Spotlight on the Caribbean

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...

17 Apr New publication by Wouter Veenendaal in Publius

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Free to download: new publication by Wouter Veenendaal in Publius; The journal of federalism: 'Origins and persistence of federalism and decentralization in microstates'. Like their larger counterparts, even the ...

13 Apr Interview with Jessica Roitman about Jews in the Caribbean

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(Only in Dutch) KITLV researcher Jessica Vance Roitman was interviewed about the history of Jewish colonization in the Dutch Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries for the program 'De Kunst van...

07 Apr Caribisch Netwerk: ‘Major research on the Dutch Caribbean Islands’

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(Only in Dutch). Online article 'Groot onderzoek naar Caribische rijksdelen' about KITLV's research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale island jurisdictions' ...

07 Apr Interview with KITLV researchers about project on the Caribbean

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(In Dutch) Radio interview with Gert Oostindie, Wouter Veenendaal and Stacey Mac Donald about their research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale...