Spotlight on the Caribbean

19 Sep Publicatie door Michiel van Kempen: ‘Rusteloos en overal’

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Van Michiel van Kempen verscheen afgelopen zaterdag het boek Rusteloos en overal; Het leven van Albert Helman. De biografie is het fascinerende levensverhaal van de eerste belangrijke migrant-schrijver...

23 Aug Rosemarijn Hoefte over internationale dag afschaffing slavernij in NPO Radio 1

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NPO Radio 1: vandaag wordt internationaal stilgestaan bij het slavernijverleden. Het is de internationale dag ter herinnering aan de slavenhandel en de afschaffing daarvan. Aan...

19 Aug Blog: 5 tips to get people to fill out your survey

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One of the most common social sciences research methods is (online) surveys. While there are many benefits to this method, there are also many pitfalls, like, not being able to get people to fill out the survey you ...

19 Aug New online article by Jessica Roitman in Itinerario

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Economics, Empire, Eschatology: the Global Context of Jewish Settlement in the Americas, 1650-70'. In: Itinerario 40, special issue 02, August 2016, pp. 293-310. The Dutch and English offered Spanish and Portuguese ...

20 Jul KITLV donation to Wikimedia Commons

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Over 3000 historic photographs and prints with images from the Dutch East Indies, China, Japan, Singapore and Suriname from the KITLV were donated to Wikimedia Commons, the image database of Wikipedia,...

20 Jul VENI grant awarded to KITLV Researcher

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KITLV researcher Wouter Veenendaal has been awarded a Veni grant for young excellent researchers. His research project 'Explaining Political Stability in Small States' examines why small countries...

08 Jul Blog: From Brexit to CuraCiao: who takes the country back?

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Confronting Caribbean Challenges researcher, Sanne Rotmeijer, is just back from almost a year doing fieldwork on Curaçao and St. Maarten. She shares her perspective on identity, belonging, and what Brexit and nationalist...

08 Jul Latest newsletter ‘Confronting Caribbean Challenges’ now online available

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Welcome to the sixth CCC newsletter! As you will see from the reports written by our team members, a lot of exciting work has been done. Sanne Rotmeijer concluded an extended period of field research, working in ...

07 Jul “Nederland, luister naar de Bonairianen”

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Op 6 juli jl. verscheen een artikel van KITLV-onderzoeker in het dagblad Trouw. "Op Bonaire groeit het verzet tegen Nederland. De echte problemen van het eiland worden genegeerd, zegt Wouter Veenendaal". Wouter Veenendaal is postdoctoraal onderzoeker bij het KITLV...

24 Jun Blog: The Place of the Vultures: Cuba on the Cusp of Change

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Confronting Caribbean Challenges researcher Jessica Vance Roitman was recently in Havana, Cuba for the yearly Association of Caribbean Historians conference. In this blog, she contemplates her role as a tourist feeding...