Spotlight on the Caribbean

04 Jun First newsletter Traveling Caribbean Heritage

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Thank you for taking the time to read our very first Traveling Caribbean Heritage (TCH) Newsletter, of which many more will follow in the years to come. We will strive to publish an issue every three months or so...

01 Jun Rosemarijn Hoefte president of the Association of Caribbean Historians

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Rosemarijn Hoefte has been elected president of the ACH, the Association of Caribbean Historians during their annual conference in Tobago. The ACH is an independent, non-profit, professional organization ...

24 May Travelling Caribbean heritage under the microscope

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"What does it mean to be Aruban, Bonairian or Curaçaoan? In the Traveling Caribbean Heritage project historian Gert Oostindie studies this question together with PhD candidate Joeri Arion and heritage specialist ...

11 May Article on Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory by Kasia Mika

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The Literary Encyclopedia has just published a new entry on Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory, authored by Kasia Mika, postdoc researcher at KITLV. Edwidge Danticat (1969) is an award-winning Haitian...

27 Apr Gert Oostindie in Nieuwsuur over verkiezingen in Curaçao

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Morgen gaat Curaçao naar de stembus voor de Staten van Curaçao. De vorige regering viel al na zeven weken. Sindsdien voert de tijdelijke regering het bewind op het eiland. De grootste partij op het eiland...

20 Apr Blog: Decolonize the Academic Institute: get rid of it or get it right?

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“What should we do with academic institutions inherited from a cruel past? Are such institutions reformable, or should they simply be decommissioned? Or, for that matter, literally be burned down in the hope ...

31 Mar Crowd helps unlocking historical maps of the Caribbean

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Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has started the project Maps in the Crowd. Nearly 1,100 digitized maps of the Caribbean will be unlocked with help from visitors, students and others who are interested....

23 Mar Rosemarijn Hoefte appointed as Professor in the History of Suriname

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Rosemarijn Hoefte has been appointed at the University of Amsterdam as Professor in the History of Suriname since 1873 in comparative perspective. This appointment will be for 0,2 fte. ...

28 Feb Grace Howard in het Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland

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In het Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland is een hoofdstuk door Rosemarijn Hoefte gewijd aan Grace Howard: 'Howard, Grace Ruth (1869-1968)'. Grace Ruth Howard, vooral bekend als Grace Schneiders-...

17 Jan Gezocht: stagiair voor Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland

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Het Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (DVN) biedt informatie over de opmerkelijkste vrouwen uit de geschiedenis van Nederland en zijn overzeese gebiedsdelen van de vroegste tijden tot nu. Momenteel ...