• Language Café: Bahasa Indonesian & Hindi

    Schouwburgstraat - Cafeteria

    LANGUAGE CAFÉ BAHSA INDONESIA AND HINDI We are organizing the first South and Southeast Asian language café of the new semester! This session is meant to refresh our knowledge of Hindi and Bahasa Indonesia. ✨ We will be providing materials of pre-intermediate level Bahasa Indonesia and Hindi. If you have Read more

  • The Rise of Populism in Sri Lanka – Talk with Q&A

    Schouwburgstraat - Living Lab (2nd floor) Schouwburgstraat 2, Den Haag, Netherlands

    On October 26th 2018, Asia's oldest democracy suffered a 'coup without guns' as President Maithripala Sirisena fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Rajapaka was/is Sri Lanka's populist PM who in 2009 ended the decades long civil war with rebels from the Tamil minority. Read more

  • Food With Friends – SSEA Potluck

    BeeHive Student Center - Common Room (3rd floor) Turfmarkt 104, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Friday 29th of March, from 18.00 to 21.00, SSEA com is having a potluck dinner in the ESN common room! Come along, meet some old friends and new, and bring your own dish to share The SSEA com will be, of course, making chai ☕ The potluck is open to Read more

  • Samudra Open Meeting

    Wijnhaven Campus - room 3.10B Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands, Netherlands

    April 2nd, the Samudra editorial will be meeting from 12.00 to 14.00 in Wijnhaven 310B - want to write or contribute to the only Asia focused student platform in Leiden uni? - Come along! Not sure what you want to write or have too many ideas? - Come along too Read more

  • SSEA Cooking Workshop

    De Klok, Enthovenplein, 2521 DA Den Haag Enthovenplein, 2521 DA, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Dear foodlovers, The South and Southeast Asia committee and Culinary committee are teaming up to spice up your life! Do you want to impress your friends with your amazing cooking skills? We can help you with that. Friday the 12th is the day when we're gonna teach you how to Read more

    €6.00
  • Journalism Basics Workshop [how we go beyond series]

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.02 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Join us on April 17th from 15.00 to 17.00 in room 2.02 for a Journalism basis workshop hosted by Samudra editorial on the theme Cutting through the noise: How to attract and hold readers' full attention ✨ For journalists, bloggers and beginning writers! ⚠️ Registration for this event is free Read more

    Free
  • Decolonizing Leiden University? A Panel Discussion

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.01 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    This Tuesday, 14 May, SSEA Com is hosting a panel discussion on the theme of Decolonizing Leiden university from 17.15 (there is a lecture before us) in Wijnhaven 2.01. As Leiden celebrates its 444th year, it's time to address its relation with colonialism, how this history affects Leiden's curriculum, and Read more

  • Trip to Indonesia Food & Culture Festival

    De Broodfabriek Volmerlaan 12, Rijswijk, Netherlands

    Want to try some authentic Indonesian cuisine? 🍛 😋 Join this once a year experience! South and Southeast Asia committee takes you to “Pasar Indonesia Raya”, one of the biggest Indonesian culture festival held in De Broodfabriek, Rijswijk on the 14th of September 2019. ✨😊 Still unsure what region you Read more

  • Movie Screening: The Hundred Foot Journey

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.48 Turfmarkt 99, Netherlands

    The BASIS South and Southeast Asia Committee bring you a Friday night film - The Hundred Foot Journey. This feel-good feature tells the story of an Indian family who open a restaurant in a provincial French town - right across the road from a Michelin Star-bearing French restaurant. So ensues Read more

  • SSEA & EA Writing Workshop

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.56 Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    ATTENTION WRITERS!✒👋 The BASIS South and Southeast Asia committee offers you a once-in-a-semester opportunity to contribute your creative energies to a student publication. 🌏😊 Based around the theme of CULTURE SHOCK, we will be accepting written (and visual) entries related to the areas of South and Southeast Asia as well Read more

  • SSEA First Years Info Night

    Wondering if SSEA is the area for you? 🤔 On WED 20TH NOV from 17.00 the SSEA Committee is holding an event for all the first-year students who are interested in the South and Southeast Asia area! 🌏🧡 The night will contain of a brief information session discussing the course, Read more

  • Vegan Potluck Night

    Do you have a passion for cooking and are you willing to be up for a challenge? Perhaps this South and South-East Asia “VEGAN” themed potluck is the right answer for you! 🌶🌶Join the SSEA Committee and Leiden University Green Office on this mouth-watering potluck event where you will able Read more

  • Movie Screening: Sexy Killers

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.46 Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, Netherlands

    The BASIS – South and Southeast Asia Committee is showcasing the final piece of the 12-part documentary series “Blue Indonesia Expedition” by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Ucok Suparta. “Sexy Killers” aims to bring light to the development and environmental impact of the coal mining industry in Indonesia and its role Read more

  • South and Southeast Asia Online Pubquiz

    Online

    Perhaps you miss the night out with friends to the bar? Well, this event is perfect for you! The SSEA Committee is hosting an online event where you get to feel like you are out in town. Join us with the South and Southeast Asia online “pub quiz” where you Read more

  • South and Southeast Asia Q&A

    Online

    It's almost time for you first years to choose your region, and perhaps you are still unsure of which region to choose. Well, the South and Southeast Asia Committee are hosting a Q&A session for you guys to ask about the region! Join in on Kaltura, and you get to Read more

  • SSEA Online Borrel

    Online

    Hello everyone! The second semester has started and the SSEA Committee are excited to bring you a new set of events but unfortunately we can't have potlucks or karaoke events just yet. We feel that now, more than ever, it's important to stay in touch with you all. That's why Read more

  • Movie Screening: Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon

    Online

    Hello everyone! The SSEA Committee is excited to bring you a new event. This time we'll be screening Disney's latest animation movie: Raya and the Last Dragon! The film is a landmark moment for Southeast Asian representation in Hollywood. Raya is Disney’s first Southeast Asian princess, and is voiced by Read more

  • Guest Lecture on the Situation in Myanmar

    Online

    Hi everyone! Next Wednesday, May 12th at 7 PM on Zoom, the SSEA Committee is organizing a guest lecture on Myanmar. Following a military coup on February 1st, elected leader Aang San Suu Kyi and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained. Since then mass Read more

  • Lecture: Toxicity and Racism in Maritime Southeast Asia

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.16 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    On Tuesday the 15th of March at 17:00 the South and South East Asia committee will host a guest lecture held by Dr. Burgos Martinez on toxicity and racism in Maritime South East Asia. Where? Wijnhaven Room 3.16 Hope to see you there!

  • Compassion in Confucianism and Indian Buddhism

    Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.60 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, Netherlands

    Join the South and South-East Asia x East Asia Committee for a lecture on Asia Philosophy given by Dr.Stephen Harris. When? Monday March 28, 17:30 Where? Wijnhaven room 3.60 Hope to see you there!