royal, netherlands, institute, southeast, asian, caribbean, studies, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies Dutch Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal Land en Volkenkunde lit Royal Institute for the Linguistics Geography and Ethnology abbreviated KITLV at Leiden was founded in 1851 Its objective is the advancement of the study of the anthropology linguistics social sciences and history of Southeast Asia the Pacific Area and the Caribbean Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of the Dutch East Indies now Indonesia Suriname and the Dutch West Indies 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 Leiden University Libraries The KITLV On the wall below the building is a poem in the Buginese language one of the wall poems in Leiden Plaque of KITLV Contents 1 Jakarta 2 Publications 3 References 4 External linksJakarta EditIn 1969 a KITLV office was started by Hans Ras in Jakarta KITLV Jakarta as a part of an agreement with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Here publications from Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore are bought and given a place in the library of the institute publications of the institute are sold and original scientific works in the Dutch language are translated into Indonesian The Jakarta office is since July 1 2014 part of Leiden University Libraries and doubles as the representative office of Leiden University Publications EditThe 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 Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities and New West Indian Guide Nieuwe West Indische Gids Brill acquired KITLV Press in 2012 1 References Edit Brill Completes Acquisition of KITLV PressExternal links EditOfficial website KITLV Jakarta Media related to KITLV at Wikimedia Commons Coordinates 52 09 30 N 4 28 57 E 52 15833 N 4 48250 E 52 15833 4 48250 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies amp oldid 1089197149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
