Spotlight on the Caribbean

15 Jul New article by Jessica Roitman & Han Jordaan

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A new article by KITLV researcher Jessica Roitman and former KITLV researcher Han Jordaan in the TSEG/the Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History. After the island of St. Eustatius was sacked by the ...

09 Jul ‘Sint-Eustatius, zoek je toekomst in Cariben’

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(Only in Dutch) Op dinsdag 7 juli jl. verscheen in Trouw een opiniestuk van KITLV-onderzoeker Wouter Veenendaal over Sint-Eustatius: 'Sint-Eustatius, zoek je toekomst in Cariben'. Veenendaal constateert ...

02 Jul Rosemarijn Hoefte in ‘Met het oog op morgen’

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(Only in Dutch) Op 30 juni jl. was KITLV onderzoeker Rosemarijn Hoefte te horen in het NOS radioprogramma ‘Met het oog op morgen’, over de productie van bauxiet in Suriname. Klik hier om de uitzending te ...

29 Jun KITLV researcher Stacey Mac Donald on field work in Saba

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On Saba-News.com: "Dutch researcher visits Saba for psychological programme. On behalf of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) based in Leiden, the Netherlands ...

29 Jun ‘Antillen op eigen benen, dat is echt teveel gevraagd’

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(Only in Dutch) Op vrijdag 26 juni jl. verscheen in het NRC een artikel van Gert Oostindie, directeur KITLV, over de Antillen: 'Antillen op eigen benen, dat is echt teveel gevraagd. Als kolonisator van weleer moeten...

16 Jun Post-doc position: Islam, Class and Citizenship in Indonesia

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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 ...

22 May Article by Wouter Veenendaal in Island Studies Journal

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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 ...

20 May ‘Confronting the Caribbean Challenges’ in the Daily Herald

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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 ...

19 May Interview with Gert Oostindie about Desi Bouterse and Suriname

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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 ...

01 May New publication by Rosemarijn Hoefte in ‘Islam and the Americas’

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New publication by Rosemarijn Hoefte: 'Locating Mecca; Religious and political discord in the Javanese community in pre-independence Suriname'. In: Aisha Khan (ed.), Islam and the Americas. Gainesville...