African Studies Centre Leiden Africa Thesis Award 2025 – YOA

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Applications are open for the African Studies Centre Leiden Africa Thesis Award 2025. The Africa Thesis Award is an annual initiative by the African Studies Centre Leiden that recognises excellent grasp’s theses on African matters. Established greater than 20 years in the past, the award goals to encourage analysis and writing on Africa and to advertise African Studies worldwide.

The African Studies Centre Leiden is the one multidisciplinary educational information institute within the Netherlands devoted completely to the study of Africa. It has a wonderful library that’s open to most people. The ASCL is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University.

Award

• The winner receives a prize of €500 and has their thesis printed within the African Studies Collection.

Eligibility

To be eligible, the thesis should meet the next standards:

• Completion date and establishment: The thesis should have been accomplished at a college in The Netherlands or at a college in an African nation between August 31, 2024 and August 31, 2025.
• The thesis ought to be primarily based on empirical analysis throughout the Social Sciences or Humanities, together with (however not restricted to) geography, political science, anthropology, improvement research, economics, historical past, faith, and literature.
• The thesis should deal with an African nation, area, or its diaspora.
• The thesis should have been graded at the very least an 8/10 grade following the Dutch grading system or an equal grade (A or increased) from non-Dutch universities.
• The thesis have to be written in English, French, or Dutch. If submitted in Dutch, a 5-web page abstract in English have to be included.

Selection Criteria

• The jury will consider the theses primarily based on the originality of the analysis, theoretical framework and methodology, and scientific and societal relevance. Special consideration shall be given to type and readability, with a nicely-written and fascinating textual content that appeals to a broader viewers thought of an asset.

Application

A whole submission should embody: 

• a digital model of the thesis in PDF
• a abstract (most 300 phrases)
• a signed letter of advice from the coed’s supervisor, detailing the thesis’ high quality, the awarded grade, and institutional particulars

For theses written in Dutch, additionally embody a 5-web page abstract in English.

Only full purposes shall be processed. All paperwork ought to be submitted through e-mail to [email protected]

For extra data, go to Africa Thesis Award.