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IIAS runs a book publication programme in cooperation with Amsterdam University Press (AUP). IIAS currently publishes monographs and edited volumes in four series, namely Global Asia, Asian Cities, Asian Heritages, and Humanities Across Borders (HAB) Methodologies. Each series has its own editor and editorial board. If you are interested in publishing a book in one of our series, please do not hesitate to contact the editors or the Publications Officer. For more information and contact details, see ‘Our series’.

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Resilience as Heritage in Asia

Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North. Senses, Media and Power

Chiang Mai between Empire and Modern Thailand. A City in the Colonial Margins

Designs on Pots. Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand

River Cities in Asia. Waterways in Urban Development and History

Emerging Civic Urbanisms in Asia. Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei beyond Developmental Urbanization

Music Worlding in Palau Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness

The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World. Studies in Central Asian Buddhism

Heritage and the Making of Political Legitimacy in Laos. The Past and Present of the Lao Nation

Constructing Kanchi. City of Infinite Temples

World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka, Malaysia. A Cityscape below the Winds

Narrating Democracy in Myanmar. The Struggle Between Activists, Democratic Leaders and Aid Workers

Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia

Citizens, Civil Society and Heritage-Making in Asia

Asian Alleyways. An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization

The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore

The Heritage Turn in China. The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage

Shadow Exchanges along the New Silk Roads

Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self

Neighbourhoods for the City in Pacific Asia

Future Challenges of Cities in Asia

The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong

Trading Caterpillar Fungus in Tibet. When Economic Boom Hits Rural Area

Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China: Urbanized Interface

Concepts of Science in Europe and Asia

Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia

Ideas of the City in Asian Settings

Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West - Care of the Self

Globalizing Asian Religions - Management and Marketing

Cities in Asia by and for the People

Heritage and Romantic Consumption in China

Urban Development in the Margins of a World Heritage Site - In the Shadows of Angkor

Chinese Heritage in the Making. Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations

Geopolitical Economy of Energy and Environment. China and the European Union

Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata: From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City

African-Asian Encounters: New Cooperations and New Dependencies

Urban Traditions and Historic Environments in Sindh: A Fading Legacy of Shikarpoor, Historic City

Eurasian Encounters: Museums, Missions, Modernities

Beyond Bali. Subaltern Citizens and Post-Colonial Intimacy

Bangladesh field report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor

Shanghai Literary Imaginings: A City in Transformation

Transnational Migration and Asia: The Question of Return

From Padi States to Commercial States. Reflections on Identity and the Social Construction Space in the Borderlands of Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar

India and Beyond. Aspects of Literature, Meaning, Ritual and Thought. Essays in Honour of Frits Staal

Asian Cities: Colonial to Global

A Concise History of Dutch Mauritius, 1598-1710. A Fruitful and Healthy Land

New developments in Asian studies

Dynamics In Pacific Asia: Conflict, Competition and Cooperation

Pacific Strife. The Great Powers and their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific, 1870-1914

Qiaoxiang Ties: Interdisciplinary Approaches to 'cultural Capitalism' in South China

The Transnationalization of Chinese National Oil Companies and the European Union Energy Security

Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia

Immigration in Singapore

Ageing & Society. Understanding Vulnerabilities in Old Age

Towards Social Stability and Democratic Governance in Central Eurasia. Challenges to Regional Security

Japan's Foreign Policy 1945-2003. The Quest for a Proactive Policy

What about Asia? Revisiting Asian Studies

Merchant in Asia. The Trade of the Dutch East India Company during the Eighteenth Century

Tibet, Self, and the Tibetan Diaspora

Territory and Identity in Tibet and the Himalayas

Religion and Secular Culture in Tibet

Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages

Khams pa Histories. Visions of People, Place and Authority

Buddhist Art and Tibetan Patronage Ninth to Fourteenth Centuries

Amdo Tibetans in Transition. Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era

Central Eurasia in Global Politics. Conflict, Security, and Development

Genomics in Asia. A Clash of Bioethical Interests?

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Shaping the Reforms, Academia and China (1977-2003)

The Greater Middle East in Global Politics. Social Science Perspectives on the Changing Geography of the World Politics

Culture in the Contemporary PRC

Law and Development in East and Southeast Asia

Indonesian Sea Nomads. Money, magic and fear of the Orang Suku Laut

Hinduism in Modern Indonesia. A minority religion between local, national, and global interests

The Indian Ocean Rim. Southern Africa and Regional Co-operation

Sexual Cultures in East Asia. The social construction of sexuality and sexual risk in a time of AIDS

Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts: Translating Traditions

Reading East Asian Writing: The Limits of Literary Theory

Rethinking Chinese Transnational Enterprises: Cultural Affinity and Business Strategies

Asian-European Perspectives: Developing the ASEM Process

Nomads in the Sedentary World

A Grammar of Jero

A Grammar of Kulung

A Grammar of Wambule

Rabha

A Grammar of Lepcha

Impressions of Bhutan and Tibetan Art

Tribal Communities in the Malay World: Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives

Southeast Asian Studies: Debates and New Directions

Varieties of Religious Authority: Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam

Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: Implementation and Challenges

Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia

Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies

They Ask If We Eat Frogs: Garo Ethnicity in Bangladesh

Tourism, Heritage and National Culture in Java: Dilemmas of a Local Community

Images of the Modern Woman in Asia: Global Media, Local Meanings

The Eurasian Space: Far More Than Two Continents

Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Southeast Asia: History, Causes and Remedies

Piracy in Southeast Asia: Status, Issues, and Responses

Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Securing the Malacca Straits

Pirates, Ports, and Coasts in Asia: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Globalising Migration History The Eurasian Experience (16th-21st Centuries)

Foreign Policies and Diplomacies in Asia. Changes in Practice, Concepts, and Thinking in a Rising Region

Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia. Magic and Modernity

Writing India Anew: Indian English Fiction 2000-2010

The Institutionalisation of Political Parties in Post-authoritarian Indonesia: From the Grass-roots Up

The Making of the Asia Pacific. Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation

Islam in Indonesia. Contrasting Images and Interpretations

Aspects of Manuscript Culture in South India

Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration. Demographic Patterns and Social Issues

The Globalization of Energy: China and the European Union

Secure Oil and Alternative Energy. The Geopolitics of Energy Paths of China and the European Union

Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities: Ethnographies of Human Mobilities in Asia

Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail

The Thought Remolding Campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-state

The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya: Tangled Strands of Modernity

Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou

Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia. Negotiating Public Spaces

Space and the Production of Cultural Difference among the Akha Prior to Globalization: Channeling the Flow of Life

Rebuilding the Ancestral Village. Singaporeans in China

Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia. Reality and Challenges

Reframing Singapore: Memory – Identity - Trans-Regionalism

Asian Material Culture

From Early Tang Court Debates to China’s Peaceful Rise

Social Movements in China and Hong Kong. The Expansion of Protest Space

Rural Livelihoods, Resources and Coping with Crisis Indonesia. A Comparative Study

Identity in Crossroad Civilisations. Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia

Responding to the West: Essays on Colonial Domination and Asian agency

Chinese Women and the Cyberspace

Multiregionalism and Multilateralism. Asian-European Relations in a Global Context

Reading Contemporary Indonesian Muslim Women Writers. Representation, Identity and Religion of Muslim Women in Indonesian Fiction

Rhythm of Strategy: A Corporate Biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia

Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation. Everyday Lives of Poor Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong

Frameworks of Choice: Predictive and Genetic Testing in Asia

Asian Literary Voices: From Marginal to Mainstream

Austronesian Soundscapes: Performing Arts in Oceania and Southeast Asia

Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory

South Asian Partition Fiction in English: From Khushwant Singh to Amitav Ghosh

Women's Rights? The Politics of Eugenic Abortion in Modern Japan

Their Footprints Remain: Biomedical Beginnings Across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier

China with a Cut. Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music

The EU-Thailand Relations: Tracing the Patterns of New Bilateralism

National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities. Speaking in Many Tongues

State, Society and International Relations in Asia

Tracks and Traces. Thailand and the Work of Andrew Turton

Asia-Europe Meeting: Contributing to a New Global Governance Architecture, The. The Eighth ASEM Summit in Brussels (2010)

Modernization, Tradition and Identity. The Kompilasi Hukum Islam and Legal Practice in the Indonesian Religious Courts

Singapore in Global History

The EU-Japan Security Dialogue. Invisible but Comprehensive