755 search results for “african literature” in the Student website
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New in the library: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Library
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Heleen Smits
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Opportunity LExS Scholarship - Research Master African Studies 2024-2026
Leiden University offers one full Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS) to an African candidate interested in the two-year Research Master African Studies programme (ResMA AS); thus non-EEA/non-EFTA* applicants. LExS is a prestigious scholarship and includes a fee waiver up until the statutory…
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden
A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ottow, president of Leiden University’s Executive Board, described the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) on its 75th anniversary celebration on 8 September…
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ISGA Contributes to Training African Officers in Military Diplomacy
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University contributed to the design and teaching of modules of this year’s edition of the Ministry of Defence’s ‘International Military Cooperation Course Africa’.
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz Monteiro
Faculteit Archeologie
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Ronald Kon
Faculty of Humanities
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Joe Fortin
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudia Bouteligier
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw
Faculty of Humanities
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World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL): A conference like no other
The 10th edition of the World Congress of African Linguists (WOCAL), hosted by Leiden University, will be held online from 7 – 12 June. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) researchers give us an insight into how important and special this event actually is.
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.
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Between literature and law: 'Art can show us how law works and what is just'
The interplay between literature and law is what Frans-Willem Korsten wants to address as a brand-new professor of Literature, Culture and Law. That means doing research, but certainly also teaching. 'The Hague is of crucial importance for the humanities.'
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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French literature via Classiques Garnier Numérique
Library
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Marcella Schute
Faculty of Humanities
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Inge Ligtvoet
Faculty of Humanities
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Michiel Veldhuis
Science
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Densua Mumford
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Alanna O'Malley
Faculty of Humanities
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Corey Williams
Faculty of Humanities
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Faculty and study programme regulations
At faculty and study programme level there are various regulations in place to ensure that everything runs as it should. For example, there are thesis and faculty regulations, as well as rules and guidelines on assessments, exams, degree classifications and plagiarism.
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao
Faculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
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Vacancy: Student ambassador (for Dutch speaking students) (African studies, LAS, RUS)
Organisation
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Ako Tsujita
Faculty of Humanities
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Christoph Pieper
Faculty of Humanities
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Wilt Idema
Faculty of Humanities
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Ton Anbeek van der Meyden
Faculty of Humanities
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Rishuai Chen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Misha Plagis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Harry Wels
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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John Kegel
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Nick Tomberge
Faculty of Humanities