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• Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments News - 29 September 2025

  Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.

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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

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  Karin Nijenhuis Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

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

• Call for chapters: Sustainable development in Africa Announcement - 17 September 2025

  Research

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  Maria Ditmars Education development officer

  African Studies Centre

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

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  Sini Hassinen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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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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  Harry Wels Associate Professor African Organisational Anthropology

  African Studies Centre

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

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  Mohamed Muse PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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

• Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo Event - 9 October 2025

  Panel discussion

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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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  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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  Julia Foudraine PhD candidate / internal

  African Studies Centre

  j.b.foudraine@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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  Jan Abbink Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• 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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  Jan-Bart Gewald Professor History of Africa

  African Studies Centre

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

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  Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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

  Library

• PhD candidate reveals link between North Korea and southern Africa News - 7 March 2022

  North Korea is generally thought to be an isolated country. But, according to PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog from Leiden’s African Studies Centre, the opposite is in fact the case. North Korea actually has strong alliances with countries in southern Africa. Van der Hoog is trying to shed more light…

• 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…

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  Akinyinka Akinyoade Lecturer

  African Studies Centre

  a.akinyoade@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6701

• Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale News - 6 February 2024

  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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  Amadou Adamou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.adamou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Klaas van Walraven Researcher

  African Studies Centre

  k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3362

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  Nada Heddane PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Law

  n.heddane@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2398

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  Nadia Sonneveld Associate Professor

  Faculty of Law

  n.sonneveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3037

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  Gerald Acho External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.a.acho@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Leonor Faber-Jonker PhD candidate / self funded

  African Studies Centre

  l.a.faber@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Irini Sifogeorgakis Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

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

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  Mirjam de Bruijn Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8546

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  Mayke Kaag Professor Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3375

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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

• Una Europa project update: Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa (ELSEA) News - 5 December 2024

  In September, the Una Europa ELSEA project, Enhancing Scholarship in Eastern Africa, officially started. Now that the project has been running for a couple of months, it’s high time to check in and see how the project is going.

• 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.

• Irma Mosquera Valderrama speaks at Africa taxation webinar News - 21 February 2022

  On 15 February 2022, Irma Mosquera Valderrama, Professor of Tax Governance, holder of the EU Jean Monnet Chair on EU Tax Governance EUTAXGOV and Principal Investigator of the ERC funded project GLOBTAXGOV, participated in the High-Level Webinar Taxation and Business in Africa.

• Executive Board column: Annetje Ottow on Brussels, Africa and societal impact News - 22 March 2022

  Within the scope of innovating and connecting – the theme of our new Strategic Plan – I paid a visit to Brussels last week. It is important to give Leiden University a face in Brussels and to show our expertise, on Africa for instance.

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  Rijk van Dijk Professor of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora

  African Studies Centre

  r.a.van.dijk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 715272 727

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  Costanza Franceschini Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.franceschini@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 06 52607745

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  Esther van de Camp Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.van.de.camp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa News - 29 August 2024

  AI ultrasounds: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa

• How can youth political participation in Africa be encouraged? News - 21 August 2025

  Do political knowledge and democratic values encourage young people to participate in politics or not? Political Scientist Leila Demarest had a closer look at adolescents’ participation intentions in Nigeria and shared her findings with The Conversation.

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  Stefano Bellucci University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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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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  Maarten Kossmann Professor of Berber Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2649