08 Nov Blog: A compendium of four articles on what the Russia-Ukraine war means for the CARICOM bloc
The Russia-Ukraine War marks a watershed for contemporary international politics, ushering in a multipolar international system. Great powers...
Author: KITLV
01 Nov Vacancy: Postdoc position ‘Exploring Indian influences in Javanese civilization’
KITLV currently has a vacancy for a postdoctoral researcher to help with the proof-reading of a book manuscript, scheduled for publication in the summer of ...
23 Oct Vacancy: PhD-position ‘The afterlives of colonialism’
The KITLV in Leiden invites applications for a PhD candidate (0,84 - 1,0 FTE), starting date February 1, 2023. The subject of this PhD project is: ‘How and whom are we healing? The colonial built environment, affect, body ...
01 Oct Tom Hoogervorst appointed as adjunct professor at the State University of Malang
Tom Hoogervorst has been appointed adjunct professor at the Department of Indonesian, Faculty of Letters, at the State University of Malang, from September 2022 ...
30 Sep New issue New West Indian Guide
The journal NWIG has published a new issue. It includes 2 articles: 'She has not been seen or heard of since: Gender, incarceration, and punishment in The Bahamas, 1860s–1920s', by Anne Ulentin and 'Sustenance and survival: Women, food and sovereignty...
26 Sep Vacancy: Postdoc position for project Cyber Troops in Southeast Asia
We are looking for a postdoctoral candidate for this very innovative project. You will be based at KITLV and take care of the implementation of this project. You will do so together with project coordinators ...
21 Sep Blog: We need to talk about loanwords!
“What’s the point?” you inquire, adjusting your pince-nez sceptically. And to that, we reply: loanwords are monuments of cultural contact. Once detected as such, they reveal human agency and encounters previously concealed by the misty shrouds of time...
13 Sep Cyber troops and computational propaganda in Southeast Asia
This new research project studies comparatively how social media-based public opinion manipulation is organised in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Computational ...
15 Aug New advanced article in the New West Indian Guide
New advanced article in the New West Indian Guide: 'Practices of (micro)marronage; Manbos, solidarity, détours, and heritage in Fabienne Kanor’s Humus', by Aaron Thomas Witcher....
11 Aug Research colonial and postcolonial past of the city of Tilburg
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