30 Sep Nieuwsuur 29 september: ‘Extreem geweld in Nederlands-Indië was structureel’
In het voormalige Nederlands-Indië is structureel massageweld gebruikt en zijn oorlogsmisdaden gepleegd door Nederlandse militairen, met medeweten van de...
September 2016
30 Sep Blog: Listening to testimonies of war crimes
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 ...
23 Sep Blog: What does a subject librarian of South and Southeast Asia do all day?
“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. ...
20 Sep Blog: Talking about Dutch war crimes with Indonesian audiences
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...
20 Sep Jurnal Wacana – Stories and Storytelling in Indonesian
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...
20 Sep Full report workshop ‘New Law, New Villages? Changing rural Indonesia’ now online available
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...
19 Sep Publicatie door Michiel van Kempen: ‘Rusteloos en overal’
Van Michiel van Kempen verscheen afgelopen zaterdag het boek Rusteloos en overal; Het leven van Albert Helman. De biografie is het fascinerende levensverhaal van de eerste belangrijke migrant-schrijver...
19 Sep NCR: ‘Iedereen wist het, maar niemand kon het zeggen’
Door voormalig KITLV-fellow Anne-Lot Hoek: 'Iedereen wist het, maar niemand kon het zeggen'. "Oorlog werd ‘politionele acties’, structureel geweld werden ‘excessen’. De manier waarop Cees Fasseur en andere ...
16 Sep Two articles on ‘Rengat, 1949’ in Inside Indonesia by Anne-Lot Hoek
'Rengat, 1949 (Part 1)': Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know. Read more ...
11 Sep Press release: Indonesian edition of Soldaat in Indonesië, 1945-1950
On 13 September in the Erasmus House in Jakarta, Gert Oostindie, director of KITLV will present the Indonesian edition of his book Soldaat in Indonesië, 1945-1950 (Soldier in Indonesia, 1945-1950). This will...
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