dr. M.R. (Michel) Doortmont

Relevant training

Ph.D. History / Social Anthrolopogy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1994.

M.A. African Studies (cum laude), Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, Great Britain 1985.

M.A. ('doctoraal') History (cum laude), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1984.

B.A. ('candidaats') Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1981.

Professional experience

Reader in African Studies & project leader, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, 2015-present

University Lecturer / Reader in International Relations and African Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 1996-present.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in African History (part-time), funded by a WOTRO grant, attached to University of Groningen, The Netherlands 1997-2002.

Academic Assistant / Lecturer / University Lecturer in Non-Western History, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1985-1996.

Miscellaneous guest lectureships and institutional memberships of universities in Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa), Great Britain (Birmingham), and Germany (Berlin).

Other current activities

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

Member of the International Council on Museums (ICOM)

Co-founder and co-editor of the book series ‘African Sources for African History’, published by Brill Academic Publishers

Member Regional Advosiry Committee SOAS GLOCAL, University of London