795 search results for “african from” in the Staff website
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“Armez-vous des sciences”? The Creative Lives of African Universities
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Heleen SmitsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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EU Global Gateway Strategy: Transforming relations with African countries in light of the China challenge?
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of the Ministry of Defence’s ‘International Military Cooperation Course Africa’.
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz MonteiroFaculteit Archeologie
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden
A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ottow, president of Leiden University’s Executive Board, described the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) on its 75th anniversary celebration on 8 September…
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Opportunity LExS Scholarship - Research Master African Studies 2024-2026
Leiden University offers one full Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS) to an African candidate interested in the two-year Research Master African Studies programme (ResMA AS); thus non-EEA/non-EFTA* applicants. LExS is a prestigious scholarship and includes a fee waiver up until the statutory…
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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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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Densua MumfordFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Michiel VeldhuisScience
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Inge LigtvoetFaculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'MalleyFaculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
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Reseach funding for 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Conflict'
Mirjam de Bruijn has received a funding from the Research Council of Norway for the research project called 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Conflict (DDMAC)'. The project is a collaboration with colleagues from Oslomet and Simula, Norway, Utrecht University, University of Addis Abeba,…
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne
Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on film. These photographs represent some of the earliest images taken in the heart of the African continent.
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Mamadou Hébié represents Latvia and the African Union in landmark use of force and climate change cases
Dr Mamadou Hébié, Associate Professor of International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, served last week as legal counsel in the world’s first advisory proceedings concerning climate change before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), on the one hand, and…
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Misha PlagisFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rishuai ChenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Harry WelsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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Rijk van DijkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Participatory Action Research: possibilities and challenges in the humanities
Course, Terra Incognita Masterclass
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Sabine WittingFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Christina Pasvanti GkiokaFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden - ACPF AMR Workshop
Leiden University and African Child Policy Forum hold ‘ground-breaking’ workshop on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and human rights in Africa
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Christine MertensFaculty of Humanities
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Maarten Mous: ‘Your language is part of the world’
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. Professor of African Linguistics Maarten Mous explains the importance of hearing your language at school.
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What is BDS? The case for academic boycott
Debate
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Geeske LangejansFaculteit Archeologie
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Adam FaircloughFaculty of Humanities
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Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics 2022
Conference
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent'
In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that you heard it through someone else. Associate Professor Jenneke van der Wal has been awarded a Vici grant to investigate whether the way people do this is…
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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Knowledge on/in African societies: re-opening the paths
Lecture, Adriaan Gerbrands Lecture
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John Rhoden and African-American Writers and Artists as Cold War Diplomats
Lecture
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VSBfonds Beurs
Bachelor, Master, PhD
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Erasmus+ for Traineeships after Graduation
Bachelor, Master
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Personal experience narratives in three African sign languages
PhD defence