Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Editor: Willem Otterspeer -- Preface / Editor: Willem Otterspeer -- Introduction / Willem Otterspeer -- Abraham Kuenen and his Successors / M.J. Mulder -- Hebrew at Leiden University / A. van der Heide and K. Jongeling -- Syriac Studies in Leiden (1850–1940): The Vicissitudes of a ‘Lingua Minor’ / A.G.P. Janson and L. van Rompay -- Dozy, a Scholarly life According to Plan / J. Brugman -- Snouck Hurgronje’s Study of Islamic Law / J. Brugman -- Collective Studies of the Muslim World: Institutions, Projects and Collections / J.T.P. de Bruijn -- The Precarious Rise and Survival of Sanskrit and Indian Studies / J.C. Heesterman -- Imagine Leiden without Kern / Hanna ‘T Hart -- Huizinga’s Dissertation and the ‘Stemmingen’ of the Literary Movement of the Eighties / D.H.A. Kolff -- C.P. Tiele’s Strategy of Conquest / L. Leertouwer -- Leiden Orientalists and the Christian Mission / I.H. Enklaar -- Leiden and Empire: University and Colonial Office 1825–1925 / C. Fasseur -- The Ethical Imperative / Willem Otterspeer -- The Legal Oriental Connection / J.M. Otto and S. Pompe -- Indonesians at Leiden University / Harry A. Poeze -- Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University: from Encyclopedism to Structuralism / P.E. de Josselin de Jong and H.F. Vermeulen -- Of Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water: Leiden University’s Early Sinologists (1835–1911) / Leonard Blussé -- Mihatenu Yume—An Unfinished Dream: Japanese Studies until 1940 / Frits Vos -- Von Siebold and his Japanese Collection in Leiden / Willem van Gulik.

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