Staff South and Southeast Asian Studies Ben Arps Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture Abhishek Avtans- Lecturer of Hindi Language and Literature Peter Bisschop Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia Sanne Mersch PhD candidate Aone van Engelenhoven University Lecturer Southeast Asian Linguistics Gregory Forgues Guest researcher Jos Gommans Professor of Colonial and Global History David Henley Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies Pralay Kanungo Guest researcher Nico Kaptein Professor of Islam in South East Asia Marijke Klokke Senior University Lecturer Art and Material Culture of Southeast Asia Pui Chi Lai Coordinator of Studies Henk Schulte Nordholt Professor emeritus Indonesian History Ellen Raven University Lecturer Art and Material Culture of South Asia Rizal Shidiq Economies in Southeast Asia Jonathan Silk Professor of Buddhist Studies Surya Suryadi Lecturer Peter Verhagen University Lecturer Tibetan Studies Nira Wickramasinghe Professor of Modern South Asian Studies