Southeast Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)
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Prof.dr. B. Arps
Ben Arps is a Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. What fascinates him most is worldmaking by means of language, performance, and media, especially in encounters between religious and intellectual traditions. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. D.E.F. Henley
David Henley is a Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies. He has a broad range of research interests spanning the politics, history, geography and sociology of Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. I.B. Smits
Ivo Smits is a professor of Arts and Cultures of Japan at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). His research focuses on early medieval classical texts in both classical Japanese and classical Chinese. View his full profile here.