KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
![Building of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies along the canal Witte Singel, Leiden, 2012, with a poem in [[Buginese language](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/KITLV_and_Buginese_poem.jpg)
The
KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (, abbreviated as KITLV) at
Leiden was founded in 1851. Its objective is the advancement of the study of the
anthropology,
linguistics,
social sciences, and
history of
Southeast Asia, the
Pacific Area, and the
Caribbean. Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of the
Dutch East Indies (now
Indonesia),
Suriname, and the
Dutch West Indies (the
Netherlands Antilles and
Aruba). 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 by
Leiden University Libraries.
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