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...
Artikel in het Leidsch Dagblad over de app 'Envisioning Indonesia', die de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek en het KITLV op 19 juni jl. presenteerden. "Om het Aziëjaar in Leiden extra feestelijk te maken...
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...
KITLV researcher Bart Luttikhuis has been shortlisted for the 2017 ICAS Book Prize (category: dissertations in the humanities). The winner will be announced on 20 July 2017 at the Chiang Mai International Convention ...
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. Focusing on her writings, this article shows how the Javanese woman Kartini (1879–1904) engaged with conceptions of “human...
Last year KITLV organised a CLARIAH workshop on Digital Humanities, led by Stef Scagliola (for more information see Stef’s blog), with the goal of bringing scholars ...
Tom Hoogervorst has won the 2017 Young Scholars Prize, a biennial competition for original articles awarded by the international journal Indonesia and the Malay World. His submission, 'What kind of language was...
Interview met Fridus Steijlen op Nemokennislink.nl: 'Molukse treinkapingen waren product van radicale tijdsgeest'. "Net zoals bij de recente aanslag in Manchester waren veertig jaar geleden schoolkinderen...
Now that ex-Jakarta Governor Ahok has been ousted from power and faces prison, the unifying mission that brought Indonesia’s hard-line...
Article in New Mandala on Ahok’s defeats and public debate in Indonesia, by Ward Berenschot. Basuki Thahaja Purnama’s (‘Ahok’) electoral defeat in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election on...
De Vereniging KITLV verbindt kenners van het koloniale verleden, ondersteunt hun verzamelingen/archieven en onderkent dat verzamelen/archiveren ook een vorm is van...
On Thursday 11 May KITLV-researcher Ridho Reinanda defended his PhD thesis ‘Entity Associations for Search’ successfully, at the University of Amsterdam. Reinanda’s research was part of the Digital Humanities...
In Indonesië is de christelijke gouverneur van Jakarta veroordeeld voor het beledigen van de Islam. Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama moet nu 2 jaar de gevangenis in. Een onverwacht zware straf...
The recent turmoil about the role of radical Islam in elections for a new Governor of Jakarta conceals another dimension of Indonesian politics: the decades long effort of an old elite family to grab the presidency in Indonesia....
The South China Sea dispute is often portrayed as an archetypal case of an overbearing great power bullying its weaker neighbours. A common kneejerk reaction to this...
Sometimes fiction tells the truth and history perpetuates a fiction. This blog tells us about how history has been used to serve the creation of a national mythology, while fiction has allowed a ...
Article by one of our researchers, Sarthak Bagchi, on a small comparative study of Indian and Dutch election campaign: 'From social media use to anti-islamic rhetoric, similarities in Indian and Dutch ...
'Politik ekstrem kanan: Brexit, Trump, Wilders, dan Pilkada Jakarta?', by Liston Siregard. An article on the website of BBC Indonesia on Brexit, Trump, Wilders and the Jakarta elections with an interview with Ward...
Why do criminals enter politics in the world’s largest democracy? Why do parties nominate candidates with criminal backgrounds? And why do voters support these candidates? Sarthak Bagchi delves into some...
Edited by Emmanuel Blanchard, Marieke Bloembergen (KITLV) and Amandine Lauro. Colonial security strategies and the postcolonial vestiges they left both in the global ...
Vierjarig onderzoeksprogramma Dekolonisatie, geweld en oorlog in Indonesië, 1945-1950. Site onderzoeksprogramma www.ind45-50.org online. ...
By KITLV researcher Chris Chaplin. As Jakarta heads to the polls, Chaplin argues that evoking Islamic identity and the opportunistic use of religious symbols in this election has set a dangerous precedent for ...
New full open access publication on citizenship and democratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Ward Berenschot (KITLV), Henk Schulte Nordholt (KITLV) and Laurens Bakker (UvA). By providing ...
In Bangkok, the mourning of King Bhumibol Adulyadej has become part of the city’s daily life. David Kloos took pictures. When King Bhumibol of Thailand died on 13 October 2016 hundreds of thousands took to the streets ...
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. In 1945 and under the pseudonym Sjahrazad, Indonesia's first prime minister Sutan Sjahrir and his wife Maria Duchâteau published a ...
"See what is left of our rubber trees", says Titik, the leader of a group of angry villagers. After a magnificent boat ride through majestic forest, I met his group in Rawang, Central Kalimantan, standing at the edge of ...
NWO Geesteswetenschappen heeft vanuit de Vrije competitie geesteswetenschappen een subsidie toegekend aan het onderzoeksproject 'Politiek...
Framing Asia will be a monthly filmscreening during the Leiden Asia Year, organised by the KITLV, IIAS ( and the department Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University. Framing Asia is ...
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is expected to pay a state visit to the Netherlands this year. Visits by Indonesian presidents to the Netherlands have been accompanied by...
With great sadness we inform you that Peter Boomgaard passed away yesterday evening. His situation had been critical since early November 2016. KITLV has lost an eminent scholar, a good colleague and a dear friend....
The relocation of the KITLV colletion to Leiden University Library resulted in the (re)discovery of valuable source materials that had not yet been made available to the public. Among them are two hundred fifty issues of Sin Min (新民), ‘The New...
Special Issue Asian Studies Review 40-4: 'Studying female islamic authority: From top-down to bottom-up modes of certification'. Guest edited by David Kloos (KITLV) and Mirjam Künkler. The special issue is a call ...
Indonesia made international headlines with its 2006 Anti-Pornography Bill and controversial virginity tests for female military recruits in 2015. The ensuing debate on decency, chastity and the perceived...
Een interview met Gert Oostindie op de website van de Universiteit Leiden. 'Na een jarenlange lobby gaat het kabinet een onafhankelijk onderzoek financieren naar de dekolonisatieoorlog (1945-1950) in...
NRC 3 december: 'Reizen met een steen in de schoen', door Dirk Vlasblom. Gert Oostindie schreef een boek over de dekolonisatieoorlog in Indonesië. Hij reisde onlangs rond in dat land en sprak daar met historici over...
Het kabinet steunt een onafhankelijk vervolgonderzoek naar de naoorlogse dekolonisatieperiode in voormalig Nederlands-Indië en de context waarin destijds geweldsconflicten plaatsvonden. Het onderzoek ...
De laatste uitgave van het door Leidse studenten bestierde historische tijdschrift Leidschrift, getiteld ‘Een beladen geschiedenis’, is een themanummer gewijd aan de dekolonisatieoorlog in Indonesië. Deze uitgave...
In het Nederlands Dagblad van afgelopen zaterdag stond een interview met KITLV-onderzoekers Christiaan Harinck en Bart Luttikhuis over gereformeerde militairen in...
Henk Schulte Nordholt was afgelopen zondag 6 november te zien in het VPRO programma Buitenhof over de onrust en machtsstrijd in Jakarta na uitspraken van Basuki Tjahja Purnama 'Ahok', de christelijke ...
Uitgeverij AUP en boekhandel Scheltema nodigen u op vrijdag 4 november om 17:30u van harte uit voor de boekpresentatie van: Een geschiedenis van Zuidoost-Azië van Henk Schulte Nordholt. Zuidoost-Azië is ...
On the initiative of Obor publishers and KITLV-Jakarta, an Indonesian edition of Soldaat in Indonesië has just been published. Between the 13th and 26th of September, Ireen Hoogenboom...
Is child marriage a clear cut human rights violation? Ph.D. researcher Hoko Horii doesn’t think so. Based on her research into Indonesian courts, and her work with Indonesians living in the Netherlands...
While the concept of a ‘sharing economy’ is gaining popularity in modern societies, in Eastern Indonesia it is a traditional way of coping with daily life. Based on her fieldwork in Sumba, Jacqueline Vel outlines some of the difficulties that researchers and...
In het voormalige Nederlands-Indië is structureel massageweld gebruikt en zijn oorlogsmisdaden gepleegd door Nederlandse militairen, met medeweten van de...
Oral history is a promising source for further research in the KITLV project on Dutch military operations in Indonesia between 1945 and 1950. Interviews with Dutch war veterans give new insights into the use of ...
“Is it true you never lay a hand on a book?”, “Then what do you do all day?” These are very common questions for Marije Plomp, the newly appointed subject librarian of South and Southeast Asia. ...
Last year, Gert Oostindie published a book about the Dutch military in the Indonesian Revolution. He is now touring with Ireen Hoogenboom, who contributed greatly to the book, in Indonesia to promote the translated...
The two-volume special edition of Jurnal Wacana – Stories and Storytelling in Indonesian – edited by Clara Brakel, Susi Moeimam and Tom Hoogervorst (KITLV) is now online available! The two volumes delve...
This workshop in May 2016 discussed a new type of village studies in Indonesia. The 2014 Village Law will likely cause a considerable change in the character of...