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Admission and Application
Find out how to apply for Politics, Society and Economy of Asia at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Admission and Application
Find out how to apply for History, Arts and Culture of Asia at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.
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Institute for Philosophy Opening Academic Year 2024-2025
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Contact
For more information, visit us or send us an email.
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Publications
Overview of Leiden publications on Central Asia. For additional publications dedicated to a single country, please go to individual pages of the researchers, which you can access through the Researchers page.
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South and Southeast Asian Studies (BA)
South and Southeast Asia 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 for you!
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Research programmes
LUCIS funded several research programmes to boost interfaculty and interdisciplinary cooperation and to widen the involvement of LUCIS members.
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Chinese 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.
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The prehistoric origin and spread of the Indo-Iranian languages
A linguistic test of hypotheses rooted in genetics and archaeology.
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AMT Network
Below you can find an overview of our network.
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Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
This Conference volume unites a wide range of scholars working in the fields of history, archaeology, religion, art, and philology in an effort to explore new perspec-tives and methods in the study of primary sources from premodern South and Southeast Asia.
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Eurasian Encounters: Museums, Missions, Modernities
This book explores the intellectual and cultural flows between Asia and Europe which occurred during – and were formative of – the political and social changes of the first half of the twentieth century.
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Projects
The Central Asia Initiative in Leiden was launched by the Leiden research area Asia Modernities and Traditions (AMT) in February 2015.
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C.J. Kok Jury Award for Thesis of the Year
Isotopes on exoplanets, a more efficient memory for data centres or new molecules that work against the Zika virus and HIV. Which PhD candidate has written the most impressive dissertation of 2023? The jury of the C.J. Kok Jury Award faces the challenging task of deciding that. Meet the nominees of…
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Uzbekistan
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Humanities with two partners in Uzbekistan.
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Michael Meffert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.f.meffert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Year in review FSW 2023
In this year in review we show you various projects we're very proud of. Driven by our values at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
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The International Labour Organisation: 100 years 1919-2019
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was established in 1919 based on the premise that social justice is a condition for lasting peace. On February 2019 the ILO celebrated its 100th anniversary with an international symposium to consider the future of the ILO.
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Programme structure
The bachelor’s in South and Southeast Asian Studies is a unique multidisciplinary programme that integrates the culture, religion, history, sociology, economics and politics of the region. As a student, you can choose to study Hindi, Sanskrit, Tibetan or Indonesian.
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Korean 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.
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Language and the human past
At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.
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Language and the human past
At LUCL, researchers aim to contribute to a comprehensive and informed perspective on the human past.
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Education
Leiden University offers several programmes and courses on Central Asia. There are bachelor and master programmes and there is also the possibility of doing your PhD in Leiden.
- Environmental Diplomacy (incl. Water Diplomacy)
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Research Programme Colonial and Global History
The Colonial and Global History Research Programme of the Leiden University Institute for History combines a deep curiosity of transcultural processes such as imperialism, (de)colonization, and globalization with critical historical research on regional societies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Indo-Slavic lexical isoglosses and the prehistoric dispersal of Indo- Iranian
On the 2nd of July, Axel Palmér successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Axel on this achievement!
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Centres
Leiden Asia Centres
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A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
As a critical commemoration of its centenary, this book presents a mosaic of one hundred carefully curated fragments by expert authors, shedding light on politics, economy, society, culture, gender, and arts in a hundred years of Turkey.
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About the project
The project aims to build upon cultural studies of digital design and looks at AI’s ethical dilemmas from the viewpoint of Muslim Southeast Asia.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for Politics, Society and Economy of Asia at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for History, Arts and Culture of Asia at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Why southern Africa is full of North Korean monuments
North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history student Tycho van der Hoog for his master's thesis. These monuments can be an important source of income for a country that has become quite isolated on…
- 25 Years after Hillenbrand: New Approaches to Sources Translation and Perspectives
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Unravelling the Homicide Drop: Disaggregating a 25-Year Homicide Trend in the Netherlands
This study assesses nationwide, disaggregated trends in homicide rates over a 25-year period. Using a unique, detailed dataset, spanning a quarter of a century of homicide data allowed Aarten & Liems to assess type-specific homicide trends and the relationship between gender and age within these tre…
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Se Young Jang
Faculty of Humanities
s.y.jang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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UN 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance 75 Years beyond San Francisco
Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law at LUC The Hague, has co-authored a report entitled 'UN 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance 75 Years beyond San Francisco'.
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About the programme
The one-year master's in East Asian Studies, a specialisation of Leiden University’s master's in Asian Studies, offers focused study of either China, Japan or Korea.
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Moving frontiers
In this project, M. Riep studies the complexity of historical events related to the Arab conquest of the region along the upper course of the Syr Darya in Central Asia and especially of the micro oases of Shash and Ferghana. This project focusses on mobility, action and dynamics and will place the Arab…
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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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Exploring the Dutch Empire: Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600 - 2000
Dr. Cátia Antunes and prof. Jos Gommans both edited and contributed to this interesting book, that consists of articles that offers a new insight into the macro and micro worlds of the global Dutchman in Asia.
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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.
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Asian Library
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.