Staff South and Southeast Asian Studies Ben Arps Professor 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 Dokter-Mersch Postdoc Aone van Engelenhoven University Lecturer Southeast Asian Linguistics Jos Gommans Professor of Colonial and Global History David Henley Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus Islam in South East Asia Marijke Klokke Senior University Lecturer Art and Material Culture of Southeast Asia Pui Chi Lai Coordinator Faculty Graduate School office Henk Schulte Nordholt Professor emeritus Indonesian History Ellen Raven Guest Assistant Professor Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia Jonathan Silk Professor of Buddhist Studies Surya Suryadi Lecturer Peter Verhagen Guest Nira Wickramasinghe Professor of Modern South Asian Studies