Last March, I had the opportunity to spend two days in Cairo and, with the help of a local bookseller, I was able to buy some 25 Malay books in Arabic script that had been produced in Cairo....

On 24 February KITLV researchers Fridus Steijlen and Ireen Hoogenboom were invited by the Indonesian Students Association to introduce and discuss the research program 'Decolonisation, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950'. Discussions about this research...

On 16 March 2018, Rosemarijn Hoefte, who in 2017 and with the support of the KITLC-KNAW was appointed Professor of the History of Suriname since 1873 in a comparative perspective, held her inaugural lecture...

That may sound like a boring question, but it is an important one. Am I exaggerating if I say that the future of democracy depends on it? Informal politics is usually studied through in-depth fieldwork and interviews. ...

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...

On 5 March 2017, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, and the President of the Leiden branch of the Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI), Mikhael Dito Manurung, unveiled a plaque commemorating ...

Op 28 februari jl. was één van onze onderzoekers te horen in het NTR/Radio 1 programma Focus, een nachtelijk programma over wetenschap en geschiedenis. Wouter Veenendaal is op dit moment in ...

KITLV-onderzoeker Sanne Rotmeijer praat met BNR presentator Roelof Hemmen en Gerhard Hoogers (Universiteit Groningen) over Sint Maarten dat een apart land is in ons koninkrijk, in theorie gelijk aan Nederland. ...

Het Dr. Silvia W. de Groot Fonds is bedoeld om studenten of jonge onderzoekers afkomstig uit het Caraïbisch gebied, bij voorkeur van Marron-afkomst, financieel te ondersteunen bij de voorbereiding van ...

Hoogleraar 'Molukse migratie en cultuur in comparatief perspectief' Fridus Steijlen was op 11 februari jl. te gast bij het radioprogramma OVT van de VPRO, waarin hij vertelt over de Molukse integratiegeschiedenis dat aan de wieg stond van...

In het AD van 9 februari: In het integratiedebat zijn weinig lessen meegenomen uit de Molukse kwestie. Dat stelt Fridus Steijlen, die vandaag wordt geïnstalleerd als hoogleraar Molukse migratie en cultuur...

The Members Association KITLV invites its members to contribute to realizing the Association goals. All members can submit proposals for activities (seminars, lectures, public events etc.) open to academics...

By Rosemarijn Hoefte, in: Karin Hofmeester and Marcel van der Linden, Handbook Global History of Work. This reference work studies the global history of work and labor relations. Rosemarijn Hoefte’s chapter discusses indentured labor, emphasizing that this form...

Despite rich Islamic artistic traditions, people tend to portray Islam as hostile to visual culture. Yet images often inform the ways in which Muslims negotiate religious authority. Practices of image-making in Indonesia and Malaysia illustrate this...

Are we talking ‘Revolution’ or ‘Decolonization’? Where can these perspectives meet? The Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Department of History in Yogyakarta hosted a two-day workshop to discuss these questions. Gert Oostindie notes his personal impressions....