NIAS–NIOD–KITLV Fellowship: Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonization. This fellowship is intended for researchers from formerly colonised countries...
New article written by Ward Berenschot et al. titled 'Business-politics relations in Indonesia: The oligarchization of democracy', in the journal Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies....
This groundbreaking book tells the untold story of Indonesian Islam in museums. Often overshadowed by Hindu-Buddhist art, Indonesian Islamic heritage rarely receives the attention it deserves in museum ...
Political anthropologist Ward Berenschot focusses on politics in India and Indonesia, particularly on informality and the role of money in election campaigns. LeidenGlobal interviewed with Ward on his research ...
New advanced article in the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) titled 'Rip Van Winkle in the rainforest' written by Richard Price and Sally Price. NWIG is published by Brill in collaboration with KITLV...
Op maandag 20 januari maakte KITLV-directeur Diana Suhardiman kennismaking met vertegenwoordigers van de Eilandsraad van Bonaire, tijdens haar tour door de Cariben en Suriname. ...
New article written by Ward Berenschot et al. titled 'The perils of legal formalism: Litigating land conflicts in Indonesia', in the Journal of Contemporary Asia. The authors analyse the capacity of Indonesia’s...
Read more in The Daily Herald (13 January 2025) how the Kadaster of St. Maarten and KITLV have entered into a partnership to enhance the conservation and management of the island’s ...
The KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship. Candidates are invited to send in a proposal of the work ...
In 2024 the PCF grant was awarded to the following winners: Feba Sukmana & Lara Nuberg for their project on a new publication of Kartini's letters; Maarten Manse for his project to finalize and resubmit a book manuscript on the topic of...
The importance of demanbre, the sacred plot of family land in Haiti, is undisputed, but the development of demanbre from land to lwa (an elevated Vodou spirit) ...
On the 11th annual AISSR Harvest Day on 21 November, Francio Guadeloupe gave the keynote lecture on 'Ethnography without 'race'? A day in an ex-colony'. 'Race' is ubiquitous, so the argument goes...
Article ‘The infrastructure of domestic influence operations: Cyber troops and public opinion manipulation through social media in Indonesia’ in The International ...
Article ‘Setelah Kementerian Kebudayaan terbentuk’ in Jawa Pos of 25 October 2024, written by KITLV researcher Adrian Perkasa. The newly elected Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto...
New advanced article in the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) titled ‘“What Is for Me Is Not for My Master”; Provision Grounds, Customary Rights, and ...
Het KITLV is op zoek naar een Onderzoeksassistent 'Slavernijverleden en doorwerking Suriname, Zuid-Afrika en Indonesië'. Het ministerie van OCW gaat invulling geven aan nieuwe perspectieven in de reflectie ...
What did enslaved people do to gain citizenship rights and what determined their success? By analyzing and linking different archival collections, the project 'How slaves became citizens: Proto-citizenship...
The latest issue of the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) is now available, with articles on the Caribbean in the fields of humanities, social & political science, archaeology, economics, geography and geology...
In deze aflevering van de podcastserie Rotterdam Mijn Thuis van Radio Stanvaste spreekt presentator Stuart Kensenhuis met Francio Guadeloupe over de bestrijding van racisme en discriminatie...
The PhD candidate will be developing a project on the basis of the applicant's own research idea. The candidate will investigate language in its broadest sense as it relates to society, with a focus on Southeast Asia...
The PhD candidate will be developing a project on the basis of the applicant's own research idea. The candidate will investigate language in its broadest sense as it relates to society, with a focus on the Caribbean....
Article 'Jokowi weakens civil society, Prabowo should reverse course' in The Jakarta Post of 13 September 2024, written by KITLV researchers Widya Tuslian and Ward Berenschot....
On June 1st, 2021, The Corts Foundation (TCF) formally terminated its activities and transferred its financial assets to the Members’ Association KITLV / Vereniging KITLV. With this capital a fund has been realized ...
Het Silvia de Groot fonds is een fonds bedoeld om studenten of jonge onderzoekers afkomstig uit het Nederlands-Caraïbisch gebied, bij voorkeur van Marron...
Several articles and an interview by KITLV researcher Vignesh Karthik KR on politics in India, UK elections and implications for India, the role of police in public health crisis and voting patterns across different ...
Article 'In pursuit of water justice in Jakarta' by Widya Naseva Tuslian (KITLV/VVI) et al., in the Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal- Studies. Despite becoming a rapidly growing megacity, in some of Jakarta’s areas...
Meet the researchers of the academic year 2024 - 2025 for the fellowship Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonization. This NIAS – NIOD – KITLV Fellowship gives researchers and heritage experts ...
The Members’ Association KITLV (Vereniging KITLV) invites its members (and those willing to become members) to actively contribute to realizing the goals of the Association....
In deze Indonesië Podcast op 28 augustus jl. bespreekt Edwin Mooibroek de Indonesische verkiezingen met Ward Berenschot (KITLV). Een machtsstrijd over een ...
EenVandaag besteedde op 17 augustus jl. aandacht aan de nieuwe hoofdstad van Indonesië. Vanuit zijn vakantiebestemming, vertelt KITLV-onderzoeker Ward Berenschot aan EenVandaag meer over deze nieuwe ...
In deze podcast serie verbinden Eva Toorop en Mariëlla van Apeldoorn Eva’s familiegeschiedenis met ‘de grote’ geschiedenis van Nederland en Indonesië. Met een bijdrage van historicus Esther Captain ...
In deze Postkoloniale Podcast, gaan Rick Honings en Coen van ’t Veer, in gesprek met Esther Captain en Gert Oostindie over hun werk in relatie tot het ...
New advanced article in the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) titled ‘A Haitian-Cuban supercentenarian: Emilio Duanes, the archives of migration, and narratives of belonging in Cuba’s digital landscape’...
Explore the multifaceted challenges and strategic opportunities for India's food security by 2050, addressing issues from chronic undernutrition to agricultural sustainability. This comprehensive analysis by ...
The longitudinal study of X by Vihang Jumle and Vignesh Karthik KR reveals that political discourse primarily revolves around personalities, with hashtags framing political figures in ways that resonate ...
The KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship. Fellows are invited to send in a proposal of the work they wish to carry ...
KITLV is looking for three PhD candidates for the research project Trajectories of Taste: An Analytical Framework of Culinary Change after Migration (TASTE), a European Research Council-funded ...
Onderzoeker Rosemarijn Hoefte deed in opdracht van de gemeente onderzoek naar het koloniaal verleden van Tilburg. Inwoners Eri-Ann, Tony en Eric namen deel aan het onderzoek. Zij vertellen in een video ...
Op verzoek van de gemeente Tilburg onderzocht Rosemarijn Hoefte de (post)koloniale geschiedenis van Tilburg. Ze schreef er samen met anderen een boek over, Een westers beschavingsoffensief...
Op 16 juni 2023 onthulde de Indonesische kunstenaar Theo Frids Hutabarat, in vergaderzaal van het KITLV, na een bijzondere en ontroerende lezing-cum-performance, zijn indrukwekkende werk Anonim. Het schilderij, een resultaat van...
The phallus, or lingga, is a prominent symbol in Indonesian culture. It can be found in various artifacts and sites – from the 15th-century Javanese-Hindu temple Sukuh in Central Java to the Monas...
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/public ...
De koloniale geschiedenis van Tilburg verschilt van andere grote Nederlandse steden. De stad heeft geen oude verbinding met de koloniën...
Edited by Joseph Sony Jean (KITLV) & Eduardo Herrera Malatesta. Read about Caribbean archaeology and the role of local Caribbean...
Het KITLV is op zoek naar een promovendus 'Van slavernij naar burgerrechten in Suriname'. Wil je bijdragen aan de verdieping van onze kennis over slavernij, emancipatie en postkoloniaal burgerschap...
KITLV will move to a new building of Leiden University, the Herta Mohr Building (former P.N. van Eyckhof-Van Wijkplaats building), in the second week of May 2024. It is the first that a Leiden University building is named ...
The latest issue of the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) is now available, with articles on the Caribbean in the fields of humanities, social & political science, archaeology, economics, geography and geology...
During Amsterdam Art Week, Framer Framed presents the exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo, who has been Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed artist in residence for the past year. Through a story about epidemiological and maritime movement...
Op 21 april jl. vond vanuit het Teylers Museum 'Koloniaal Haarlemdag' plaats, georganiseerd door Stichting Keti Koti Haarlem. Er werden gratis activiteiten ...
‘Continues to amaze me’, ‘it is dangerous’, ‘they drive like lunatics’ – these were some of the comments on social media when friends posted pictures of motorcyclists in Ambon. Last year I took to the streets of Ambon on my motorcycle, travelling...