Prof. dr. B. (Ben) Arps

Position:
  • Professor
Expertise:
  • Indonesian and Javanese language and culture


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 2222
E-Mail: b.arps@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS Indonesie
Office Address: Johan Huizingagebouw
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden
Room number 0.13
Personal Homepage: www.leidenuniv.nl/​personal/​arps


Research

My research and teaching are about discourse and language, conceived largely from an anthropo-linguistic point of view. On the theoretical side, I am especially interested in mediation, performance, thematics and thematization, and control over language. My descriptive interests are in the changing positions of the so-called regional languages and cultures under Indonesian governance, the peculiarities of Javanese colloquial speech, and literature, drama (not least puppetry), religious thought, and ritual in their socio-historical contexts.

Website

http://www.leidenuniv.nl/personal/arps/

Last Modified: 24-06-2010