1,072 search results for “south africa” in the Staff website
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Maria DitmarsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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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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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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Michel DoortmontAfrican Studies Centre
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now?
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.
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Honorary doctorate for Graça Machel: fund for female students from South Africa
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.
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculty of Archaeology
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Harry WelsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Andrew Gawthorpe on BBC about Donald Trump’s plan to exclude South Africa from the G20: ‘Unlikely’
University Lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe commented on the BBC regarding Donald Trump’s plans to exclude South Africa from the G20.
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Vineet ThakurFaculty 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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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
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ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work
Lecture
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Winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2024: Baleseng Maeneche
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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Miriam WaltzFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Anika AltafAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Antonio FrankAfrika-Studiecentrum
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W van KesselAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
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Karin NijenhuisAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Visit to Ghana: Leiden University strengthens ties with partners in Africa
Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African knowledge institutions about intensifying their collaboration.
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Mandela Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Africa Thesis Award for Baleseng Maeneche
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…
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Adjudicating Legal Pluralism in South Africa's Constitutional Democracy: The Challenge of Paradox
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2025
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"I Now Declare You…”: Marital Status as Legal Technology in South Africa, Past and Present
Commission on Legal Pluralism - Keynote Lecture
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Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal
Arts and culture
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Sini HassinenFaculty of Humanities
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Fadly RahmanFaculty of Humanities
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‘A damaged ecosystem can’t be "fixed" in 3 years’
Often landscape restoration is seen as a quick technical fix, when a long-term and more sensitive approach is necessary. Within her PhD research, conducted over the past five years in South Africa, Ancois de Villiers explored how we can change this approach. ‘A damaged ecosystem can’t be "fixed" in…
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Britain at a Time of Death: A Global Microhistory between Britain and South Africa
Lecture, COGLOSS Seminar
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Channa LiFaculty of Humanities
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Contested Mobility: Free African Americans and the Law in the U.S. South, 1790-1830s
PhD defence
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel
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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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Age Chronicles: The Middle to Later Stone Age Transition in Southern Africa
Conference
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Emma Lynn CantalFaculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Arthur CrucqFaculty of Humanities
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Mohamed MuseFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Felipe Colla De AmorimFaculty of Humanities