(Only in Dutch). Gisteren verscheen in het NRC een reactie van Gert Oostindie, directeur KITLV, naar aanleiding van het opiniestuk van journaliste Anne-Lot Hoek over het belang van historisch onderzoek ...
Citizenship in Indonesia is developing in interaction with evolving religious attitudes. Fuelled by a growing popularity of religious discourse calling for a more literal interpretation of religious injunctions, Islamic ...
(Only in Dutch) Gert Oostindie in EenVandaag (NPO, 13 juni) over de lijst van namen van slachtoffers die geëxecuteerd zijn tijdens het Nederlands militair optreden in Indonesië, 1945-1950. Volgens de Correspondent ...
You can’t miss the official monuments in Indonesia. They are are everywhere. Statues of Diponegoro or General Sudirman gaze out over busy traffic, which takes little notice of them. The story of national ...
After 25 years, the Professor Teeuw Foundation now publishes its final open call for nominations for the Professor Teeuw Award. Linked to a KITLV-symposium on ‘Translation’, the Foundation intends to ...
Upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, the smallest islands in this federation – Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba – became special municipalities of the Netherlands, and were hence politically ...
In The Daily Herald: "The history of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba will get a much-needed revisit in a new project which focuses on the social and cultural history of these islands in the nineteenth and twentieth ...
KITLV director Gert Oostindie was interviewed about Desi Bouterse and Suriname for the television programma 'Brandpunt' (KRO-NCRV). The program was broadcasted on 12 May but can be listened to via the following ...
(Only in Dutch). The KITLV Annual Report 2014 is now online available. A hard copy is also available for members of the Learned Society / Vereniging KITLV. The full annual report is written in Dutch. The English translation, ...
De Grote Geschiedenis Quiz 2015 (The Big History Quiz 2015) was won by the team of one of KITLV's former interns. Miel Groten, MA student History at VU University Amsterdam and former intern for the ...