Paris-Sorbonne University (MA) National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations INALCO (MA),(PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
History of Myanmar, History of Rakhine
Institutions
Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient EFEO
Thesis
Le Royaume d’Arakan, Birmanie. Son histoire politique entre le début du XVe et la fin du XVIIe siècle(1998)
Doctoral advisor
Denise Bernot
Jacques Pierre Leider (French:[ʒakpjɛʁlɛi̯dər]; born 1962) is a French and Luxembourgian historian, teacher and former diplomat.
He is known for his historical research on Burma/Myanmar, particularly pre-colonial Buddhism, the history of Arakan, today called Rakhine, in the Bay of Bengal and the ethno-historical background of the Burma/Myanmar-Bangladesh borderlands.[1][2]
In the 1990s, he initiated the research and worldwide interest in the ancient kingdom and city of Mrauk-U in today's northern Rakhine and contributed as an expert to the World Heritage Nomination Dossier for Mrauk U submitted to the UNESCO in 2019.[3][4]
A notable work is his study and translation of the ”Golden Letter” that King Alaungpaya of Burma has sent to British king George II in 1756. The “Golden Letter” has been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2015.[5][6]
The Canadian journalist Nathan VanderKlippe called Leider “the world’s leading authority on the region’s history”,[7] and the Center for International Law Research and Policy CILRAP referred to him as “perhaps Europe's leading expert on the history of Rakhine”.[8]
Leider became the target of a public ad hominem attack and "call out" or boycott campaign on the online portal change.org during the Rohingya conflict in 2018. The campaign called for the editor of Oxford Research Encyclopedias (ORE) in Asian History to remove him as an author for a planned encyclopedia entry on the Rohingya (see "Open Letter and Online Petition to Oxford University Press" below).[9]
^Raymond, Catherine, gen. ed.: "Contributors", 2005/06, Journal of Burma Studies Volume 10, Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University, retrieved September 29, 2020
^"Leider, Jacques".
^"Journey towards Mrauk U World Heritage nomination".
^Hammer, Joshua: "The Hidden City of Myanmar: The ancient kingdom of Mrauk U welcomed Buddhists and Muslims. Now efforts to uncover its mysteries are threatened by ethnic hostilities," December, 2019, Smithsonian Magazine, retrieved June 17, 2020
^"Startseite". Der-goldene-brief.gwlb.de. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
^J. Leider 2019. The Golden Letter of King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain (1756) (With Translations into English, French and German),” UNESCO Sub-Committee on Education and Research Newsletter 1: 4-14.
^https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/in-transit-to-nowhere-rohingya-move-from-one-bleak-horizon-to-another/article24624679/, 26 May 2015, accessed 22 September 2020
^"On Myanmar: Centre for International Law Research and Policy".
^Nay San Lwin, initiator, with 50 initial co-signers, and over 1,500 subsequent co-signers: petition to Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University: "Re: Oxford U. Press, Myanmar Genocide & Its Choice of Dr. Leider as the Expert on Rohingyas", initiated February 5, 2018, on Change.org, retrieved June 28, 2020
Jacques Pierre Leider (French: [ʒak pjɛʁ lɛi̯dər]; born 1962) is a French and Luxembourgian historian, teacher and former diplomat. He is known for his...
JacquesLeider, Territorial Dispossession and Persecution in North Arakan (Rakhine), 1942–43 (2020) <https://www.toaep.org/pbs-pdf/101-leider/> accessed...
the "Rohingya Jam’iyyat al Ulama" was founded in Arakan. According to JacquesLeider, the Rohingya were referred to as "Chittagonians" during the British...
2017-08-31. Georg Ruppelt, JacquesLeider: The Golden Letter from King Alaungphaya …, pg. 7. Georg Ruppelt, JacquesLeider: The Golden Letter from King...
history of Fakhruddin Biryani". 26 January 2021. "Railway". Banglapedia. JacquesLeider (2020). "The Chittagonians in Colonial Arakan: Seasonal and Settlement...
After this, the Laugkrakca ascended the throne as Narapati. Historian JacquesLeider ascribes this chain of events as a coup d'état by the Laungkrakca, creating...
settled in the region many generations ago. However, French scholar JacquesLeider has stated that "the forefathers of the overwhelming majority of Muslims...
Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023. JacquesLeider (2002). Recalling Local Pasts: Autonomous History in Southeast Asia...
won three seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1951–52 elections. JacquesLeider (2018) "Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar" Oxford...
Historian JacquesLeider ascribes this chain of events as a coup d'état by the Laungkrakca. van Gelen 2002, p. 157. van Gelen 2002, p. 158. Leider, Jacques (1994)...
After this, the Laugkrakca ascended the throne as Narapati. Historian JacquesLeider ascribes this chain of events as a coup d'état by the Laungkrakca. Aye...
Community in Chittagong Hill Tracts" (PDF). Suvannabhumi. 7 (2): 133–153. Leider, Jacques P. (2015). "Competing Identities and the Hybridized History of the...
and poet Jacques Hébertot. However, Ivano maintained that it was untrue and both he and Valentino were heterosexual. Biographers Emily Leider and Allan...
(2002). "Coastal Peripheries during the Pagan Period," in Jos Gommans/JacquesLeider (eds.), The Maritime Frontier of Burma. Exploring Political, Cultural...
March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Thai Elephant Conservation Center. Leider, Jacques P. (December 2011). "A Kingship by Merit and Cosmic Investiture". Journal...
William Jacques Vainqueur (born 19 November 1988) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He mostly played as a central...
Orlando Movie Examiner, Retrieved on August 25, 2013 Leider 2011, p. 177. Mizejewski 1999, p. 167. Leider 2011, p. 178. Hischak 2008, pp. 304–305. Hanson 2011...
2024. Goot, Edo van der (13 March 2024). "Wilders geeft premierschap op, leiders PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB niet in kabinet" [Wilders surrenders position of prime...
October 7, 2015. Leider 2004, p. 389. Leider 2004, p. 392. Ellenberger 2005, p. 236. Ellenberger 2005, p. 235. Leider 2004, p. 425. Leider 2004, p. 426....
205. Leider 2005, p. 160-161. Leider 2005, p. 159. Leider 2005, p. 168. Leider 2005, p. 169. Leider 2005, p. 177. Myint-U 2001, p. 57. Leider 2005, p...
Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-7007-1533-6, page 80 Leider, Jacques P. (2005). "Specialists for Ritual, Magic and Devotion: The Court Brahmins...
historical relationships". The University of North Dakota. Minn Htin, Kyaw; Leider, Jacques (2018), Perret, Daniel (ed.), "The Epigraphic Archive of Arakan/Rakhine...
Financial District for deliveries. Gallery curators and artists, like Philip Leider, suggested to Irwin that he should start a local arts publication that catered...
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