected Smuts Memorial Fellow at Cambridge University
Jan Erk, political scientist at Leiden University, has been selected as the 2016-2017 Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. During his residency at the renowned British academy, he will work on his research project ‘The Enduring Impact of Africa’s extinct kingdoms and invisible chief…
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Children in Sierra Leone thrilled with pens from KOG cleaner Lamin
For almost ten years now Lamin Sow, a cleaner working at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building, has been collecting discarded pens he comes across throughout the day. When he returns to his home country he takes the pens with him as gifts for children.