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524 search results for “africa” in the Staff website

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marja Spierenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karen Smith University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Mirjam de Bruijn receives NWO grant to research digital warfare in the Sahel News - 26 September 2022

  Professor Mirjam de Bruijn will research digital warfare in the North African Sahel with an NWO Open Competition grant. The focus of the research will be on Fulani social networks in war and cultural violence.

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  Wouter van Beek

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Agnieszka Kazimierczuk Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture

• ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture

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  Marianne Wiesebron Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Felix Ameka Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Boukary Sangaré PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Joëlle Kraaijeveld wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize News - 3 March 2026

  Joëlle Kraaijeveld has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for history with her master's thesis.

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  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

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  Luca Bruls PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

• Social media Humanities Guidelines and support

  Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox Event - 14 May 2025

  Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025

• Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht Event - 11 March 2025

  Lecture, Leids Actualiteitencollege

• Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo Event - 9 October 2025

  Panel discussion

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ News - 14 March 2024

  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.

• Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond. Event - 29 September 2025

  Inaugural lecture

• Language Policy and Practices Series Event
• LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize News - 3 September 2021

  Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

• study of government and community responses to jihadi insurgencies in Africa Event - 13 November 2025

  Roundtable

• at a Time of Death: A Global Microhistory between Britain and South Africa Event - 9 April 2025

  Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar

• Histories Connected Event
• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Matthias Lukkes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Femke Fakkeldij PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Victor Barros Correia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Koundja Mayoubila PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body Event - 19 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world Event - 6 April 2026

  Conference

• entanglement of online and offline networks in times of conflict in Africa Event - 20 November 2025

  Conference, 2-day Workshop

• MEPs’ visit highlights importance of knowledge about Global South News - 3 February 2026

  Two MEPs visited Leiden University on Friday 30 January. Their visit underscored the vital importance of the university’s expertise on Africa, Asia and Latin America in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.

• insights on human diet from the Later Stone Age to Neolithic in Northwest Africa, Morocco Event - 14 May 2025

  PhD defence