1,135 search results for “africa in the world” in the Staff website
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Jan Jansen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Esther van de Camp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Densua Mumford
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadia Sonneveld
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Costanza Franceschini
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nancy Kula
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerald Acho
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say
The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a study released Monday. Leiden archaeologist Dr Andrew Sorensen, not involved in the study, reacts on the find in a news article by NBC News.
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Worlds to Discover: Ajami Manuscripts of West Africa
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Thijs Vos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ionica Smeets
Science
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Antje Wessels will investigate the world of fragments with NWO grant
Professor Antje Wessels has received an NWO Open Competition grant to research fragmentary texts.
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Miguel John Versluys
Faculteit Archeologie
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From Latin America to Africa: 'I always say I ended up on the wrong continent'
During her study of Latin America, Tineke Floor laid the intercultural foundation that has served her well in her career. Floor currently works as Director Europe at African Parks, an NGO that promotes nature conservation in Africa. How does she look back on her studies? And why the leap to another…
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production
Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen production and looked ahead to 2050. They published their work in Energy & Environmental Science.
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experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world
How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoyi Wang, PhD candidate at the Mathematical Institute, worked on a specific mathematical model that can describe the growth of microorganisms and many other…
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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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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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Remco Breuker
Faculty of Humanities
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Denied Justice: Double Jeopardy for Children in Conflict Situations in Africa’.
New Report Launched by ACPF with the support of the Department of Child Law and Health Law
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Dutch radio about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement on Africa
Economic Anthropologist Erik Bähre talks on the Dutch News Radio Channel BNR about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement for African countries.
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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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Revolutionary Turmoil and Structural Change: Ethiopia's 1974 Turning Point in a Global Perspective
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Wickramasinghe receives grant to research forgotten Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe will research forgotten lineages with an NWO Open Competition grant, in particular the afterlife of Dutch slavery in the Indian Ocean World.
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Tycho van der Hoog
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Bramesada Prasastyoga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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NWO grant for research on Aramaic inscriptions: 'Palmyra is more than blown-up tombs'
Two thousand years ago, the Middle East found itself caught between the rise of the Roman Empire in the west and the Parthian Empire in the east. PhD candidate Nolke Tasma has been awarded an NWO grant to investigate how local inhabitants experienced these changes.
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Japan and the World
Lecture, COGLOSS
- Science and 'inequality': insights from Africa and environmental fields
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Ayokunu Adedokun
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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M. Y. Priscilla Lam
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik Bähre
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maarten Kossmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Mark Westmoreland
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Metje Postma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ton Dietz
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Katharina Natter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marja Spierenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rishuai Chen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Peter Pels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Igor Boog
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
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Alette Vonk
Faculty of Humanities
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Sabine Luning
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Karen Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Loes Oudenhuijsen
Afrika-Studiecentrum