Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)
The Leiden Institute for Area Studies consists of the School of Asian Studies, the School of Middle-Eastern Studies and the School of Religious Studies.
The institute is committed to a present-day vision of area studies, integrating (inter)disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives on a solid foundation of excellent language skills.
News
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Anna van Ark is doing an internship at the Rijksmuseum: ‘I’ve always wanted to be a curator’ -
Dr Jake Benson wins J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award -
In Memoriam: Harriet Zurndorfer (1946-2026) -
“Between the River and the Sea”: An Evening of Theatre and Dialogue at Leiden University -
Master's students organise graduate conference ‘Who is Asian?’ -
Svetlana Kharchenkova investigates translated non-fiction and Chinese censorship: ‘I am curious to see what considerations authors make with regard to censorship in China.’
In the media
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Frank Pieke on BBC: ‘Corruption charges have become Xi's main basis of power’ -
Willemijn Waal in National Geographic Portugal: ‘Hittites were very pragmatic’ -
Rogier Creemers on CNN about Sundance 2.0: ‘The more capable these apps become, the more potentially harmful they become’ -
Vincent Chang on East Asia Forum: ‘China globalises its pantheon of national heroes and martyrs’ -
Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' -
Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China
Events
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Chinese Development Finance in a Shifting Global Order: Research Approaches and Policy Implications
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Southeast Asia as method, History as prevention Decentering the history of measles (to better control the disease?)
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LUCIP/Numata "Buddhism, Neuroscience, Consciousness: Some hard problems”
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Materiality and Historical Research
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Sounds of Formosa
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War of Everyone Against Everyone: Company Power and State Building in Coastal Jiangsu, 1938-1946
