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Join us for the launch of Orchards of Privilege: Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700–2023, by Robert Ross, Professor Emeritus of African History at Leiden University.
📅 11 June 2026
🕒 15:00–17:00
📍 Herta Mohr Building, Leiden University + online
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Leiden University will host 3 consecutive PhD defences connected to the Madina Project. The dissertations by Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis, and Rashida Adum-Atta each explore forms of religious coexistence in Madina, Accra (Ghana), focusing on healthcare, beauty practices, and food exchange.
🌟 On the occasion of Jon Abbink's emeritus status, the volume 'Ethnography, History, and the Politics of Knowledge in Africa' has been created in his honour. The Festschrift celebrates Abbink's wide-ranging career covering culture and politics in Ethiopia and Africa in general. 1/2
Museum de Fundatie recently restituted a Benin Bronze to Nigeria and marked the occasion with Back to Benin, an exhibition featuring reflections by 10 contemporary Nigerian artists. The African Library has acquired the catalogue.
👉️ Read our Highlight on cultural heritage restitution: buff.ly/oyZvnoW
Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? Here’s why you should submit it to the Africa Thesis Award!
✔️ Have your work published by Brill
✔️ Win € 500
✔️ Boost your research career
🗓️ Deadline: 30 September 2026
ℹ️ All submission details: buff.ly/iYlZuCh
Join us for the conference Trade, Tariffs, and Development in Africa to discuss the continent's place in a changing global trading system and the impact of trade policy on development.
📅 18–19 June 2026
📍 Herta Mohr Building, Leiden, The Netherlands
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📸: Markus Winkler on Unsplash
🎙️Het ASCL en podcast De Africast gaan samenwerken!
De Africast is een podcast over de geschiedenis, geopolitiek en het ondernemersklimaat in Afrika. Door de samenwerking komen academische kennis en storytelling samen. Lees meer: ascleiden.nl/news/samenwe...
How do global power shifts affect workers’ lives?
Join visiting fellow Robel Mulat Asmammaw for a seminar on labour, development, and geopolitics in Ethiopia’s Hawassa Special Economic Zone.
📅 10 June, 13:30–15:00
📍 Leiden University
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#Ethiopia #ChinaAfricaRelations 📸 Ermias Abebe
The book was handed to Jon during a festive 'Emerite de passage' gathering last Tuesday. But as we all know, a Professor Emeritus never really retires... 😉
Editors: André van Dokkum, Alexander Meckelburg, and Shauna LaTosky
Read the book Open Acces: ascleiden.nl/news/ethnogr...
🎉 Congratulations to Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta, who successfully defended their PhD dissertations on 2 June at @unileiden.bsky.social. Read the feature story in Mare about this remarkable day! buff.ly/wJwQouD (in Dutch)
#Ghana #ReligiousCoexistence
