African Studies Centre Leiden

The African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher for a 0,8-1,0 fte temporary position to strengthen the Centre’s research and teaching activities. What you will do You will strengthen and co-develop research lines in one of the following thematic fields: * Infrastructure development and resources (including energy and food) * Health, technology and justice * African security studies, conflict and conflict prevention You will work on academic publications and individual or collaborative grant proposals for future funding. The position also includes teaching duties and educational programme support. What you bring: * You have a PhD degree in African Studies or any other relevant discipline with solid research experience in Africa; * You have knowledge on current debates in African Studies; * You have expertise in innovative research methodologies; * You have well-developed academic writing skills; * You have demonstrated ability to work in an independent manner; * You have a ‘can-do’ mentality and a team-player spirit; * You have excellent command of English. You can apply until 30 August 2024. Interviews with shortlisted candidates are tentatively scheduled to take place on 10 or 12 September 2024. The position starts in November-December 2024. More info: https://lnkd.in/egWCnusb #vacature #leiden #vacancy #leidenuniversity #postdoc #africanstudies #research #teaching

We are thrilled that Prof. Rose Boswell, DSI-NRF South African Research Chair in Ocean Cultures and Heritage at the Nelson Mandela University, will give an ASCL seminar on 4 April about the 'Blue Values Journey'. This project seeks to bring academia, the private sector and government into a joint alliance to advance the resilience of coastal communities in a time of climate change and rapid coastal development. Focus is on South Africa, Namibia, Lamu (Kenya) and Mahe (Seychelles). More info and registration 👇 https://lnkd.in/evJmM3be #oceans #heritage #coastalcommunities #climatechange #development #privatesector #SouthAfrica #Namibia #Kenya #Seychelles Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology | Leiden University Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities Leiden University - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities LeidenGlobal International Centre for Frugal Innovation Indian Ocean Rim Association The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) Indy Koster

Bekroonde Zuid-Afrikaanse dichter en schrijver Ronelda S. Kamfer brengt een bezoek aan #UBLeiden! Op vrijdag 8 maart (18:30u) draagt zij voor uit de splinternieuwe Nederlandse vertaling van haar roman 'Kompoun'. Verder lezen en aanmelden: ➡️edu.nl/r6efx Dit evenement is georganiseerd door de UB Leiden, de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, het Afrika Studiecentrum en het Zuid-Afrikahuis. #UniversitaireBibliothekenLeiden #literatuur #ZuidAfrika Universiteit Leiden Universiteit Leiden Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen

The ASCL celebrated its 75th anniversary in September 2022. It was a festive day with colleagues, African Studies students and alumni, and societal partners. This book presents the keynote speeches of the day and 25 special items from the ASCL Library collection. Have a look! 👇 https://lnkd.in/eVfyPWE7 Leiden University Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities Leiden University - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Leiden Law School LeidenGlobal NABC Marleen Dekker Annetje Ottow Andrea Stultiens Lidewyde Berckmoes Margot Leegwater, PhD Tamia Botes Blandina Kilama

#UBLeiden recently acquired 18 very early photographs made by photography pioneer Alexine Tinne. She made the pictures in 1862 in the village of Gondokoro, present-day South Sudan. We are grateful for the support of Vereniging Rembrandt's Thematic Fund for Photography and Video & VriendenLoterij Acquisition Fund, Mondriaan Fonds, dr. Hendrik Muller's Vaderlands Fonds and Vrienden van de UB Leiden. More information: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eYQdvySi #LeidenUniversityLibraries #UniversitaireBibliothekenLeiden #SpecialCollections #photography #AlexineTinne Universiteit Leiden

Call for sessions for the LANDac - The Netherlands Land Academy Conference 3-5 July! Theme: Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice. Submit your proposals by 15 February. Find out how to submit proposals 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3T9ZMdZ

We are very pleased to announce that that the winner of the 2023 Africa Thesis Award 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. Rachel investigated the impact that relocating from inner-city informal dwellings to newly-built condominium dwellings in the outskirts of Addis Ababa has had on the relocated inhabitants. Congrats Rachel! Universiteit Leiden Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities Leiden University - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Excited to be part of the Almeda project, with information specialist Ursula Oberst of the ASCL Library in the project team. The major outcome will be a linked open #repository of #metadata on oral, unpublished and informal #African #literatures. Check out their website & find out how you can contribute: https://lnkd.in/eHKHDAfU

📢 These are the first ASCL Seminar Series speakers of 2024! In the upcoming months we are proud to receive Sandra Calkins, Universiteit Twente; H.E. Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of #Kenya to the United Nations; Rose Boswell, Nelson Mandela University; and Toby Green, King's College London. More information and registration 👇 https://lnkd.in/eY9vxqQN Leiden University Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities Leiden University - Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

First and foremost: we wish all our followers a happy new year! A new year also means new ASCL Seminar announcements, the first one taking place on Thursday 1 February by Dr Sandra Calkins (University of Twente). Plots and other spaces under cultivation are not only vital for nourishment and health but also provide metaphors for social life and imaginations of future. In #Uganda, banana plantations are sites of cultural attachment, history, but also novel natural-cultural experimentation. This lecture by Sandra Calkins examines forms of human-plant intimacy emerging in a transnational research project that aims to introduce nutritionally improved banana plants to Uganda. For more information and registration, check our website! 👇🏿