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Peter Pels | Professor in the Anthropology of Africa Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Africa
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

Mirjam de Bruijn Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa
Faculty of Humanities

Deadline Africa Thesis Award: 31 August Announcement - 13 July 2021

Winner Africa Thesis Award 2022: Robert Okello News - 20 January 2023
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.

Harry Wels Associate Professor African Organisational Anthropology
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Chibuike Uche Professor governance of finance and integrity in Africa
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa News - 22 March 2023
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.

Peter Pels in Andere Tijden about fathers of the Holy Spirit and Africa Museum News - 6 September 2022
The special of the Dutch History Programme Andere Tijden 'Missie Geslaagd?' (Mission accomplished?) tells the story of the last fathers of the Holy Spirit Congregation who live in Gennep. Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Africa Peter Pels is one of the specialists in this episode. He explains…

Jan-Bart Gewald Professor History of Africa
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Rijk van Dijk Professor of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa News - 9 February 2021
On the occasion of the conferral of an honorary doctorate to children’s rights activist Graça Machel, a fund has been established that will enable two female students from South Africa to come and study in Leiden.

Jan Abbink Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Mayke Kaag Associate Professor/Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora
Afrika-Studiecentrum

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…

Marleen Dekker Scientific Director/Professor African Studies in particular Inclusive development in Africa
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Dutch radio about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement on Africa News - 9 August 2022
Economic Anthropologist Erik Bähre talks on the Dutch News Radio Channel BNR about the effects of the Russia-Ukraine grain agreement for African countries.

Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies
Faculty of Humanities

LUCIR Lecture: Russia in Africa Event - 8 May 2023
Lecture