
Mayke Kaag
Associate Professor/Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora
- Name
- Prof.dr. M.M.A. Kaag
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3375
- m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7240-0757
For an overview of Mayke Kaag's research and publications, visit her profile on the ASCL website.
Mayke Kaag is a professor in the anthropology of Islam in Africa and its diaspora at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and a senior researcher working on the political anthropology of Africa's global connections at the African Studies Centre Leiden. She did her PhD on land use and social change in Senegal (Vrije Universiteit 2001). Her current research focuses primarily on African transnational relations, including land issues, transnational Islamic charities, and engagements with the diaspora. She is the convenor of the collaborative research group ‘Africa in the World: Rethinking Africa’s Global Connections’. Key publications include: ‘The Global Land Grab. Beyond the Hype’ (co-edited with Annelies Zoomers, Zed Books 2014); ‘Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa: intercultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality’(2016); ‘Linking-in through education?: exploring the educational question in Africa from the perspective of flows and (dis)connections’ (2018), ‘A plea for kaleidoscopic knowledge production’ (together with Miriam Ocadiz, 2019), and ‘Reflections on Trust and Trust Making in the Work of Islamic Charities from the Gulf region in Africa’ (together with Soumaya Sahla, 2020).
Mayke Kaag is Director of Studies at the ASCL and a member of its Executive Board.
Associate Professor/Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora
- Afrika-Studiecentrum
- Wetenschappelijke staf
- Kaag M.M.A., Khan-Mohammad G. & Schmid S. (Eds.) (2021), Destination Africa: contemporary Africa as a centre of global encounter Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies no. 24. Leiden: Brill.
- Kaag M.M.A., Khan-Mohammad G. & Schmid S. (2021), Introduction. In: Kaag M.M.A., Khan-Mohammad G. & Schmid S. (Eds.) Destination Africa: contemporary Africa as a centre of global encounter. Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies no. 24 Leiden: Brill. 1-28.
- Kaag M. M. A. & Sahla S. (2020), Reflections on trust and trust making in the work of Islamic charities from the Gulf region in Africa. In: Weiss H. (Ed.) Muslim faith based organizations and social welfare in Africa. London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 61-84.
- Kaag M.M.A. & Ocadiz M. (2019), A plea for kaleidoscopic knowledge production. In: Mawdsley E., Fouri E., Nauta W. (Eds.) Researching South-South development cooperation :the politics of knowledge production. Rethinking development London: Routledge.
- Oomes N., Heyma A., Belt T., Berthiaume N., Bisschop P., Jongerius D., Spanikova V., Dietz A.J., Akinyoade A., Hoog T.A. van der & Kaag M.M.A. (2019), Dutch labour market shortages and potential labour supply from Africa and the Middle East: Is there a match? Excecutive summary and main report SEO report no. 2019-24. Amsterdam: SEO Amsterdam economics.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2019), Global Africa is here, get used to it!. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) [blog entry].
- Baltissen G., Kaag M.M.A., Lodder A. & Steel G. (2019), Migration, youth and land in West Africa: challenges for inclusive development LANDac policy brief no. 7. Utrecht: Utrecht University. [Policy Brief].
- Kaag M.M.A., Baltissen G., Steel G. & Lodder A. (2019), Migration, youth, and land in West Africa: making the connections work for inclusive development, Land 8(4): 60.
- Kaag M. & Steel G. (2019), Transnational migrants, land and new investment hubs in African cities, Built Environment 44(4): 477-492.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2018), Destination Africa : old and new connections. ASCL Africanist blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) [blog entry].
- Kaag M.M.A. (2018), Introduction ASCL library web dossier 'Destination Africa'. Leiden, (African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL)). [other].
- Kaag M.M.A. (2018), Linking-in through education?: exploring the educational question in Africa from the perspective of flows and (dis)connections, Sustainability 10(2).
- Shannon M., Otsuki K., Zoomers A. & Kaag M.M.A. (2018), Sustainable urbanization on occupied land? : the politics of infrastructure development and resettlement in Beira City, Mozambique, Sustainability 10(9): 3123.
- Kaag M.M.A., Vink N. de & Dietz A.J. (2017), Africa: international migration, emigration 2015 ASC themakaart no. 17. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [Working paper].
- Kaag M.M.A. (2017), Some reflections on Africa’s changing educational landscape in the current age of global restructuring. In: Beek W.E.A. van, Damen J.C.M., Foeken D.W.J. (Eds.) The face of Africa : essays in honour of Ton Dietz. ASCL occasional publications no. 26 Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 301-309.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2017), The role of Islam in forging linkages between Africa and Asia from the 1970s : the case of Islamic relief and development support. In: Kaag M.M.A. (Ed.) Routledge handbook of Africa-Asia relations. London: Routledge. 249-258.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2016), Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa. intercultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality. In: Heins V.M., Koddenbrock K., Unrau C. (Eds.) Humanitarianism and challenges of cooperation. Abingdon: Routledge. 155-176.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2016), Large scale land acquisitions and food security: the need to turn "land grab" into responsible investment. In: Nestlé Foundation 50th anniversary annual report. Lausanne: Nestlé Foundation. 156-157.
- Kanik E.B. & Kaag M.M.A. (2015), South Korea in Africa: from arbitrary foreign policy to win-win ideology ASCL Infosheet no. 26. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Vlaminck Z., Oberst U., Leliveld A.H.M., Kaag M.M.A., Baah-Boateng W., Maher S. & Vink N. de (2013), Africa's economic growth from a labour perspective: selected decent work indicators ASC themakaart no. 6. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Dietz A.J., Havnevik K., Kaag M.M.A. & Oestigaard T. (2011), African engagements: on whose terms? Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world. In: Dietz A.J., Havnevik K., Kaag M.M.A., Oestigaard T. (Ed.) African engagements: Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world. African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies no. 7 Leiden: Brill. 1-32.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2011), Islam et engagements au Sénégal: résultats d'un programme de recherche demandé par l'Ambassade du Royaume des Pay-Bas à Dakar ASC occasional publications no. 11. Leiden: Centre d'Etudes Africaines.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2005), Fighting over Crumbs? Small valleys in West Africa as a new locus of land claims. In: Evers S., Spierenburg M., Wels H. (Ed.) Competing jurisdiction. Settling land claims in Africa. Afrika-Studiecentrum series no. 6 Leiden: Brill. 333-351.
- Kaag M.M.A. (2005), Islamic NGOs in Chad, ISIM Review 16: 30.
- Bruijn M.E. de, Kaag M.M.A., Til A. van & Dijk J.W.M. van (2005), Sahelian pathways: climate and society in Central and South Mali ASC Research Report no. 78. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Kaag M.M.A., Berkel R. van, Brons J., Bruijn M.E. de, Dijk J.W.M. van, Haan L.J. de, Nooteboom G. & Zoomers A. (2004), Poverty is Bad: Ways Forward in Livelihood Research. In: Kalb D.P., Pansters W.G., Siebers H. (Ed.) Globalization and development: themes and concepts in current research. Dordrecht: Kluwer. 49-74.
- Kaag M.M.A. & Venema B. (2002), Local manifestations of a globalising donor regime: 'good governance' in a Senegalese rural community. In: Kooijman D. (Ed.) Conflict in a globalising world: studies in honour of Peter Kloos. [S.l.]: Royal Van Gorcum. 162-180.
- Kaag M.M.A. (1999), The implementation of environmental policies in Africa: an example from Senegal. In: Breemer H. van den, Venema L.B. (Ed.) Towards negiotated co-management of natural resources in Africa. Münster: LIT Verlag. 115-134.
- Kaag M.M.A. (1998), Trust, mistrust and co-operation in a Senegalese rural community. In: Smets P., Nels H., Loon J. van (Ed.) Trust and co-operation: symbolic exchange and moral economics in an age of cultural differentiation. Ammsterdam: Het Spinnhuis. 83-95.
- Professor by Special Appointment