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Opportunity LExS Scholarship - Research Master African Studies 2024-2026Graduation Ceremony Master and Research Master African Studies, November 2022 03 November 2023Leiden University offers one full Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS) to an African candidate interested in the two-year Research Master A...
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Fighting for power in Mali: 'Land resources are crucial'24 October 2023In the Malian Dogon region, various militias have been fighting for power since 2015. Land resources play a major role in this, doctoral student Ibrah...
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Expanding space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa17 October 2023The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) aims to shift the focus of global health to be more about justice, fairness, and inclusion....
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3 October University given a makeover12 September 2023Try to resolve the nitrogen problem, go on a regeneration journey or take part in psychological research: discover this and more at the new and improv...
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Internationalisation enriches: malaria research in Indonesia and lectures by professors from Nigeria24 August 2023Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine, Tunisia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Suriname and Brazil: Leiden University has secured...
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Influencers, X and WhatsApp: social media and the coup in Niger02 August 2023A number of European countries have started evacuating their citizens and there is a threat of military intervention by neighbouring countries: the si...
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague10 July 2023Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July to an audience of students and teachers, Africa...
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers27 June 2023Two lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award of 100,000 euros as part of the Senior Fellows programme. And a further t...
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2022: Robert Okello20 January 2023The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2022 is Robert Okello for his thesis on rural women’s legal empowerment through digital technology in Northern U...
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“No metadata no future” – kicking off UMADA [on a donkeys’ island]26 October 2022Ustadh Mau Digital Archive project (UMADA) is among the UCLA Library 29 international cultural preservation projects supported by the Modern Endagered...
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Visit UNDP Director Africa: 'Africa needs a new narrative'04 October 2022Africa needs a narrative that is consistent with the developments that are taking place all around the continent. In these developments, talented yout...
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Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre LeidenA 'world class' institute 15 September 2022A ‘world class institute’ with a ‘vibrant atmosphere’, doing research on a continent that is ‘becoming increasingly important’. That is how Annetje Ot...
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Knowledge exchange visit: Morocco as an intermediary between Africa and the Netherlands26 August 2022Strengthening the cooperation between Moroccan, other African, and Dutch institutions for higher education. This was the focus of a two-day seminar at...
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Keti Koti in Leiden: 'Here, too, slavery is all around us‘30 June 2022Many traces of the city's slavery history can be found in Leiden but the public isn't always aware of them. The initiators of 'Mapping Slavery in Leid...
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant11 April 2022Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their re...