702 search results for “south asia” in the Staff website
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Asia Academy #11: South Korea's Chip Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Girija JoshiFaculty of Humanities
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Ajay GandhiFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen RavenFaculty of Humanities
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Luc BultenFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Vineet ThakurFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth CecilFaculty of Humanities
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Book presentation: The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
Lecture
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Judith BosnakFaculty of Humanities
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Paul KesslerScience
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Hélène NutFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs Jan van Schie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
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Al Al FarabiFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah HolmaFaculty of Humanities
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Said Reza HuseiniFaculty of Humanities
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Telling Stories: Narrative Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
Roundtable
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Channa LiFaculty of Humanities
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David HenleyFaculty of Humanities
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What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance
Last week, Ajay Gandhi, Assistant Professor at the Leiden University College, wrote an article about how spider's webs can explain the dynamics of social beings.
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Second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update well attended
On November 17, the Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network held its second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update. At Leiden University, anthropologists are not at all confined to the Institute Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS).
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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Karen SmithFaculty of Humanities
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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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Photo Report Cluster South
The renovation of the South Cluster has been in full swing over the recent period. As the completion date approaches, no later than 1 April, we're excited to provide you with a glimpse of the current state of the building.
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Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network Created
Last week, the 'Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network' was created, based on the network event 'Leiden Anthropology of and in Asia' on 8 December 2021. During this event, it became clear that next to events oriented towards peer-level academic interaction, there is an urgent need for a better institutional…
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Marijke KlokkeFaculty of Humanities
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
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Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’
South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.
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Gul-i-Hina van der ZwanInternational Institute Asian Studies
- Language Policy and Practices Series
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Edegar Da Conceição SavioFaculty of Humanities
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Arfi ArfiansyahFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Irini SifogeorgakisFaculteit Archeologie
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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Bleda Düring appointed as Professor in Archaeology of West Asia
Research
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Online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia launched
On August 30, the online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia was launched. The platform provides access to over 1,400 digitised maps of Southeast Asia from the collections of the National Library Board Singapore (307 maps), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Yale University (150 maps),…
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New Cluster South building progresses steadily
The new Cluster Zuid building is progressing steadily. The glass roof over the atrium has been installed and the window frames are being fitted. The future locations of the offices and classrooms are also becoming increasingly visible. See Stijn Poelstra's photo report below.
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In Memoriam: Prof.dr. Henk Bodewitz (1939-2022)
On August 18, 2022, Henk Bodewitz, distinguished Indologist and emeritus professor of Sanskrit at Leiden University, passed away in his hometown of Utrecht.
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Zane Kripe
Science
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
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Lennie GeerlingsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Myfel PalugaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Glenn Aguilar HernandezScience
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Michel DoortmontAfrika-Studiecentrum