GIGA China Series: lecture
🌏 Who shapes global knowledge about China — and whose perspectives are missing? Join us on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, for the GIGA China Series lecture Global Knowledge Production about China, featuring hashtag#JulieYuWenChen, Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Helsinki Drawing on a global oral history project spanning Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and […]
Book Talk
How did European colonialism reshape societies across Asia and the Indian Ocean World through the enslavement and trade of human beings? On 10 November 2026, join the seminar exploring Colonial Encounters and Slavery in Early Modern Asia, the recent open-access volume published by Leiden University Press. Spanning regions from Siberia to Madagascar and Southeast Asia, […]
Open Access Week 2026
It’s Open Access Week 2026! At Leiden University Press, we believe scholarly knowledge should reach beyond the library shelves and paywalls. This year, we’re celebrating the open access books published by LUP so far in 2026 — bringing new research and perspectives to readers around the world. From history and religion to urban life, global […]
Exploring the Many Routes of History
From colonial medicine and the environmental impact of war to eighteenth-century reading culture and the Dutch monarchy’s colonial legacy, Leiden University Press explores the many ways history connects the past to the present. Every October, Maand van de Geschiedenis (Dutch History Month) invites us to look at the past from new perspectives. History is more […]
Book Launch | The Indonesian Left in the Twentieth Century
Book Launch | The Indonesian Left in the Twentieth Century Date: Wednesday 7 October 2026 Time 15:30 – 17:55 Location: KITLV Herta Mohr Building, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG Leiden Room:1.30 Register: kitlv@kitlv.nl https://www.kitlv.nl/ About the event This event incudes a book talk with experts, as well as a short film screening (30 mins) surrounding […]
Podcast met Carola Schoor
Benieuwd hoe deze zes politieke stijlen zich verhouden tot de Nederlandse politiek van vandaag? Luister dan naar de nieuwste aflevering van Betrouwbare Bronnen de podcast, waarin Carola Schoor, schrijver bij LUP, in gesprek gaat over haar Handboek politieke stijl en de zes archetypen van politieke stijl. 👉 Luister naar de aflevering Image credit: Betrouwbare Bronnen
Book Talk – Watch Back!
How is knowledge about China produced around the world — and who gets to be recognized as an expert? We were delighted to share a fascinating talk hosted by the Sol Plaatje University at Sociology Tuesdays, presented by our writer, Professor Julie Yu-Wen Chen, on her book Global Knowledge Production About China. In her presentation, […]
Nieuwsartikel: Handboek politieke stijl
Bekijk dit column van Petra de Koning geschreven in de NRC – Handboek politieke stijl: Politiek begrijpen met archetypen door Carola Schoor. Column | Geert Wilders in de broek van Jan Struijs – NRC Image credit: NRC website (Petra de Koning column)