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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa 02 October 2024At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its ...
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Leiden University researchers tackle global challenges with Una Europa-Africa grants 26 September 2024Three international research projects involving Leiden University researchers will receive funding from the Una Europa university alliance. The projec...
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Launch Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN) 26 July 2024On July 3rd the Leiden University Dialogue in Education Network (LUDIEN) has officially been launched. The network welcomes all who are interested in ...
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Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates beyond it’ 02 July 2024For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circul...
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other 30 April 2024North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international s...
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco 05 March 2024A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat at the end of February. For a whole host of disciplines...
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Winner Africa Thesis Award 2023: Rachel Dubale 06 February 2024The winner of the Africa Thesis Award 2023 is Rachel Dubale, a graduate from the Research Master in African Studies at Leiden University, with her the...
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Mayke Kaag appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa 22 January 2024Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ 20 November 2023A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have be...
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa 06 November 2023Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African cont...
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Opportunity LExS Scholarship - Research Master African Studies 2024-2026 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 Africa 17 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 makeover 12 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 Nigeria 24 August 2023Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine, Tunisia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Suriname and Brazil: Leiden University has secured...