Spotlight on the Caribbean

26 Mar Vacature onderzoeksstage (only in Dutch)

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Bij het project Nederlands militair optreden in Indonesië 1945-1950 is in najaar 2015 een vacature voor een onderzoeksstage beschikbaar. Wij zijn op zoek naar een enthousiaste (research) master student ...

24 Mar Article by Wouter Veenendaal in Antilliaans Dagblad

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(Only in Dutch) A new article by Wouter Veenendaal in the Antilliaans Dagblad: ‘Groeiende onvrede met nieuwe status’. Veenendaal (1986) is a postdoctoral researcher at KITLV working as part of the...

16 Mar What’s wrong with being right? (blog by Jessica Roitman)

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Historians such as myself have cause to rejoice, if recent American political rhetoric is anything to go by. History, that heretofore scantily-funded discipline of the humanities known (along with English and ...

02 Mar New article by Jessica Roitman in ‘Jewish Culture and History’

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New article by Jessica Vance Roitman (KITLV) and Cátia Antunes, 'A war of words; Sephardi merchants, (inter)national incidents, and litigation in the Dutch Republic, 1580–1640', in the journal 'Jewish Culture and...

26 Feb Spanish-language edition of ‘Paradise overseas’

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The Cuban Editorial José Martí published a Spanish-language edition of Het paradijs overzee (Bert Bakker, 1997 and KITLV Press, 20115) by Gert Oostindie, based on the English edition Paradise overseas (Macmillan...

13 Feb How media reflect and shape who we are (blog by Sanne Rotmeijer)

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‘Mi no ta Charlie’ (I am not Charlie) in four different languages on the front page of Bon Siman, a weekly newspaper in Bonaire. A cover statement like this might be somewhat unexpected for a local paper?...

12 Feb New publication on Jews in the Caribbean by Jessica Roitman

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New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.), 'Joden in de Cariben; Vier ...

12 Feb New publication by Jessica Roitman: ‘Economie, imperium en eschatalogie’

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New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.)...

26 Jan Article ‘Can clients become citizens?’ by Prio Sambodho

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Can clients become citizens? Evaluating the new democracy in Indonesia?' Article by Prio Sambodho on www.opendemocracy.net. "Political transformation means more than a few new institutions. It’s a ...

23 Dec Obama-Castro deal: Cuba’s gain, Aruba’s loss? (blog by R. Hoefte)

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President Obama’s announcement about the lifting of the Cuban embargo /bloqueo will have great economic consequences for the entire Caribbean. Cuba’s possible membership in CARICOM might breathe new life ...