408 search results for “african literature” in the Staff website
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Lecturer African Linguistics
Humanities, Centre for Linguistics
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Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates beyond it’
For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circulation has been declining. University lecturer Annachiara Raia is the recipient of an Impact Explorer grant to revive this tradition, in cooperation with…
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Heleen SmitsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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ASCL Seminar: Hope and uncertainty in African migration - a case study of involuntary return to Ghana
Lecture
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Tommie van WanrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Olf PraamstraFaculty of Humanities
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Mineke Schipper-de LeeuwFaculty of Humanities
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Joe FortinFaculty of Humanities
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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New in the library: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Library
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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and rebirth: Acts of recovery in gender separatist feminist utopian literature
PhD defence
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan PriceFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz MonteiroFaculteit Archeologie
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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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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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos JordaoFaculty of Humanities
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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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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Ton Anbeek van der MeydenFaculty 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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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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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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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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Nick TombergeFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just'
The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That means doing research, but certainly also teaching. 'The Hague is of crucial importance for the humanities.'
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Marcella SchuteFaculty of Humanities
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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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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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Temporary order form for trade literature
Facility, Finance
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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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French literature via Classiques Garnier Numérique
Library
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The Moroccan Register of “Slaves” in the Early 18th Century: Enslavement, Blackness and Racial Binary
Lecture
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Rolf BremmerFaculty 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,…