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Remembering Leiden-Indonesian resistance fighter Irawan Soejono 27 January 2020
Large numbers of Indonesians were active members of the resistance during the Second World War. One of them was Irawan Soejono, a student at Leiden Un...
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New publication: Marrying Young in Indonesia: Voices, Laws and Practices 16 January 2020
New edited volume by Mies Grijns (VVI), Hoko Horii (KITLV/VVI), Sulistyowati Irianto (Universitas Indonesia) and Pinky Saptandari (Airlangga University).
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After the tsunami: how Aceh returned to everyday life 09 December 2019
A devastating tsunami engulfed large coastal areas in Asia and East Africa in 2004. With over 170,000 dead, the Indonesian province of Aceh was hardes...
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Leiden alumnus Surya Tjandra appointed Deputy Minister in Indonesia 04 November 2019
Surya Tjandra has been appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as Deputy Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister.
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Why citizen participation is not helping to stop environmental pollution in Indonesia 11 October 2019
More than three quarters of the 237 million Indonesian population has no access to tap water. They are dependent on water from rivers often polluted b...
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How radical Islam gained a foothold in Indonesia 16 September 2019
In recent decades, a more radical Islam has been on the rise in Indonesia, but the government now promotes a moderate form of Islam. In his inaugural ...
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Knighthood for Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt 09 September 2019
Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on Friday 6 September 2019 for his services to the study of Ind...
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Indonesian alumni and their souvenirs of Leiden 09 July 2019
For many Indonesian alumni, studying in Leiden or The Hague was a life-changing experience. This is what they told a delegation from Leiden during its...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future 19 June 2019
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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Sri Margana holds the Van Leur chair for early modern history of Indonesia 26 February 2019
Dr Sri Margana succeeded Bambang Purwanto last September as professor in the Faculty of the Humanities. Margana is a specialist in the early modern hi...
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Saving threatened orang-utans with climate change-resilient trees 26 February 2019
A study of the International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified tree species native to Indonesia’s Kutai National Park that are resilient...
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Adat land rights: the solution for land conflicts in Indonesia? 19 December 2018
Land conflicts between farmers and government authorities or large plantation businesses are an everyday occurrence in many countries in the Global So...
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Selamat Datang! Leiden Law School visits Indonesia 05 December 2018
At the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School led by Dean Joanne van der Leun visited partner universities and other organ...
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Delegation Leiden Law School to Indonesia 07 November 2018
At the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by Dean Joanne van der Leun, will a number of various partner universit...