744 search results for “decolonisation in south asia” in the Staff website
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Asia Academy #11: South Korea's Chip Power
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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Decolonisation in art: 'That darkness says: up to here and no further'
It was not light, but its absence that caught Stephanie Noach's attention a few years ago. With her research on darkness in art, she aims to show how darkness can question and sometimes even undermine colonial imagery.
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Girija Joshi
Faculty of Humanities
g.joshi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Ajay Gandhi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.gandhi@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9100
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Peter Bisschop
Faculty of Humanities
p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2980
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Ellen Raven
Faculty of Humanities
e.m.raven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nira Wickramasinghe on New Books in South Asian Studies podcast
In the book 'Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' Nira Wickramasinghe, professor of Modern South Asian Studies, uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world. She was interviewed about the book in the New Books in South East Asian…
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Spierenburg in NRC on the neoliberal system in South Africa
Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg talks in the Dutch newspaper NRC about the neoliberal system and how it has to change in order to solve the energy crisis in South-Africa.
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Rethinking community in upland, ‘indigenous’ South Asia
Erik de Maaker wrote a monograph on how Garo, an indigenous community of the extended eastern Himalayas, experience and negotiate such disparities. The book shows how relatedness is reinterpreted as religious practices change, and communally held land ends up being privately controlled. Erik de Maaker…
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Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.
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Vineet Thakur
Faculty of Humanities
v.thakur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1256
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Join the Decolonising Knowledge PhD Workshop
Research
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Elizabeth Cecil
Faculty of Humanities
e.a.cecil@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2603
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
l.j.bulten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2706
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7308
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now?
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the significance of the case, the specific details of the ruling and what we can expect to happen next.
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Hélène Nut
Faculty of Humanities
h.nut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Thijs Jan van Schie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.j.van.schie@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
m.d.f.nugraheni@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Al Al Farabi
Faculty of Humanities
a.al.farabi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8813
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Sarah Holma
Faculty of Humanities
s.k.holma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Said Reza Huseini
Faculty of Humanities
s.r.huseini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5329
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Channa Li
Faculty of Humanities
c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1766
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book The Government of Disasters. In this book Lydie explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters.
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Paul Kessler
Science
p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235
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David Henley
Faculty of Humanities
d.e.f.henley@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2226
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
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Second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update well attended
On November 17, the Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network held its second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update. At Leiden University, anthropologists are not at all confined to the Institute Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS).
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Netflix hit a metaphor for South Korea: ‘You have to achieve’
South Korean smash hit Squid Game is on track to becoming the most successful Netflix production ever. The series is number one in over 90 countries. Professor and Korea expert Remco Breuker can see why South Korean pop culture is becoming so popular, also outside Asia.
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Karen Smith
Faculty of Humanities
k.smith@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1737
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a change in South Korea’s approach to the compound.
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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Photo Report Cluster South
The renovation of the South Cluster has been in full swing over the recent period. As the completion date approaches, no later than 1 April, we're excited to provide you with a glimpse of the current state of the building.
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Marijke Klokke
Faculty of Humanities
m.j.klokke@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2417
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Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network Created
Last week, the 'Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network' was created, based on the network event 'Leiden Anthropology of and in Asia' on 8 December 2021. During this event, it became clear that next to events oriented towards peer-level academic interaction, there is an urgent need for a better institutional…
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Gul-i-Hina van der Zwan
International Institute Asian Studies
g.shahzad@iias.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Edegar Da Conceição Savio
Faculty of Humanities
e.da.conceicao.savio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Arfi Arfiansyah
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.arfiansyah@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Telling Stories: Narrative Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
Roundtable
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Text Matter: The Material and Political Lives of Javanese Manuscripts
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
- LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Nisida Gjoksi
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
n.gjoksi@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Irini Sifogeorgakis
Faculteit Archeologie
e.sifogeorgakis@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Robert Ross
Faculty of Humanities
r.j.ross@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Bleda Düring appointed as Professor in Archaeology of West Asia
Research
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Online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia launched
On August 30, the online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia was launched. The platform provides access to over 1,400 digitised maps of Southeast Asia from the collections of the National Library Board Singapore (307 maps), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Yale University (150 maps),…
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Public Support for Citizenship Expansion in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series