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1,042 search results for “south africa” in the Staff website

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  Maria Ditmars Education development officer

  African Studies Centre

  m.d.ditmars@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague News - 10 July 2023

  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.

• Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa News - 22 March 2023

  Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.

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  Michel Doortmont Researcher / Guest

  African Studies Centre

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

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  Harry Wels Associate Professor African Organisational Anthropology

  African Studies Centre

  h.wels@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3771

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now? News - 27 January 2024

  Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.

• Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa News - 9 February 2021

  On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two female students from South Africa to come and study in Leiden.

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  Irini Sifogeorgakis Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.sifogeorgakis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Vineet Thakur Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256

• New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters News - 23 October 2023

  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.

• Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche News - 13 May 2025

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, for her thesis 'Media Representations of Male Perpetrators of Violence against Women and Children:…

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  Tycho van der Hoog PhD candidate / Guest

  African Studies Centre

  t.a.van.der.hoog@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737

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  Emmanuelle Radar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.a.radar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3662

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  W van Kessel

  African Studies Centre

  w.m.j.van.kessel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6605

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  Anika Altaf Researcher

  African Studies Centre

  a.altaf@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3376

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  Antonio Frank PhD candidate / internal

  African Studies Centre

  a.frank@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum News - 27 March 2023

  Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.

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  Miriam Waltz Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.h.a.waltz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• This Time for Africa! series Event
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  Karin Nijenhuis Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  c.t.nijenhuis@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7377

• Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa News - 11 June 2024

  Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African knowledge institutions about intensifying their collaboration.

• Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche News - 18 June 2025

  Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetrators of violence against women and children in South Africa. Her research challenges dominant narratives and emphasises the need for fair media representation…

• Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox Event - 14 May 2025

  Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025

• "I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present Event - 4 April 2024

  Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture

• Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal Event - 13 March 2024

  Arts and culture

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  Sini Hassinen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.k.hassinen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Arthur Crucq University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.k.c.crucq@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6275

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  Ody Dwicahyo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.dwicahyo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus African Linguistics

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.p.g.m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Mohamed Muse PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.a.muse@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Chibuike Uche Professor governance of finance and integrity in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3854

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  Channa Li Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1766

• study of government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in Africa Event - 13 November 2025

  Roundtable

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  African Studies Centre

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July) Announcement - 12 June 2023

  Library

• Britain at a Time of Death: A Global Microhistory between Britain and South Africa Event - 9 April 2025

  Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar

• Europa Seed Funding Call: collaborate with researchers in Europe and Africa Announcement - 7 November 2023

  Organisation, Research

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

• Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa Event - 12 December 2023

  Conference

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  Emma Lynn Cantal Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.l.cantal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Ritanjan Das University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.das@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8022

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  Ajay Gandhi Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.gandhi@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9100

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  Ellen Raven Guest Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.raven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Felipe Colla De Amorim PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.colla.de.amorim@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa News - 6 November 2023

  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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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9313