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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
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.
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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271737
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Erik BähreSocial & Behavioural Sciences
ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3997
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Katharina NatterSocial & Behavioural Sciences
k.natter@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276864
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Rethinking the Scramble for Africa: Dutch Entrepreneurs in West Central Africa (1850s-1910s)
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Boukary SangaréFaculty of Humanities
b.sangare.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Luca BrulsFaculty of Humanities
l.r.bruls@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8030
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Peter PelsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa
Lecture
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Crisófia Langa da Câmara
Faculty of Humanities
c.c.f.langa.da.camara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Eric CezneAfrican Studies Centre
e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Leiden delegation expands collaborations with the University of Ghana
The Leiden Africa Platform is pleased to announce that a partnership agreement between Leiden University and the University of Ghana was signed in November. The University of Ghana is a strategic partner of Leiden. Earlier this year, an agreement was also signed between LDE and the University of Nairobi…
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10th Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Season of Rains, Africa in the World Today
Lecture
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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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What tiny isotopes reveal about planets outside our solar system
Planets existing in other solar systems contain invaluable information about the origin of planets and life. PhD candidate Yapeng Zhang has studied their atmospheres by looking at their smallest parts: isotopes. With her research she hopes to discover what makes our own solar system unique.
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1399
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NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’
Professor Felix Ameka and university lecturer Maria del Carmen Parafita Couta have received an NWO Open Competition grant together with Enoch Aboh (University of Amsterdam) to do research on ‘code-switching’: switching languages by multilinguals.
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Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding Call 2023: Launch webinar
Webinar
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Deborah OyuuFaculty of Humanities
i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marianne Wiesebron
Faculty of Humanities
m.l.wiesebron@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Da‘wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in Africa
Lecture
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LeidenASA Lecture: Inclusive growth and venture capital in Africa
Lecture
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Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel
Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will be on Fulani social networks in war and cultural violence.
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Co-Producing Nationalism in Crisis: State and Public Dynamics on Weibo
During the corona pandemic, the Chinese government's digital communication with its citizens changed. Hard propaganda was increasingly replaced by ‘soft news’. PhD candidate Dechun Zhang mapped the developments in digital society.
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…
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Chemotherapy without side effects? It’s possible, with light
Nausea, neurologic pain and hair loss: some of the severe side effects of chemotherapy. Not necessary, biochemist Liyan Zhang showed. Together with Leiden biologists and others, she achieved great results with a drug that is only active in combination with light. Zhang will defend her PhD on 4 July.
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Social media
Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.
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Expressions of "war" and "peace" in medieval Arabic North African conquest narratives
Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlSocial & Behavioural Sciences
j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel
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…
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Carmen Kurpershoek
Faculty of Humanities
c.kurpershoek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Xuan Dong
Faculty of Humanities
x.dong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Wenbin Liu
Faculty of Humanities
w.liu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kauthar KhamisAfrican Studies Centre
k.khamis@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa
Conference
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Seminar: The Blue Values Journey to Research and Resilience in Coastal Africa
Lecture
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025
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Koundja Mayoubila
Faculty of Humanities
k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Modibo Cisse
Faculty of Humanities
m.g.cisse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Alliance Mango Kubota
African Studies Centre
m.k.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye
Faculty of Humanities
n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Mamadou Togola
Faculty of Humanities
m.togola@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271693
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ASCL Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Africa's New Era of Austerity
Lecture
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Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo
Panel discussion
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’
The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying in Rabat.