967 search results for “decolonization in south asia” in the Staff website
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Ody DwicahyoFaculty of Humanities
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Asia BertuccioliAdministration and Central Services
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Marleen ReichgeltFaculty of Humanities
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Emma Lynn CantalFaculty of Humanities
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Fadly RahmanFaculty of Humanities
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Ysbrand LamersFaculty of Humanities
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Jori SnelsFaculty of Humanities
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New podcasts on Islam in South and Southeast Asia
As part of the final project for the Islam in South and Southeast Asia course (taught by Dr Verena Meyer), students were tasked with creating podcasts that delve into significant cultural and historical topics related to the region. Two students, Roma Bhiekhemsing and Shaneeva Bean, have chosen to share…
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline SchepFaculty of Humanities
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Arthur Crucq
Faculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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More than 100 years of studying South Asia: ‘The view of the area is changing’
At the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), scholars have been studying the Indian subcontinent with attention and expertise for more than 100 years. This part of South Asia is an economic giant with a population of over two billion. Nira Wickramasinghe, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies,…
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast
In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Bart VerheijenFaculty of Humanities
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Cecilia-Louise von IlsemannFaculty of Humanities
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Peace Movements: A Global History
Conference
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa
Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Rethinking community in upland, ‘indigenous’ South Asia
Erik de Maaker wrote a monograph on how Garo, an indigenous community of the extended eastern Himalayas, experience and negotiate such disparities. The book shows how relatedness is reinterpreted as religious practices change, and communally held land ends up being privately controlled. Erik de Maaker…
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Boyao ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Helena Hanhikangas
Faculty of Humanities
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Chisato Makishima
Faculty of Humanities
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Jasper’s Day – On a knowledge mission in South America
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. On March 13, 2026, he is on a knowledge mission to South America.
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Xinyu DongFaculty of Humanities
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Coen van 't VeerFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Yujing TanFaculty of Humanities
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Maria DitmarsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Vineet ThakurFaculty of Humanities
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now?
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.
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David HenleyFaculty of Humanities
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculty of Archaeology
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When the Rains Came: A Medieval Moment in South Asia
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Marijke KlokkeFaculty of Humanities
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Paul KesslerFaculty of Science
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Thijs Jan van Schie
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fragments of a decentered 19th century history of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
Histories Connected: Seminar
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Nisida GjoksiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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MEPs’ visit highlights importance of knowledge about Global South
Two MEPs visited Leiden University on Friday 30 January. Their visit underscored the vital importance of the university’s expertise on Africa, Asia and Latin America in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
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Hélène NutFaculty of Humanities