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The purpose of this volume is to take stock of what has been achieved in and look forward to new directions for the study of indigenous America. The book is organised around the theme of cultural and linguistic diversity and the three pillars of research promoted by the Leiden-based Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS): reconstructing, describing, and preserving diversity. The first part of the book features interviews with prominent Leiden and Leiden-related scholars who have helped to create and shape the field of Indigenous American studies worldwide. The second part of the book consists of over 25 contributions by different authors that relate to one of the three pillars.
Price: $179.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
17 December 2026
ISBN: 9789004680777
Format: Hardcover
Mariana Françozo, Ph.D. (2009), is an associate professor of museum studies at Leiden University. Her research focuses on the impact of Brazilian Indigenous cultures on Europe in the early modern period, reconstructing the circulation of Indigenous objects and knowledge in past and present.
Rik van Gijn, Ph.D. (2006), is a professor of ethnolinguistic vitality and diversity in the world at Leiden University. He has published extensively on South American Indigenous languages and has led various research projects on language documentation and language and the human past.
Martine Bruil, Ph.D. (2014), is an assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre of Linguistics, specializing in the documentation, description, and historical reconstruction of Indigenous languages of Ecuador. She has published several journal articles and book chapters on grammatical aspects of Siona.
Rik van Gijn, Ph.D. (2006), is a professor of ethnolinguistic vitality and diversity in the world at Leiden University. He has published extensively on South American Indigenous languages and has led various research projects on language documentation and language and the human past.
Martine Bruil, Ph.D. (2014), is an assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre of Linguistics, specializing in the documentation, description, and historical reconstruction of Indigenous languages of Ecuador. She has published several journal articles and book chapters on grammatical aspects of Siona.