MISSION

The mission of the European League for Non-Western Studies (ELNWS) is to operate as a promotional organization for non-western studies at the European and national levels .

Aims
The ELNWS wants to fulfil its mission by:

  • allowing the member universities to develop internationally competitive graduate programs through the exchange of graduate students and teaching staff and by combining resources;
  • successfully applying for subsidy in the framework of European programmes by showing the European Union the importance of education and research in the field of non-western studies for the whole of Europe.

Activities
In order to reach the first aim, the ELNWS supports (financially and where necessary also administratively) the following activities of its members:

  • the exchange of students;
  • the exchange of research and/or teaching personnel;
  • the organisation of joint academic and scientific activities, such as courses, conferences, seminars, symposia or lectures;
  • the development of collaborative research projects;
  • the exchange of publications and other materials of common interest.

ELNWS projects
The members of the ELNWS have already developed many initiatives to come to internationally competitive graduate programs. These initiatives are listed under ELNWS projects.

NEWSLETTER HEADLINES

07.02.08 Events of this summer

The Leiden Summer School in Languages and the Linguistics and the Third Kangaku Summer Course

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07.02.08 New e-learning projects

The ELNWS and the Faculty of Arts of Leiden University have agreed to provide funding for a number of specific study fields to stimulate international cooperation projects using ICT tools. The corresponding call for proposals was received with great enthusiasm. It resulted in the selection of seven new projects that will be completed this year (2008).

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