Article by Jacqueline Hicks in New Mandala: 'KPK v Polri: a proxy conflict?' Despite not having the numbers in Indonesia’s house of representatives, President Joko Widodo has been able to score victories....
‘Mi no ta Charlie’ (I am not Charlie) in four different languages on the front page of Bon Siman, a weekly newspaper in Bonaire. A cover statement like this might be somewhat unexpected for a local paper?...
New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.), 'Joden in de Cariben; Vier ...
New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.)...
Fridus Steijlen wrote a column, titled 'In Memoriam: Landelijke Molukse inspraak' in the latest newsletter of the Moluccan Historical Museum's. Click here to read Steijlen’s column ...
Any historian and social scientist will have his or her collection of missed opportunities: an interview going into an unexpected direction, or a source with no direct value for your actual research, yet, highly...
In de Java Post: "We kunnen er niet meer omheen. De discussie over het verleden van Nederlands-Indië is nog lang niet geluwd, in tegendeel. Bij de zoektocht naar een meer integrale en inzichtbiedende ...
Can clients become citizens? Evaluating the new democracy in Indonesia?' Article by Prio Sambodho on www.opendemocracy.net. "Political transformation means more than a few new institutions. It’s a ...
In yesterday's 'Nieuwsuur': Henk Schulte Nordholt (extraordinary Professor of Indonesian History / Leiden University and Head of Research KITLV) commented on Indonesia's decision to execute 6 people ...
The international workshop Tracing Trajectories of Modernity in Southeast Asia, 1920s−1970s which was held on 12 and 13 January 2015 at the KITLV was productive and stimulating. Participants from Australia...