What roles did Malay and Indonesian women play in early twentieth century religious reform? Both Muslims and Christians felt confronted in this period by a need to adapt their practices and ...
In de ochtendpodcast 'Dit wordt het nieuws' van Nu.nl op 16 april jl. praat Ward Berenschot, onderzoeker bij het KITLV en sinds kort ook bijzonder hoogleraar politieke antropologie aan de Universiteit ...
The Anthropology weblog 'Standplaats Wereld' published a blogpost by Shannon van Leeuwen, Evelien van Overveld and Fridus Steijlen about Evelien and Shannon's 'Corona home run' from fieldwork...
Yesterday, 5 april Edisius Riyadi Terre died in a hospital in Jakarta. Edi was an English translator, a lawyer and lecturer in law at Universitas Multimedia Nusantara. He collaborated with several KITLV researchers. Adriaan Bedner and Jacqueline Vel...
Medio 2019 was het vijf jaar geleden dat het KITLV, na een ingrijpende reorganisatie, een nieuwe start maakte als uitsluitend op onderzoek gericht KNAW-instituut, ingebed in de Leidse universitaire omgeving. ...
Interview met KITLV onderzoeker Hoko Horii in Trouw van 1 april jl. naar aanleiding van haar PhD onderzoek over kindhuwelijken. Kinderen die trouwen, kiezen daar soms zelf voor, ontdekte Hoko ...
Ward Berenschot has been appointed professor by special appointment of Comparative Political Anthropology of South and Southeast Asia at the...
In preparation of a proposal for the Dutch Research Council’s (NWO) call for Caribbean multi-disciplinary research, Corinne Hofman (LU/KITLV) and Francio Guadeloupe (UvA/KITLV) visited the six Dutch Caribbean islands together with a team...
PhD defense by KITLV/VVI researcher Hoko Horii, 18 March 2020: 'Child marriage as a choice: Rethinking agency in international human rights (Bali, Indonesia)'. Child marriage has become an increasingly ...
Following government and KNAW measures, KITLV staff will work at home until further notice to contain the spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands. If necessary, please contact the institute...