ASCL ZAMBIA

The Boom2Dust project, for which Prof. Jan-Bart Gewald has received an NWO Open Competition grant, is up and running with a brand new project website. The project will investigate the environmental history of three industrial mining centres in southern Africa: Kimberley in South Africa, Kabwe in Zambia, and Tsumeb in Namibia.

Land holds immense economic, cultural, religious, and political significance for most sub-Saharan African countries. However, customary patriarchal norms restrict land ownership to the male lineage, while women typically access land through relationships with men. This book examines the experience of women entangled in land disputes in Kenya.

In its policy plans on research and education in the Netherlands, the Dutch government announced budget cuts that will severely affect social sciences and humanities in the Netherlands. In this blog, we highlight the pivotal role of African Studies for Dutch society and education, and beyond. 

Het ASCL heeft een vacature voor een Hoofd afdeling Bibliotheek, Documentatie en Informatie (BDI) voor 5 dagen per week. Als hoofd van de afdeling BDI versterk je de verbondenheid tussen de collectie, het onderzoek en het onderwijs van het ASCL.

On the 4th of December 2024, the 10th edition of the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture will be celebrated with a special programme. Koert Lindijer, well-known journalist and author of African affairs, and Africa correspondent for the Dutch news platforms NOS and NRC, will be this year’s keynote speaker.

Thirteen students of the Master and the Research Master African Studies received their diplomas on 22 October. The festive ceremony took place in the Academy Building in Leiden. Six of the students graduated cum laude!

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