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523 search results for “african literature” in the Student website

• African methodologies in academic research Event - 11 December 2025

  Lecture

• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

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  Heleen Smits Scientific Information Specialist

  African Studies Centre

  h.j.smits@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3355

• Expressions of "war" and "peace" in medieval Arabic North African conquest narratives Event - 12 February 2026

  Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture

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  Otto Boele Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.f.boele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2085

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  Nadine Akkerman Professor Early Modern Literature & Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.n.w.akkerman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2065

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  Claudia Bouteligier Traject coördinator Honours College Law

  Faculty of Law

  c.bouteligier@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7628

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.f.van.dijkhuizen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2147

• Large delegation heading for African Studies Conference in Prague News - 2 June 2025

  A large group of researchers from Leiden University will convene a panel or present a paper at the 10th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), which will take place from 25 to 28 June in Prague.

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  Ronald Kon Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.e.kon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sander Bax Professor Contemporary Dutch literature and culture in a transnational dynamic

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.a.bax@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Liebregts Professor of Modern Literatures in English

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2160

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  Annelies Schulte Nordholt University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.schulte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2170

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  Stefano Bellucci University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bellucci@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3473

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  Geert Prins External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.o.prins@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dorine Schellens University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.e.a.schellens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6553

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  Gepco de Jong PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Geert Warnar Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2158

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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.a.op.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4381

• Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates beyond it’ News - 2 July 2024

  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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  Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.jordao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009435

• Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden News - 15 September 2022

  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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  Wilt Idema Emeritus Professor of Chinese Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.l.idema@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Opportunity LExS Scholarship - Research Master African Studies 2024-2026 News - 3 November 2023

  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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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8010

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  Olga van Marion University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128

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  Carolina Pereira De Queiroz Monteiro PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.pereira.de.queiroz.monteiro@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michiel Veldhuis Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.p.veldhuis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1494

• ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy News - 29 June 2022

  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’.

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  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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  Liesbeth Minnaard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2358

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  Ako Tsujita PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.tsujita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Inge Ligtvoet Secretary

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.g.c.ligtvoet@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271956

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  John Kegel Guest Researcher

  African Studies Centre

  j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Caribbean Literature - A Reading List News - 4 December 2023

  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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  Jonathan Price Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Law

  j.d.price@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7548

• Sander Bax: 'Literature doesn’t confine itself to national borders' News - 24 September 2024

  To truly understand Dutch literature, we have to look beyond borders. At least, that is the view of Sander Bax. From 1 August, he will be Professor of Contemporary Dutch Literature and Culture in a Transnational Dynamic.

• Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just' News - 25 April 2023

  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.'

• NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent' News - 23 October 2023

  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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  Tingting Hui Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.hui@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7225

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  Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.febrer.i.vilaseca@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2252

• Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse News - 17 October 2023

  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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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor History of Africa

  African Studies Centre

  j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372

• in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature News - 30 March 2022

  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.

• ‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’ News - 11 March 2024

  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.’

• World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other News - 31 May 2021

  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.

• Programme African Studies (BA)

  When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

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  Céline Zaepffel Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.v.zaepffel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Densua Mumford Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.mumford@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Rishuai Chen PhD candidate / contract

  African Studies Centre

  r.chen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727