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TheKITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (Dutch:Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde,lit. 'Royal Institute for the Linguistics, Geography andEthnology', abbreviated as KITLV) atLeiden was founded in 1851.[1] Its objective is the advancement of the study of theanthropology,linguistics,social sciences, andhistory ofSoutheast Asia, thePacific Area, and theCaribbean. Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of theDutch East Indies (nowIndonesia),Suriname, and theDutch West Indies (theNetherlands Antilles andAruba). 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 byLeiden University Libraries.
In 1969, a KITLV office was started byHans Ras inJakarta ("KITLV-Jakarta"), as a part of an agreement with theIndonesian Institute of Sciences. Here, publications from Indonesia,Malaysia andSingapore are bought and given a place in the library of the institute, publications of the institute are sold, and original scientific works in theDutch language are translated intoIndonesian. The Jakarta office is, since July 1, 2014, part ofLeiden University Libraries and doubles as therepresentative office of Leiden University.
The KITLV Press published and distributed academic books on Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. It also published three journals:
Brill acquired KITLV Press in 2012.[2]
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