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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Two professors of the Hebrew bible offered a seminar “The Biblical Covenant and its Afterlife” sponsored by the Leiden Jewish Studies Network -
Prof. Stephen Russell meets with the CareCentury Team to discuss “Maternal Care in the Ancient Near East” -
Three Comenius Teaching Fellowships for Leiden lecturers -
King Willem-Alexander and Emperor Naruhito of Japan to visit Leiden University -
In memoriam: Prof.dr. Klaas Anthony Worp (1943-2026) -
Aholi So, one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show what it means to be a researcher’
In the media
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Christopher Green: ‘Kim feels emboldened to expand North Korea's nuclear arsenal as long as he doesn't create outright instability’ -
Willemijn Waal in Hecho en California: Greek alphabet may be older than we think -
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’
