Now available online: the latest New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, volume 91, issue 3-4. The NWIG is a scholarly fully open access journal on the Caribbean, featuring English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art,...

Now available online: the latest Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, volume 173, issue 4, special issue: New Urban Middle Classes in Colonial Java. BKI is an interdisciplinary fully open...

My work usually focuses on the semi-villains who animate local politics. Here is a celebration of one of its heroes. As a researcher working on murky topics like corruption and violence, I usually write only about the shady types. My explorations of...

"This issue of our CCC Newsletter is late, for obvious reasons". With these words Gert Oostindie starts the introduction of our 10th Newsletter, in which he reflects on the devastating impact of the hurricanes...

Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima bracht donderdagmorgen 14 september een werkbezoek aan de Asian Library. Máxima bezocht de nieuwe bibliotheek en sprak daar met een aantal KITLV-onderzoekers ...

Een reactie van Gert Oostindie in het NRC artikel 'Plasterk, minister van Koninkrijksruzies' van 11 september jl. over de Minister van Koninkrijksrelaties en zijn betrokkenheid bij de Caribische eilanden. Lees het artikel hier....

‘Iets soortgelijks hebben ze meegemaakt in 1978, begin jaren '90 en 2012. Het is een serie van episodes waarin mensen vluchten en weer terugkomen, want ze zijn nergens welkom', zegt Gerry van Klinken, bijzonder ...

Afgelopen vrijdag 1 september te zien bij de NPO: 'Een mooi woord voor oorlog', een programma over de politionele acties die zeventig jaar geleden begonnen om het Nederlandse gezag in toenmalig Nederlands-Indië te herstellen. Met o.a. gesprekken...

“History is being erased!” So cried Donald Trump, surely no great student of history, in sudden righteous indignation earlier this week. His mass of supporters have roused themselves from perusing the aisles of Wal-Marts...

Situated in an inconspicuous residential area in the south of Surabaya, one could easily overlook one of Indonesia’s most intriguing libraries and its equally fascinating owner. Tom Hoogervorst looks back on a fruitful week of research spent at Medayu Agung...

Now available online: latest issue of the Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (BKI). BKI is an interdisciplinary journal on Southeast Asia, with a strong focus on Indonesia. The editors...

KITLV is pleased to invite you to experience Indonesia while walking through Leiden’s city center with the new walking app Envisioning Indonesia. Within the framework of the Leiden Asia Year KITLV developed the walk app Envisioning Indonesia. ...

Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950 (Prometheus, 2015), written by Gert Oostindie, in collaboration with Ireen Hoogenboom and Jonathan Verwey is now in its fifth edition. The publication is based on letters, diaries, albums and memoires of members of the Dutch ...

21 June 2017 marks the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. Dutch children still have to wait a few more weeks before their summer vacation starts, but in astronomical terms, summer officially arrives Wednesday. The difference in between...

A unique app that connects the city of Leiden with similar spots on the other side of the world, in Indonesia. This is what the Leiden tour app 'Envisioning Indonesia' offers. Leiden alderman Paul Dirkse will launch the app on 19 June...