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 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 […]
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)
ABC News feature for Civil War Samurai

We’re proud to have our author Natalia Doan and her latest book featured in international news 🌍 A recent WJLA report highlights her book Civil War Samurai, a remarkable story of Tateishi Onojirō — a 17-year-old samurai who captured the American imagination during Japan’s first diplomatic mission to the United States in 1860. Nicknamed “Tommy,” […]