The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies ( nl, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, lit = Royal Institute for the Linguistics, Geography and

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, abbreviated: KITLV) at

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was founded in 1851. Its objective is the advancement of the study of the

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, and

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Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

, the

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, and the Caribbean. Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of the Dutch East Indies (now

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), Suriname, and the

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(the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba). Its unique collection of books, manuscripts, prints and photographs attracts visiting scholars from all over the world. On July 1, 2014, the management of the collection was taken over by

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Jakarta

In 1969, a KITLV office was started by

Hans Ras Johannes Jacobus (Hans) Ras (1 April 1926 – 22 October 2003) was emeritus professor of Javanese language and literature at Leiden University, the Netherlands. In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representat ...

in Jakarta ("KITLV-Jakarta"), as a part of an agreement with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Here, publications from Indonesia,

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and

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are bought and given a place in the library of the institute, publications of the institute are sold, and original scientific works in the

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are translated into

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. The Jakarta office is, since July 1, 2014, part of

and doubles as the

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of Leiden University.

Publications

The KITLV Press published and distributed academic books on Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. It also published three journals: * ''

Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' (English title: ''Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania'') also known by the abbreviated name BKI (Bijdragen Koninklijk Instituut) is a peer reviewed academic j ...

'', * ''Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities'', and * ''

New West Indian Guide The ''New West Indian Guide'' (''Nieuwe West-Indische Gids'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. It was established in 1919 by Herman Benjamins and covers resea ...

/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids''.

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acquired KITLV Press in 2012.Brill Completes Acquisition of KITLV Press
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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal Netherlands Institute Of Southeast Asian And Caribbean Studies Research institutes in the Netherlands Anthropological research institutes Caribbean studies Southeast Asian studies Leiden University Organisations based in South Holland Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage World Digital Library partners 1851 establishments in the Netherlands Organizations established in 1851