33 search results for “senegal” in the Public website
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Annelien Bouland
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Annelien Bouland on NPO Radio 1 about a TV series on women in Senegal
Annelien Bouland, PhD candidate at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, was interviewed by VPRO Bureau Buitenland (NPO Radio 1) about the Senegalese TV Series 'Mistress of a married man' (‘Maîtresse d’un homme marié’).
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Loes Oudenhuijsen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke Kaag
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Postdoctoral
Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs
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CA-OS Research Seminar | Decolonising Time: Cultural Heritage in Senegal
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Panel discussion on Africa and the ICC at the Dutch Embassy in Senegal
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Project Office IRP
Programme management of research programme “Strengthening knowledge of and dialogue with the Islamic/Arab world”
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A Grammar of Mankanya
On the 5th of November, Timothy Gaved successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Timothy on this achievement!
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NWO Veni grant for Anne-Isabelle Richard
Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard has received a Veni grant for her research project ‘Eurafrica, African Perspectives, 1918-1970s’. The project will examine the relationship between Africa and Europe from an African perspective.
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Carel ten Cate in international media about a dancing cockatoo
Snowball the cockatoo gained world fame on social media. Millions of people saw him dance to Queen and The Backstreet Boys. In the journal Current Biology scientists study Snowball's dancing abilities and what they teach us about the origins of dance. Professor of Animal Behaviour Carel ten Cate casts…
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Hans de Iongh at National Geographic for Big Cat Month
In the theme of Big Cat Month, National Geographic interviewed Professor Hans de Iongh, guest researcher of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) about lion conservation in Africa.
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From Gesture to Language
Like any language, the natural sign languages (henceforth: SLs) of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that SLs make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…
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10-12 December International Conference 'The General Labour History of Africa'
The second authors' conference of the General Labour History of Africa (GLHA) project will be held from 10 to 12 December 2015 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Farewell symposium and valedictory lecture Jan Michiel Otto, 29 June 2018
On 29 June 2018, Jan Michiel Otto, professor of Law and Governance in Developing Countries and director of the Van Vollenhoven Institute until 2018, delivered his valedictory lecture entitled De ander als spiegel: reflecties over recht en bestuur in ontwikkelingslanden (The Other as a Mirror. Reflections…
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15 prehistoric Jomon Culture sites in northern Honshu and Hokkaido
Dean prof. Willem Willems has visited Japan from 8-10 September, at the invitation of the Aomori District Council in northern Honshu. Purpose of the visit was to provide assistance in the nomination process for World Heritage Site of 15 prehistoric Jomon Culture sites in northern Honshu and Hokkaido…
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Sillanka: A Soninke Dialect in a Moore-Fulfulde Environment
Lecture
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The unstoppable advance of Berber
Berber languages have long been banned from public life in North Africa, but the situation has changed drastically. Linguistic research is generating new insights on the distant past and on present-day Dutch Moroccans. This is the finding of Maarten Kossmann, the only professor of Berber Studies in…
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Introducing: Stefano Bellucci
In August 2014 Stefano Bellucci started working as Senior Lecturer in African History at the Institute for History.
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Irma Mosquera appointed as Associate Professor
As of 1 January 2018 Irma Mosquera will be appointed as Associate Professor at the Institute of Tax Law and Economics of Leiden University.
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Africa reconsidered
If you follow the western media, you are likely to think of ‘Africa’ as the continent of origin of desperate migrants, a continent of hunger and disease and a breeding ground for international terrorism. But if you want to see the bigger picture, you should look no further than the African Studies scholars…
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Voice4Thought Festival: Digital Radicalisation
Festival
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Empty Promises?
Lecture
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Lecture by Bado Ndoye: "Challenging the Anthropocene, a Global South Perspective"
Lecture
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica writes youth novel about Rwanda
Writing a story from the perspective of a Rwandan girl set in Africa is not an easy task. Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica did it. Her debut novel The tree with the bitter leaves, in which an important supporting role is played by a student of cultural anthropology, appeared in August 2020.
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Islam and Society
Knowledge of Muslim societies is essential to function in a globalised world and to fully understand our own Dutch society. Leiden researchers explore the languages, cultures, religions, legal systems and history of Muslim societies and in this way contribute to a centuries-old tradition.
- Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Spirituality, Culture & Political Power in Early Independent West Africa
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The Impediments to Uncovering the Human Rights Dimension of Sino-African Relations
Lecture
- Photo Exhibition | The Spiritual Highway
- The Role of Law in Development: steady beacon or mere sham?
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Roundtable Series: Reflections on a Pandemic 3 - The Human Experience: Rights and their Abuses during a Pandemic
Lecture
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture: Spirituality, Culture & Political Power in Early Independent West Africa
Lecture
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)