3,047 search results for “asian studies” in the Public website
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Rethinking Javanese Islam: Towards New Descriptions of Javanese Traditions
Jochem van den Boogert defended his thesis on 18 November 2015
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Paolo Sartori will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in April 2018
Paolo Sartori is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. In Leiden he will deliver one guest lecture on Twilight of the Persianate: The Vernacularization of Central Asia (18th - early 20th Centuries) on 12 April and a masterclass on How can we…
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Erik-jan Zurcher
Faculty of Humanities
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Elpine de Boer
Faculty of Humanities
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Sallie Mae Student Loans
Bachelor, Master, Short Course, PhD
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least understood countries.
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Leiden University Fund - Lutfia Rabbani Scholarship Fund
Master
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Information activities
Get to know us through our online and in-person events for prospective students!
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Information activities
Get to know us through our online and in-person events for prospective students!
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Information activities
Get to know us through our online and in-person events for prospective students!
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Information activities
Get to know us through our online and in-person events for prospective students!
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How a global carbon price would weaken Eastern European and Asian economies
Although seen as the fastest and cheapest way to global climate protection, a uniform global carbon price would have major consequences for the economic competitiveness of countries. Hauke Ward, who recently joined Leiden University, showed in the journal Energy Economics that modern western countries…
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Should Nature be given Rights?
LeidenGlobal Annual event
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Two new volumes 'Dutch Sources on South Asia'
Volume 4 and 5 of the Leiden series 'Dutch Sources on South Asia' are now available, written by Markus Vink (vol.4) and Carolien Stolte (vol.5).
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Roitman & Veenendaal, 'We Take Care of Our Own'
Jessica Vance Roitman and Wouter Veenendaal, researchers at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, investigate the origins, development, and consolidation of political oligarchy in the Caribbean island nation of St. Maarten.
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Welcome at the Bachelor's Open Day
On this Bachelor's Open Day, you can attend online information sessions about some of our bachelor's programmes. On this page you will find all the presentations that are livestreaming today. Even if you have not registered, you can always attend a presentation if you have time to spare. And don't forget…
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Welcome at the Bachelor's Open Day
On this Bachelor's Open Day, you can attend online information sessions about some of our bachelor's programmes. On this page you will find all the presentations that are livestreaming today. Even if you have not registered, you can always attend a presentation if you have time to spare. And don't forget…
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Rights of the Relational Self: Law, Culture, and Injury in the Global North and South
Although official law generally conceives of personal injury victims as individual rights holders, the actual experience of physical injury and its consequences is relational. Indeed, many researchers in the global North as well as the global South have contended that the very concept of the Self should…
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Alumni blog
Interested in studying Colonial and Global History at Leiden University? Find out what our alumni said about this master's programme.
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Buddhist and Hindu Metal Images of Indonesia: Evidence for shared artistic and religious networks across Asia (c.6th-10th century)
Mathilde Mechling defended her thesis on 28 january 2020.
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
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China’s long march to national rejuvenation: toward a Neo-Imperial order in East Asia?
In tracing the deeper historical roots of what Xi Jinping contemporarily frames as a “Chinese dream” of “wealth and power,” the article discerns key actors, events, and organizing principles in a long process toward restoring China’s deemed rightful place in the regional system.
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About the programme
The two-year research master in Middle Eastern Studies equips you with advanced and in-depth knowledge of a region and discipline within the field of Middle Eastern Studies. You are expected to spend the third semester of the programme doing research, either in the Netherlands or abroad. Blended and…
- Leiden Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
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Area Studies Week from 2-5 June: Join our live Q&As!
Interested in Area Studies? Then Leiden is the place to be! Join our Online Area Studies Week from 2-5 June to find out more. From Africa to Brasil and from Korea to Russia, Leiden covers all areas and fields, both in language, literature, history, politics and socio-economics. Join our live Q&As!
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To be eligible for Japanese Studies (120 EC) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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We are convinced that you’ll have a wonderful time at Leiden University, but you don’t have to take our word for it. If you’re looking for objective opinions of what it’s like to study here, listen to what current students and alumni have said about it!
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Research
LIAS has a School of Asian Studies (SAS), a School of Middle-Eastern Studies (SMES) and a School of Religious Studies (LUCSoR). These designations, and the fields within them, remain foundational to our work. At the same time, the academic community benefits from the presence of cross-regional networks…
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Canonical Cultures network
Religion, Philosophy, and the Pre-modern World
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Do you want to apply for the bachelor’s programme South and Southeast Asian Studies at Leiden University? First, check the admission requirements.
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Anoma van der Veere
Faculty of Humanities
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Jessica Roitman
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Kossmann
Faculty of Humanities
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Michaël Opgenhaffen
Faculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Carina van den Hoven
Faculty of Humanities
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
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Isabel Hoving
Faculty of Humanities
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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Annelou van Gijn
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gina van Ling
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske Keijser
Faculty of Humanities
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Siavash Rafiee Rad
Faculty of Humanities
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Ivo Smits
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities