577 search results for “north africa” in the Student website
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Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion?
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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Nada HeddaneFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nadia SonneveldFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other
North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog warns.
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Anika AltafAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Antonio FrankAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Karin NijenhuisAfrika-Studiecentrum
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W van KesselAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mark WestmorelandFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Katharina NatterFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Igor BoogFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa): One database to rule them all?
Lecture
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’
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.
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Diversity and inclusion in your studies
We provide more than 125 courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level that offer the chance to study diversity from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
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David EhrhardtFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Harry WelsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art
Koen de Ceuster, university lecturer for Korea Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, was interviewed on the NKNews Podcast about art in North Korea. He speaks about the role of art in North Korean society, art ‘business’, and argues why it is not possible to separate propaganda…
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Michel DoortmontAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Julia FoudraineAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Caroline ArchambaultFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gunnar Weimann
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
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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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
Library
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Lidewyde BerckmoesAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Wars in Ukraine and Gaza could soon affect our approach to the North Pole
The Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea. Rerouting via South Africa is expensive, whereas the Arctic route only takes a week. Once a no-go zone, this route might be a more realistic option. Mind the nuclear submarines, though…
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 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.
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty of Humanities
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Jos DamenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2022: Robert Okello
The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2022 is Robert Okello for his thesis on rural women’s legal empowerment through digital technology in Northern Uganda. Robert did his Master in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Rijk van DijkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa
Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.
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Nikki MulderFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China?
Fifteen hundred years ago, the north-west of what we now call China was a jumble of peoples. How did those Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influence each other and each other's languages? Associate professor Michaël Peyrot has been awarded an ERC grant of almost two million euros to unravel this 'web…
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Alice KuboAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculteit Archeologie
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Contact with other students
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appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa
Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) on behalf of the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).