925 search results for “south and southeast asian islam” in the Staff website
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?'
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried out in colonised areas without the explicit consent of the test subject. University lecturer Fenneke Sysling has received a European grant to research…
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Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates
For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circulation has been declining. University lecturer Annachiara Raia is the recipient of an Impact Explorer grant to revive this tradition, in cooperation with…
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Text Matter: The Material and Political Lives of Javanese Manuscripts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
n.r.donner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 800 950
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Kate Bellamy
Faculty of Humanities
k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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International Studies students receive their diploma
On 1 September 2023, 280 students received their Bachelor Diploma of International Studies. The students were awarded their diplomas in the historic Pieterskerk in Leiden: the UNESCO world heritage site, where the university was originally founded in 1575. A large audience of about 700 people consisting…
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a Western Mosque: Colonial Continuities in Dutch Perspectives on Islamic Architecture
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
- SSEALS - 2024
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Workshop: Arabic manuscripts and how to read them
Workshop
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Redefining the community: The Huthi movement’s attempts to foster a sense of national belonging in Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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‘Podcast gives its listeners a sense of identity and belonging’
In the Netherlands, when we talk about the United Nations, the conversation is almost always about the member states from the northern hemisphere. But the most interesting players come from the ‘Global South’, Professor Alanna O'Malley and her team argue in a podcast.
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Armin Cuyvers on Euroscepticism and EU democracy post-Brexit
On 12 March 2021, Armin Cuyvers spoke on the issue of Euroscepticism and EU democracy post-Brexit in the multidisciplinary Winter School on Sustainable Global Futures: Knowledge, Democracy and Global Communications.
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New archaeological perspectives on an Arabian oasis in Islamic periods
Lecture
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Public installation & meme battle on anti-Asian racism
Meme battle
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Who’s on the JUL board?
The JUL board consists of 4 volunteers. In addition, the board is represented within the various university units by an ambassador.
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta
Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangled with Western humanitarianism and neoliberal welfare frameworks.
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An important visitor in The Hague: The ambassador of Bangladesh visits International Studies
What can you learn about Bangladesh that cannot be found on Google? On 24 September, bachelor students of International Studies and Southeast Asian Studies were given an answer to that question. In a well-filled lecture room, the ambassador of Bangladesh, Riaz Hamidullah, gave a lecture about his co…
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Gerrit Dusseldorp: A visiting researcher at KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Under the title “New insights from old collections”, the archaeological research was introduced on the Museum’s news page.
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Great War of the Middle Ages: Sasanians, Byzantines, and the Rise of Islam, 602-642
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Slavery in the Indian Ocean World and the Work of Forgetting: Some Preliminary Thoughts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Parking
If you come to work by car, you can apply for a parking subscription for one of Leiden University’s parking areas. The subscription is simply added to your LU Card. You can then use your LU Card to access the parking area.
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Nira Wickramasinghe wins John F. Richards Prize
Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2413
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Eduardo Alves Vieira
Faculty of Humanities
e.alves.vieira@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5638
- Workshop: Wisdom literature in the Islamicate Middle Ages
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Santino Regilme Wins 2023 Cecil B. Currey Book Award for ‘Aid Imperium’
Salvador Santino Regilme, Jr. Associate Professor of International Relations and Program Chair of MA in International Relations, has been honored with the Cecil B. Currey Book Award for 2023. The accolade, presented by the Association for Global South Studies (AGSS), recognizes Regilme’s exceptional…
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Introducing: Sander van der Horst
Sander van der Horst recently joined the Institute for History and the Royal Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV-KNAW). He is a PhD candidate in Cultural Histories & Decolonization in Southeast Asia. Below, he introduces himself.
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers
Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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Christopher Green in Calgary Sun about North Korea's friendly gesture
As South Korean president Moon Jae-in prepares to leave office, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked him for trying to improve relations. Assistant Professor Christopher Green explains in the Calgary Sun what impact North Korea's gesture of goodwill might have.
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ReCNTR screening: Bo Wang, ‘An Asian ghost story’
Festival
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Special Guest Lecture: Colonialism, Citizenship and the challenges for Decolonial work in the Netherlands
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
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Lipsius Building
Northern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 001 of the Mathias de Vrieshof. Southern side: During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee room 004 of the PN van Eyckhof.
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VSBfonds Beurs
Bachelor, Master, PhD
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Indonesian 'coffee plant' named after Leiden researcher
Research on Asian plants is his life's work. Now a crown is added to that: a plant from the coffee family bearing his name. Paul Kessler is LUF professor of botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia and Scientific Director of the Hortus botanicus. 'Completely unexpectedly, you get to see the results…
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been elected as an International Fellow of the British Academy, a prestigious recognition that highlights her exceptional contributions to the study of early Islamic history.
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Indian Problems, Yemeni Solutions? Legal Exchanges in the Sixteenth Century
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Teaching a More Accurate and Inclusive History of Science: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Math and Sciences
Debate
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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Warrior Women, Gender-bending Plots, Perfect Masculinity: Paradigms of gender in Javanese Amir Hamza narratives
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
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Matter of Speech: Language of Social Interdependency in the Early Islamicate Empire (600-1500)
Conference
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Professor bids farewell with roadshow in Indonesia: 'One big celebration of recognition'
Whereas most outgoing professors are offered a congress, Nico Kaptein's former students and PhD students took a bigger approach. They treated him not only to a farewell congress, but also to a two-week tour of Indonesia, filled with lectures, and trips.
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Thinking about Resilience and Adaptation to Digital, Social, and Natural Challenges: responses and ideas from Latin America and the Caribbean
Workshop
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Public Support for Citizenship Expansion in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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Aleydis Nissen and Co-Author on K-pop in The Diplomat
Brandon Valeriano (Cato Institute) and Aleydis Nissen (Leiden University) publish an article on the soft power of K-pop in The Diplomat.
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Interdisciplinary roundtable: Commitment, Islam and Social Justices in Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir’s Swahili Poetry
Debate
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Lecture: Zaydis, Salafis and Houthis and Their Engagement with the Islamic Tradition in Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale