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03 May Opbrengsten eerste call NWO Cariben programma 2014 gepubliceerd

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In de allereerste call van het Cariben programma van de NWO ontvingen negen onderzoekers subsidie (in totaal 5 miljoen euro) voor de uitvoering van een wetenschappelijk project. ...

30 Apr Atelier KITLV artist call

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The KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies would like to commission an original work of visual art for our space at Leiden University. Atelier KITLV is a working group within the Institute....

26 Apr Blog: Historical archaeology: An avenue for Haitian history (part 1)

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I visited the archaeological sites at En Bas Saline and Puerto Real for the first time with some colleagues from Leiden University in summer 2014. Scholars have placed the location of La Navidad ...

18 Apr Kick-off project ‘Climate change and governance in marine protected areas’

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On April 22, 2021 KITLV is officially kicking-off the new project on climate change and governance in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Together with partners from Indonesia and the Caribbean...

14 Apr Caribisch Denkboek voor 4 en 5 mei

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Met het Caribisch Denkboek leren kinderen op Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius en Sint Maarten over de lokale geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Onze gastonderzoeker Rosa de Jong leverde een bijdrage aan het boekje...

02 Apr New publication: ‘Looking for agency in transnational refugee trajectories during the Second World War’

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Open acces review essay on three recent monographs which highlight the relevance of transnational refugee and resistance networks. These books shed new light ...

31 Mar Latest issue NWIG available online

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The New West Indian Guide (NWIG) is a scholarly fully open access journal on the Caribbean, featuring English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art, archaeology, economics, geography, geology, history, international relations, linguistics...