Call for papers: The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and the Rule of Law
AMT Conference to be held in Leiden on 12-14 December 2012. Deadline abstract submission: 15 September 2012.
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16 May | Van Vollenhoven Lecture on Asian Law
In this lecture professor Harding considers the implications of Asia's 21st-century rise for its legal systems and our approaches to studying them in the new situation we confront in the early 21st century.
Wednesday 16 May | Empires of the Steppe
Prof. dr. Jan Bemmann and dr. Ursula Brosseder from the University of Bonn will present their latest archeaological research on the Xiongnu and on the Orkhon Valley.
Wednesday 16 May | Studium Generale lecture by Ivo Smits
Schattigheidscultuur, het 'meisjes'-fenomeen en populaire cultuur in hedendaags Japan (this lecture will be in Dutch).
AMT Research Funding: Call for proposals
Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden University. Deadline: 1 June 2012, 17 hrs (CET).
4th Southeast Asia Update Conference
This years’ Southeast Asia Update is being organized by the Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies (CPAS) of the Radboud University Nijmegen on 22 June 2012. At present, we still have a number of presentation slots to fill and invite presentations. The deadline is 25 May.
Call for papers: The State, Violence and the Rule of Law in Korean-Japanese History
The State, Violence and the Rule of Law in Korean-Japanese History, 28-29 June 2013, Leiden. International workshop organized by the European Forum on Korean-Japanese History. Deadline abstract submission: 30 July 2012.
Welcome to the Asian Century
Lecture series organized by Studium Generale and Asian Modernities and Traditions (AMT).
Monday 21 May | Film screening and discussion with the director
Documentary film 'Kumaré', written and directed by Vikram Gandhi (2011, USA).
23 May: After Western Hegemony: a dialogue between European and Chinese Sociologies
AMT Guest lecture and China Seminar by Professor Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Research Director at CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.
23 May: Manuscript culture and writing materials in ancient India
IIAS Lunch Lecture by Dr Saraju Rath, who will give a brief overview of the varieties of writing materials used in the Indian world through the ages and the evidence for them in the form of literary references, iconic representations and preserved specimens.
24 May: National Student Conference on Contemporary China
The National Student Conference on Contemporary China aims to provide excellent students of contemporary China with a platform to share and discuss recent scholarly work. Deadline for abstract submissions was 27 April 2012.
Tuesday 29 May | LIAS PhD & Postdoc Conference
The first annual LIAS PhD and Postdoc conference ‘Content or Discontent? Dealing with One’s Academic Tradition’ will be held at Leiden University on 29 May 2012.
Wednesday 30 May | PhD defence by Vincent Breugem
Supervisor: Wim Boot.
30 May: Of monks and embryos: Visualizing Tantric practice in Mediaeval Japan - Lucia Dolce
Recent investigations in Japanese temple archives have brought to light new documents from the medieval period which present a consistent discourse on the process of generation of the human body in the context of Tantric ritual practice.
6 June: Realms of the political: Citizens and consumers in colonial South Asia
Wertheim lecture 2012 by Prof. dr. Nira Wickramasinghe, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies and Head of the School of Asian Studies at Leiden University.
Summerschool 29-31 August
Integration processes and identity formations in Eurasian empires.
World Wide Asia 2012 Conference Update
A preliminary programme and website are now available for the 'World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts' conference to be held in Leiden from 31 August - 1 September 2012.
29-31 August 2012 | Summer School | Integration processes and identity formations in Eurasian empires | Amsterdam
From Wednesday 29 August until Friday 31 August 2012, the Institute for Culture and History of the University of Amsterdam, in cooperation with the NWO Eurasian Empires Project organises a summer school on integration processes and identity formations in European and Asian empires. Deadline for application: Monday 7 May!
Why are we here? Students/Teachers Exhibition in the East Asian Library
What does Japan mean for your colleagues and teachers? How have their interests in Japan started and developed? What brought them here? These questions will be answered in the exibition "Why are we here?"
