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• Southeast Asian Studies

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

• Southeast Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  The MA Southeast Asian Studies at Leiden University explores Southeast Asia in-depth and from the perspective of its history, literature, media, culture, religions, philosophy or philology.

• South and Southeast Asian Studies South and Southeast Asian Studies (BA)

• South and Southeast Asian Studies (BA)

  South and Southeast Asia, a region that includes India, Indonesia and seventeen other countries is one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse areas. Interested in speaking one of the region's major languages, and understanding its history, culture, and current affairs? Then this is the bachelor's programme…

• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 24 April 2026

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• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 17 April 2026

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• Indonesian modern art historiography: national and transnational perspectives Research output

  On Wednesday 5 February 2025 Milan Ismangil successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• South and Southeast Asia Dossier: Asia

  Through language and culture, history, anthropology, and sociology, we delve into the countries, populations, and societies of South and Southeast Asia. From this perspective, we address global issues such as migration, heritage, and colonialism.

• Never-Neverland Revisited: Malay Adventure Stories Research output

  This study presents a re-evaluation of Malay adventure stories.

• Asian Studies (MA)

  The Master’s in Asian Studies at Leiden University is your opportunity to earn a specialised qualification from one of the leading centres for Asian studies in Europe.

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  Henk Schulte Nordholt Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jochem van den Boogert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Edegar Da Conceição Savio

  Faculty of Humanities

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  David Henley Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hélène Nut External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sarah Holma

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marijke Klokke Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

• Islam in Southeast Asia Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  Southeast Asia is a term to denote a collection of at present eleven nation-states with an enormous diversity in languages, cultures and religions. Muslims can both take a majority and a minority position.

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  Surya Suryadi Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Asian Studies (research) (MA)

  Designed for high-achieving students, Leiden University’s research MA Asian Studies offers access to unique resources and expertise. Asian Studies at Leiden University has a reputation for excellence that is unmatched in Europe. You can choose subjects from a curriculum that spans the entire Asian region,…

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mubarika Nugraheni PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Asian Library Dossier: Asian Modernities and Traditions

  The Asian Library holds the largest collection on Indonesia worldwide, and some of the foremost collections on South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea.

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  Ben Arps Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Popular Music in Southeast Asia Research output

  From the 1920s on, popular music in Southeast Asia was a mass-audience phenomenon that drew new connections between indigenous musical styles and contemporary genres from elsewhere to create new, hybrid forms. This book presents a cultural history of modern Southeast Asia from the vantage point of popular…

• The cultural network: Javanese imaginings of Indonesia, 1918–1966 Research output

  On Wednesday 21 May Adrian Perkasa successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Articulating Modernity: The Making of Popular Music in 20th Century Southeast Asia and the Rise of New Audiences. Research project

  Who were the main artists and producers who generated new forms of popular music? What was the music like that was produced by artists in particular urban settings? How were particular lifestyles articulated to identify new audiences and what does this reveal about the way popular music contributed…

• Asian Studies (Research MA) Asian Studies (research) (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying Asian Studies (Research MA)? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.

• Balsaminaceae in Southeast Asia: systematics, evolution, and pollination biology Research output

  Balsaminaceae is a diverse plant family characterized by a huge floral morphological diversity.

• Rethinking Javanese Islam: Towards New Descriptions of Javanese Traditions Research output

  Jochem van den Boogert defended his thesis on 18 November 2015

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  Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

• South Asian & Tibetan Studies

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

• Asian Studies (2 years, 120 EC) Asian Studies (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying the 2-year Asian Studies programme? Learn more and watch this short programme presentation!

• East Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  The master’s in East Asian Studies, a specialisation within the master's of Asian Studies, combines an exceptional range of courses with advanced language training and outstanding resources and expertise.

• South Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

  The MA South Asian Studies at Leiden University is designed for students with an interest in studying South Asia from a range of perspectives including its history, literature, art, media, culture, religions, philosophy and philology.

• Asian Studies (1 year, 60 EC) Asian Studies (MA)

  Are you thinking about studying 1-year Asian Studies programme? Learn more and watch this short programme presentation!

• Civil Society' in 'Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia' Research output

  'The Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia' explores the nature and implications of civil society across the region, engaging systematically with both theoretical approaches and empirical nuance for a systematic, comparative, and informative approach.

• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 6 March 2026

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• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 13 March 2026

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• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 24 November 2025

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• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 17 November 2025

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• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event - 10 November 2025

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  Michael Herzfeld

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Iranian and Central Asian Studies

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

• International Institute for Asian Studies Interfaculty

  IIAS promotes critical, humanistic, and collaborative work on, with, in, and beyond Asia.

• Transforming Wayang For Contemporary Audiences: Dramatic Expression in Purbo Asmoro’s Style, 1989-2015 Research output

  Kathryn Emerson defended her thesis on 28 June 2016

• Asian Law Research output

  In this lecture professor Harding considered the implications of Asia's 21st-century rise for its legal systems and our approaches to studying them in the new situation we confront in the early 21st century.

• COMET. Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia Research project

  Investigating epistemic and ethical practices in medical experimentation on humans in the colonial period in Southeast Asia.

• The road to drain or gain: Dutch private investment and economic development in late colonial and early independent Indonesia Research output

  On 20 September 2023 Mark van de Water successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Fransiskus Widiyarso PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities