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Sunday 19 February | Lecture on Africa by Annette Schmidt
De leemarchitectuur van Djenné. (This lecture will be in Dutch).
Thursday 16 February | Modern South Asia Seminar by Willem van Schendel
Beyond Partition Logic? The Bangladesh Kaleidoscope.
Thursday 16 February | SMES/LUCIS lecture by Thomas Erdbrink
Iran de revolutionaire motor. (This lecture will be in Dutch).
Wednesday 15 February | China Seminar by Eva Ströber
The Story of a Ewer in the Shape of A Crayfish.
Tuesday 14 February | Studium Generale lecture on Japan by Katarzyna Cwiertka
Bakkebaarden, vlees en spoorwegen: de Japanse maatschappij op weg naar ‘beschaving’. (This lecture will be in Dutch).
Friday 10 February | Seminar Eastern Christianity by Karel Innemée
The Doors of Deir al-Surian in the Light of Recent Conservation Work.
8 February: South Korean National Identity and Changing Perceptions on Unification
MEARC lecture series on South Korean national identity by Prof. Nae-Young Lee, Director of the Asiatic Research Institute at Korea University.
Friday 27 January | Inaugural address by Peter Ho & Ambassadors Conference
Peter Ho is the new MEARC Director and Chair of Chinese Economy and Development. His inaugural address is titled: "Will China save Europe or collapse? Misconceptions and Economic Stability".
Thursday 26 January | PhD defence Lena Scheen
Supervisor: Maghiel van Crevel.
Saturday 14 January | 43rd Papyrologists Day
At the Leiden Papyrological Institute. Every year, this day is organised for Dutch-speaking papyrologists. During the meeting, recent research within Dutch papyrology is being presented.
Friday 13 January | Persian poetry night
A night full of lectures on Persian poetry in Lipsius 147, 7-9 pm.
Tuesday 13 December | Two lectures on history and literature in the Middle East
Ulrich Marzolph on the Egyptian historian al-Ishâqî and Charles Melville on the history of Tamerlane. Large Meeting Room, University Library, 2:30 - 4:30 pm.
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | PhD defence Marjolijn van Zutphen
Supervisor: Jan-Just Witkam.
Monday 12 December | Modern South Asia Seminar by Anna Stirr
Shaping Futures through Nostalgia: Migration, Gender, and Nepali Dohori Song.
Friday 9th December | Nepali musical performance
By Anna Stirr (ethnomusicologist on Nepal) and Ram Kumar Singh (singer, composer and bansuri flute player).
Thursday 8 December | LIAS Double Vision: Orality & Tradition
Aone van Engelenhoven will discuss the suppressed language Makuva, which is spoken secretly in East Timor. Rudolf de Jong will speak on the Bedouin population of Egypt’s Sinai desert and their unique oral traditions of customary law.
Tuesday 6 December | China Seminar by Annika Pissin
Must “left behind children” miss their mothers?
Friday 2 December | Opening exhibition in Museum Volkenkunde
Modern Times: Mass culture in Korea (1910 - 1945).
