December 2014

23 Dec Obama-Castro deal: Cuba’s gain, Aruba’s loss? (blog by R. Hoefte)

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President Obama’s announcement about the lifting of the Cuban embargo /bloqueo will have great economic consequences for the entire Caribbean. Cuba’s possible membership in CARICOM might breathe new life ...

22 Dec Cuba expert and historian Gert Oostindie in radio programme ‘OVT’

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An interview with Cuba expert and historian Gert Oostindie in the Dutch radio programme OVT about the relations between the USA and Cuba. Click here to listen to the interview (only in Dutch) ...

22 Dec The Indonesian war of decolonization and its afterlife

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On the afternoon of 10 December, the KITLV organized a symposium in Leiden on the Indonesian war of decolonization (1945-1949) and its afterlife in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The continuing presence of ...

19 Dec When disaster strikes: check your mobile (blog by Vincent Traag)

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This Christmas it will be ten years ago that a huge tsunami struck the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, India and several other countries surrounding the Bengal Bay and the Indian Ocean. The huge waves...

15 Dec “Ethnicity and nation building in postcolonial Suriname”

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This special edition of the Journal of Caribbean History is in honour of University of the West Indies (UWI) Emerita Professor of History, Bridget Brereton. Guest editor is Brian L. Moore. Authors of this special issue are Carl...

12 Dec ‘Marriage and politics in Early South Sulawesi’

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The Oxis Group: "Ian Caldwell and Kathryn Wellen of the KITLV are currently working on a study of the genealogies of the Bugis-speaking kingdoms between circa 1400-1600 CE. The project aims to establish the extent...

12 Dec “Waterboarding gebeurde ook in Nederlands-Indie”

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Volkskrant, 14 december: "Over martelingen of seksueel geweld tijdens de onafhankelijkheidsoorlog van Indonesië van 1945 tot 1949 is weinig bekend. Hetzelfde geldt voor verhoortechnieken ...

09 Dec Concluding ceremony Dutch-Indonesian Sandwich Programme

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From September until December 2015, a group of 10 scholars from Indonesia visited Leiden. They were here within the framework of a Dutch-Indonesian Sandwich Programme as part of a longstanding ...

09 Dec Bart Luttikhuis in OVT (in Dutch): ‘Ons Indië, een tweede Vietnam?’

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KITLV onderzoeker Bart Luttikhuis was afgelopen zondag 7 december te gast bij het radioprogramma OVT om te vertellen over het onderzoek naar het Nederlands militaire optreden in Indonesië, 1945-1950...

04 Dec Launch of the book ‘Agriculture Beyond Food’ in Indonesia

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On 27 November the book 'Agriculture beyond food: Experiences from Indonesia' was launched in Jakarta as a result of the NWO-KNAW research programme 'Agriculture beyond food'. 'Agriculture beyond food'...