1,109 search results for “africa in the world” in the Student website
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Annachiara Raia
I have always been fascinated by the cultural and linguistic interaction between Arabic speakers and Bantu speakers in Eastern Africa up to Southern Somalia as well as by the Islamic influences and their impact along the East African coast. These interests motivated my choice of studying Classical Arabic…
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
- W van Kessel
- Antonio Frank
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
- Karin Nijenhuis
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Leonor Jonker
Leonor Jonker (1987) is a historian, author, and artist. She was the scientific curator of an exhibition on the Namibian genocide at the Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris (25 November 2016 - 12 March 2017).
- Maria Ditmars
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa
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.
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Jan van Dijkhuizen
Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen is Associate professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.
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Sini Hassinen
Sini Hassinen is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University Centre for the arts in Society. She has a background is in anthropology and African studies. Her research combines cultural analysis, decolonial and queer approaches, and participatory research methods.
- Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye
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Joanne Stolk
Joanne Stolk is a Lecturer in Greek papyrology and Coptic connected to the Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society and the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
- Harry Wels
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Mohamed Muse
Mohamed Muse is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. Mohamed Muse’s current research focuses on diaspora remittances and international financial regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mohamed’s background is in International Development and International Political…
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David Ehrhardt
David Ehrhardt studies governance and institutional change in Africa, with a focus on the role of non-state leaders (such as traditional and religious leaders) in promoting changes that enhance development. He is also co-lead of the Learning Mindset innovation project, which develops and researches…
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Peter Bisschop
Peter Bisschop is Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He is a Sanskritist and cultural historian of ancient India, with particular interest in the development of Hinduism and related traditions. His research is philological in…
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Olaf Kaper
Olaf Kaper is a professor of Egyptology at Leiden University, specialized in the New Kingdom to Greek and Roman Periods. An expert in the fields of Egyptian religion, iconography and cultural history, he furthermore excavates in the Dakhleh Oasis.
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Keiko Yoshioka
Keiko Yoshioka is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies and Head of the Japanese language programme. She specialises in Japanese language and second language acquisition, with a focus on Japanese language pedagogy, multimodal interaction—especially gestures—Japanese ideophones,…
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Amadou Adamou
Amadou Adamou is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History.
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Rogier CreemersFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi Gam
Walter Gam Nkwi is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History.
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Michael Kerschner
Dr Michael Kerschner is Senior Guest Researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology. Parallel to this position he is a research associate at the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and responsible for the research focus “Cult and Sanctuary” there. His main field…
- Lidewyde Berckmoes
- Jan Abbink
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Irini Sifogeorgakis - Rijk van Dijk
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Egbert Fortuin
Egbert Fortuin is Professor Russian Language and Linguistics.
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Casper Wits
Casper Wits is a University Lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. His research focuses on postwar diplomatic and international history in East Asia, with a special interest in the development of Chinese and Japanse foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations in this period. He also takes an interest…
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Alisa van de Haar
Alisa van de Haar is Assistant Professor in historical French Literature. Her research focuses on historical multilingualism, the history of the language sector, and the intersection between language and migration. From 2022 to 2026, she conducted a Dutch Research Council Veni project titled ‘Languages…
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
- Anika Altaf
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Mirjam de Bruijn is an anthropologist whose work has a clearly interdisciplinary character with a preference for contemporary history and cultural studies.
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Remco Breuker
Remco Breuker is a historian of Korea and Northeast Asia, who works on medieval Korean and Northeast Asian history and on contemporary North Korean affairs. He published on the medieval state of Koryo, Korean historiography, Northeast Asia and North Korea, as well as literary translations from Korean…
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
- Akinyinka Akinyoade
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Alp Yenen
Alp Yenen is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. He works primarily on the political history of modern Turkey and the Middle East. He is specialized on the turn of the 20th century, First World War, Interwar period, and the Cold War period. He also comments and…