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• 
  Ton Dietz Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.j.dietz@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

• ASCL Seminar: Subjective dimensions of peace- and statebuilding across Africa Event - 1 May 2025

  Lecture

• 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.

• This Time for Africa! series Event
• 
  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273997

• 
  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

• 
  Katharina Natter Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.natter@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276864

• Leiden Africa Platform Annual Meeting Event - 30 October 2025

  Annual meeting

• 
  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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.

• Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau Event - 19 February 2026

  PhD defence

• 
  Crisófia Langa da Câmara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.f.langa.da.camara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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

• 
  Luca Bruls PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.r.bruls@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278030

• Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture

• ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture

• ‘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.

• 
  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271399

• 
  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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

  Conference

• NWO grant for research about crossing language borders: ‘ We know very little about how multilingualism works outside Western societies’ News - 26 September 2022

  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.

• 
  Marianne Wiesebron Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.wiesebron@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Boukary Sangaré PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.sangare@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel News - 26 September 2022

  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.

• 
  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003903

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

• LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize News - 3 September 2021

  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…

• 
  Kauthar Khamis PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  k.k.kauthar.khamis@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Koundja Mayoubila PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Social media Humanities Guidelines and support

  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.

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

  Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture

• 
  Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• 
  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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…

• Language Policy and Practices Series Event
• 
  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271693

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

  Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025

• 
  Sara de Wit Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.de.wit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276429

• 
  Paul Deutschmann PhD Candidate / Self Funded

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  p.deutschmann@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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

  Panel discussion

• A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ News - 14 March 2024

  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.

• Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond. Event - 29 September 2025

  Inaugural lecture

• 
  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276903

• Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht Event - 11 March 2025

  Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege

• Caught in living cells: how bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves News - 21 November 2023

  For the first time, it was shown in living cells how the bacterium E. coli regulates genes that help it survive in a new environment. Biochemist Fatema Zahra Rashid managed to do this using a technique she fine-tuned. Her research into changes in 3-dimensional chromosome structure offers clues for ways…

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

  Roundtable

• Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’ News - 30 September 2025

  From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…

• 
  Bruno Allahissem PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.allahissem@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277392