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The African Studies Centre Leiden of @unileiden.bsky.social is the only research centre on Africa in the Netherlands. African Library. Master and Graduate Programme. Seminars. Publications. Visiting fellows.
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ Congratulations to Dr Mandipa Ndlovu, who succesfully defended her PhD dissertation 'Myth, memory, and political settlements in the city: compounded disadvantage and a path for plausible futures' on 23 September at Leiden University.
#Zimbabwe #Bulawayo #AfricanStudies #PhDdefence
@ascleiden.bsky.socialHer stay in the Netherlands included a visit to the National Library @kb.nl and a workshop with @ubleiden.bsky.social staff members.
๐๏ธ Read her insightful blog: buff.ly/PuRWYUJ
#AfricanLibrary #AfricanStudies #AfricanStudiesLibrary
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐๏ธ This summer, Aba Amandzewaa Anaman, Head Librarian of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, undertook a professional work exchange with the African Library in Leiden to share ideas and experiences.
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐๏ธ Peace Movements Project Seminar: Nuclear Power and Decolonisation in Africa (1957-1963). Guest speaker Chloรซ Mayoux argues that the nuclear age had a tangible and lasting influence on the ways global relations were renegotiated during decolonisation.
๐ 26 October ๐ 16:00โ17:30
๐ buff.ly/eQG9IGe
@leidenglobal.bsky.socialReposted by @ascleiden.bsky.social๐จHet conflict in #Ethiopiรซ laait opnieuw op. De spanningen rond Tigray nemen toe en dreigen de instabiele Hoorn van Afrika verder te destabiliseren.
'De situatie heel ernstig' vertelt Jan Abbink @unileiden.bsky.social @ascleiden.bsky.social aan @nieuwsuur.nl. Een regionaal conflict ligt op de loer.
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ Africa-China relations are made not only in ministries. They are also made through everyday encounters in the workplace, between supervisors and workers. Read the latest blog by Robel Mulat and Chong Zhang: What hidden worker resistance reveals about Africa-China engagement.
๐ buff.ly/BCeepPg
@ascleiden.bsky.socialNewspapers are more than headlines. They capture the voices & concerns of their time.
Explore historical African newspapers through our Readex African Newspapers collections & #RandDailyMail with sources on colonial history, independence, social change & daily life: buff.ly/WljgTUA #AfricanLibrary
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Actualiteitencollege @leidenglobal.bsky.social 12 oktober: Tanja Hendriks laat aan de hand van voorbeelden uit #Malawi zien hoe klimaatschokken samenhangen met rampenbestrijding, klimaatadaptatie en mondiale stabiliteit.
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12 oktober, 17.00โ18.15
๐ Amare, Den Haag
๐๏ธ Gratis, geen aanmelding nodig
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Last chance to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026!
Did you write a masterโs thesis on Africa?
๐ โฌ500 prize
๐ Publication by Brill
๐ Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa
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Deadline: 30 September
โน๏ธ buff.ly/UOANokZ
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Just 2 days left to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026!
Did you write a masterโs thesis on Africa?
๐ โฌ500 prize
๐ Publication by Brill
๐ Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa
๐
Deadline: 30 September
โน๏ธ buff.ly/UOANokZ
@leidenglobal.bsky.socialReposted by @ascleiden.bsky.social๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐น ๐ก๐ถรฑ๐ผ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐น๐ฝ & ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป? Op 12 okt bespreekt Tanja Hendriks @ascleiden.bsky.social & @fggaleiden.bsky.social de complexe relatie tussen rampenbestrijding, klimaatadaptatie, de rol van de staat en mondiale stabiliteit.๐ป
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Just 3 days left to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026!
Did you write a masterโs thesis on Africa?
๐ โฌ500 prize
๐ Publication by Brill
๐ Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa
๐
Deadline: 30 September
โน๏ธ buff.ly/UOANokZ
@ascleiden.bsky.socialโก๏ธ Carlien Donkor made a visit to Nzulezo #Ghana, documenting the Indigenous craft of stilt construction unique to the community of Nzulezo, that live on the water.
โ๏ธ Read her blog: buff.ly/0FBci1P
โ๏ธ Register for her workshop on Saturday 26/9 during the Day of Languages & Cultures: buff.ly/c0BSe7S
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Call for Papers: Meat and Mining
How can we rethink mining history by placing animals at the centre of analysis? ๐๐โ๏ธ
๐ Leiden, 1โ4 Sept 2027
๐ Abstracts (max. 500 words) + short CV due ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐ More info: buff.ly/VQkS9hQ
@ascleiden.bsky.socialNABC celebrated its 80th anniversary on Friday. ASCL, as its academic and knowledge twin institution, would like to extend its warmest congratulations to the NABC, its team, and its members. Hereโs to many more years of promoting equal and reciprocal (business) partnerships on the African Continent!
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ What does the war in Ukraine have to do with Africa?
In his latest blog, Tycho van der Hoog explores how the war affects African countries through food, diplomacy and military ties, while also highlighting African efforts to influence the conflict.
๐ Read full blog (in Dutch):
buff.ly/e0MZgDu
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ข Call for panels: ECAS2027
Panel and roundtable proposals are now open for ECAS2027, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2027 in Lisbon.
Theme: African Prisms ๐
๐๏ธ Deadline: 27 September 2026
๐ More info: buff.ly/wQ7zSWT
@ascleiden.bsky.socialConsidering the perceived failure of multilateralism and the enduring critique of neocolonial security interventions, how can African and European partners reinvent security cooperation?
๐ More information and registration: buff.ly/EydfI9n
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐: ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ A seminar series by the KVBK, the NDA and Leiden University explores the future of African-European security cooperation. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ญ: 22 September ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐: Military cooperation ๐ย 16:00 - 18:00 ๐Leiden University College
@ascleiden.bsky.social๐ Whoโs behind the essays & theses submitted around the world?
On 1 October Prof. Patricia Kingori @ox.ac.uk joins the ASCL to discuss Kenyaโs academic ghostwriting industry and what it reveals about inequality, academic integrity & outsourced work.
๐ Leiden + online
๐ 16:00โ17:30
๐ buff.ly/QrRWDqG
