Leiden University, Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies

Note: the Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) of Leiden University has been closed since 1 September 2009.

The Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) integrates students and scholars in the arts, social sciences and law of the Non-Western world within the Netherlands. Its work is an ongoing exchange of knowledge and ideas with people elsewhere in the world, to broaden its understanding and knowledge of both Western and Non-Western cultures.