06 Mar Two new articles resulting from the ‘Confronting Caribbean Challenges’ project
Two new articles by KITLV researchers Jessica Vance Roitman and Wouter Veenendaal have come out in the past week. Wouter and Jessica are part of the ongoing...
Spotlight on the Caribbean
25 Feb Winners 6th Silvia de Groot research grant
The late Dr Silvia W. de Groot, historian and lifetime honorary member of the Members Association left a legacy to KITLV with the aim of financially supporting young Caribbean students or researchers, preferably ...
25 Feb Gezocht: masterstudent voor onderzoeksstage ‘Oral history’
Bij het project Nederlands militair optreden in Indonesië 1945-1950 is een vacature voor een onderzoeksstage met als opdracht het onderzoeken van interviewcollecties van Indië veteranen. Wij zijn op zoek naar een ...
25 Feb Blog: The Mystery of the Missing Mammary
One-Tété Lohkay and Alida, the legend of the enslaved woman whose breast was cut off, have become folk heroines. What to do asks Jessica Roitman, an historian who wonders if these disfigurements occurred?...
08 Feb Open access article on the relationship between the Guianas and Brazil
'Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia; the ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony' is the first of three publications by Matthew Bishop (University ...
21 Jan Registration deadline course ‘Introduction to Caribbean Studies’: 28 January
In the second semester of the academic year 2015-2016 KITLV organizes, for the 30th time, the interuniversitary course Introduction to Caribbean Studies. Participation ...
19 Jan KITLV presents survey results on Saba on 21 January
On Thursday 21 January, between 8:00 and 9:30 pm, KITLV researchers Dr. Wouter Veenendaal and Prof. Gert Oostindie will present the results of their opinion survey on Saba. The presentation will take place at the ...
18 Jan KITLV Opinion Survey in the Dutch Caribbean, irregularities on St. Maarten
Between September and November 2015, the KITLV executed a large-scale opinion survey on all six Caribbean islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On each island, a random sample of...
13 Jan Internship: ‘Shades of Clientelism. A comparative study of Indonesia’s patronage democracy’
For the research project 'Shades of Clientelism: A comparative study of Indonesia’s patronage democracy' we are looking for a research-intern. We are looking for ...
09 Dec NPO Radio 1: Herdenking Decembermoorden
Op 8 december 1982 vonden de Decembermoorden in Suriname plaats. In de Stopera herdenken nabestaanden en betrokkenen de 15 slachtoffers voor de 33e keer. Hoe kijkt de Surinaamse gemeenschap aan tegen ...