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1,426 search results for “contemporary africa politics” in the Student website

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  Tom Theuns Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Denny van der Vlist Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa News - 6 November 2023

  Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.

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  Rozemund Uljée University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aleksandra Khokhlova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion? News - 17 March 2022

  Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…

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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Thomas Fossen University Lecturer Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2021: the nominees News - 4 October 2022

  Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is considering six nominations. All of great quality, but on different topics. These range from political party bans to questions regarding commitment within…

• Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche News - 13 May 2025

  The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2024 prize has been awarded to Baleseng Maeneche, a graduate of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, for her thesis 'Media Representations of Male Perpetrators of Violence against Women and Children:…

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  Anne Heyer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Frank Chouraqui Senior University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Peter Meel University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• colonial bureaucracy at the turn of the twentieth century in southern Africa Event - 17 April 2026

  Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

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  Kebadu Gebremariam Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marco Verschoor Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Amadou Adamou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Ruud Koole Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Joyce Outshoorn Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faizal Rianto PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Anika Altaf Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tom Barkhuysen Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sine Bagatur University Lecturer Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Economics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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• Nominees bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2021 News - 30 September 2021

  The nominees for the IRO thesis prize 2021 and for the Prof. Dr. J.Th.J. van den Berg prize 2021. Who wrote the best Political Science bachelor’s theses?

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  Ton Dietz Professor emeritus

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Jelena Belic Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche News - 18 June 2025

  Baleseng Maeneche (University of the Western Cape) has won the Africa Thesis Award 2024 with a master's thesis on media representation of male perpetrators of violence against women and children in South Africa. Her research challenges dominant narratives and emphasises the need for fair media representation…