651 search results for “african politics” in the Student website
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Robert Zwijnenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Raymond Fagel
Faculty of Humanities
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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Noa Schonmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Vastgelopen formatie te wijten aan afrekencultuur'
Expert in public affairs and politics Arco Timmermans advised the informer Kim Putters.
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system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Welcome to Leiden University
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Sustainable Humanities Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
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Sallie Mae Student Loans
Bachelor, Master, Short Course, PhD
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Leiden University Fund - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund
Master
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Just to be sure... At any cost?
Security seems to most people a basic necessity of life, a prerequisite for a good life. But if you think about it a little longer and deeper, as political philosopher Josette Daemen has done, you realise that security sometimes comes at the expense of other important goods, such as freedom and equality.…
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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Israeli Politics Now
Debate
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Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle
The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks'
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently, the outlines were not negotiated for very long, which has its advantages and disadvantages. 'Over the next few weeks, we are mainly going to see the…
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Casper Wits in POLITICO on the EU's China Policy
University lecturer Casper Wits wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the European Union and China for POLITICO. In this article, he argues that 'rather than shrinking from the fight, the EU must develop a China policy that prioritizes progressive values and human rights.…
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Call for applications: Africa Thesis Award 2024 (deadline: 31 October 2024)
Education, Research
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Gaza: Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Lecture
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Antoaneta Dimitrova
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jennifer Dowling
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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M. Revello Lami-
Faculteit Archeologie
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Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
Lecture
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture 2023: The Place of Archives in Modern African Studies: A Searchlight on the Patronage of National Archives of Nigeria
Lecture
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Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
Master
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her thesis “They think we can eat the condominium”. Chronicles of Economic, Social and Political Practices in Addis Ababa’s Condominiums.
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Graduation ceremony MSc Political Science
Festival
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Azeb Amha
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch
Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center for International Relations (LUCIR) has conducted extensive fieldwork in Mozambique. Her resulting book, Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil…
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Trustee Funds (Curatorenfondsen)
Bachelor, Master
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LUF-SVM Fund
Master
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD
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Sustainability & Development MSc Policy in Practice | Leiden University
Research Internships in the field of Sustainability and Development focus on the challenges presented by the need to find ways in which consumption, usage, production, recycling and reusage can be brought in line with current societal needs. The Research Internships included in this category are being…
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Dimiter Toshkov and Honorata Mazepus in The Economist about the 'winner-loser gap'
The Economist published an article about a working paper about the effects of democratic elections on satisfaction with democracy. The paper was written by Dimiter Koshkov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and Honorata Mazepus, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security…
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What does Islamist rule look like?
Joana Cook talks about the Islamist parties increasingly taking power in the last four decades on ABC News.
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PCNI Research Seminar on Political Meetings
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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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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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang'
Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to violation of human rights. PhD candidate Elke Spiessens was right in the middle of it with her research. 'The fabric of the community is being completely…
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Graduation ceremony MSc Political Science, session 1
Festival
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Graduation ceremony MSc Political Science, session 2
Festival
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Leiden Child Law Department and ACPF signs MOU
Leiden Child Law Department at Leiden University in the Netherlands formally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
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Wopke Hoekstra in gesprek met studenten over de NAVO-top
Wopke Hoekstra, outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Campus The Hague on 6 July to talk to students about the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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‘Stemmen van Afrika’ wins popularisation prize: 'Language is more than grammar'
The Voices of Africa platform is ten years old and has just recently won the annual popularisation prize of the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). High time for a chat with Jenneke van der Wal, Maarten Mous and Nina van der Vlugt about the importance of the platform and plans for the…
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Potentialities of bringing together anthropology and political science
Debate, Roundtable