Petra Boudewijn is a lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Petra Sijpesteijn is professor of Arabic. Her research concentrates on recovering the experiences of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic rule, using the vast stores of radically under-used documents surviving from the early Islamic world. Professor Sijpesteijn is PI of the NWO funded VICI research…

Petra van den Bekerom is an Assistant Professor in Public Management at Leiden University and program director of the Bachelor’s program in Public Administration. Her research centers on how public service delivery shapes equity in outcomes and how different groups experience and benefit from public…

Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Paul van Els is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Xiao Luo doesn't have a desk at the university. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.

Gabe van Beijeren teaches courses in Classical Chinese and assists in teaching courses in Chinese history and Chinese philosophy and religion.

Xiong Xiong is a PhD at the Institute for Area Studies.

Maghiel van Crevel is a professor of Chinese language and literature at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Frank Pieke is a Professor Emeritus of Modern China Studies at the Institute for Area Studies.

Yinzhi Zhang is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

Francesca Rosati works from abroad. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.

I-Hsien Lin is a lecturer at the Institute for Area Studies.

Fan Lin is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

When Petra Sijpesteijn became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, she was the only Dutch member with an appointment at a Dutch university. Two years later, she is also the only Dutch member of the Austrian Academy and officially joined the British Academy on 7 October.

Yujing Tan is a lecturer at the Institute for Area Studies and International Studies. Yujing Tan doesn't have a desk at the university. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.

The rapid economic development of recent decades has made China a destination for migrants from all parts of the world. What does Chinese migration policy say about the priorities and functioning of this global power? PhD candidate Tabitha Speelman has conducted research on this.

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…

I am a historian of late medieval and early modern China (14-18th c.). I am mostly interested in exploring the history of Chinese political institutions, literati culture, and gender and family. My current research is focused on examining the intersection of bureaucracy, law, and society in the Ming…

Florian Schneider's research interests include questions of governance and public administration in the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, political communication strategies and political content of popular Chinese entertainment, recent Chinese economic developments, as well as Chinese foreign policy. He…

Limin Teh (PhD, Chicago, 2014) is University Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at Leiden University. Her research examines industrial work, capital, and empire in modern East Asia, with a focus on mining, global labor standards, and reproductive labor.

Gina van Ling is a lecturer at the BA International Studies and is affiliated with the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). She has a background in Sinology and Law.

Ying-ting Wang is Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

When Daan van Esch, master’s student in Chinese Studies, travelled through China last summer, he noticed that he often did not understand what the inhabitants of the different villages and cities were talking about. There turned out to be huge differences within the language. He decided to map this…

Corona travel restrictions and increased political pressure: research into China has become considerably more difficult in recent years. University lecturer and China researcher Rogier Creemers does not let this put him off. He receives an NWO grant to screen policy documents using digital technique…

Last February, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) acquired a rare Chinese manuscript dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Three Chinese Studies students got the opportunity to decipher the edict (dated 1582) during their internships. In this UBLpodcast they share their findings.

Jue Wang is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Jue is a scholar of Chinese economy and Global Political Economy. With a regional focus on China, her areas of expertise include international political economy, development finance, international organisations, technology…

Casper Wits is a University Lecturer in the Institute for Area Studies. His research focuses on postwar diplomatic and international history in East Asia, with a special interest in the development of Chinese and Japanse foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations in this period. He also takes an interest…