It’s grant writing season again. This is a stressful time for all struggling academics. But one of the biggest stresses is that every grant application now demands some sort of obeisance to the Gods of Utility. We must exhaustively document how our...
'In Suriname, an endless refrain: boom, bust, and Bouterse', an article by Rosemarijn Hoefte on news site The Conversation: "Recent street protests in Suriname haven’t made many international headlines. Only ...
The rich KITLV collection was formed between 1851 and 2014. As of 2014, its management was transferred to the Leiden University Library, while its ownership remained with the Vereniging of KITLV. Material ...
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. Focusing on her writings, this article shows how the Javanese woman Kartini (1879–1904) engaged with conceptions of “human...
In this 9th CCC Newsletter, you will find updates on the research, publications, exchanges and what have you of the various team members, including our new colleague Malcom Ferdinand. His observation...
Thank you for taking the time to read our very first Traveling Caribbean Heritage (TCH) Newsletter, of which many more will follow in the years to come. We will strive to publish an issue every three months or so...
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...
Rosemarijn Hoefte has been elected president of the ACH, the Association of Caribbean Historians during their annual conference in Tobago. The ACH is an independent, non-profit, professional organization ...
"What does it mean to be Aruban, Bonairian or Curaçaoan? In the Traveling Caribbean Heritage project historian Gert Oostindie studies this question together with PhD candidate Joeri Arion and heritage specialist ...
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...
Het instituut heeft een goed jaar achter de rug. Onze onderzoekers publiceerden, zoals uit het onderstaande blijkt, bijna honderd titels: boeken, bundels en artikelen, zowel peer-reviewed voor de internationale...
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...
The Literary Encyclopedia has just published a new entry on Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory, authored by Kasia Mika, postdoc researcher at KITLV. Edwidge Danticat (1969) is an award-winning Haitian...
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....
Morgen gaat Curaçao naar de stembus voor de Staten van Curaçao. De vorige regering viel al na zeven weken. Sindsdien voert de tijdelijke regering het bewind op het eiland. De grootste partij op het eiland...
“What should we do with academic institutions inherited from a cruel past? Are such institutions reformable, or should they simply be decommissioned? Or, for that matter, literally be burned down in the hope ...
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...
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has started the project Maps in the Crowd. Nearly 1,100 digitized maps of the Caribbean will be unlocked with help from visitors, students and others who are interested....
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 ...
Rosemarijn Hoefte has been appointed at the University of Amsterdam as Professor in the History of Suriname since 1873 in comparative perspective. This appointment will be for 0,2 fte. ...
'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...
In het Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland is een hoofdstuk door Rosemarijn Hoefte gewijd aan Grace Howard: 'Howard, Grace Ruth (1869-1968)'. Grace Ruth Howard, vooral bekend als Grace Schneiders-...
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...
Edited by Rosemarijn Hoefte, Matthew L. Bishop, Peter Clegg. This book compares and contrasts the contemporary development experience of neighbouring,...
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...
In de tweede ronde van het Caribenprogramma zijn de aanvragen gehonoreerd van negen nieuwe projecten die gelinkt zijn aan de zes Caribische eilanden binnen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Het Nederlandse...
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 ...
Op zaterdag 3 december 2016 vond het symposium 'De Digitale Collectie Cariben van de Universiteit Leiden: nieuwe mogelijkheden voor onderwijs en onderzoek' plaats. Het symposium werd georganiseerd...
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...