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11 Jun Blog: Why I wanted to be “white”

Posted at 12:40h in Blog Posts, News Items 0 Comments

For the longest time, this little girl wanted to be white. She did not like her hair; she did not like her dark eyes; she did not like anything about the way she looked. She had very dry skin, and when she...

10 Jun Blog: Inscribing George Floyd. Thoughts about Black Lives Matter

Posted at 15:47h in Blog Posts, News Items 3 Comments

It was a sad moment in my academic life. Last week Friday afternoon, after months of intense writing, I had given myself the luxury of reading. I had been rearranging my bookshelves at home with adding ...

10 Jun Black Lives Matter

Posted at 10:32h in News Items 5 Comments

As outrage about police violence in the U.S. has resulted in protests all over the world, we have seen a great number of academic institutions making statements condemning racism. At KITLV we also feel compelled to speak out, particularly in view of...

09 Jun Gert Oostindie over de Gouden Koets: “…in het museum ermee”

Posted at 10:04h in News Items, Spotlight on Southeast Asia, Spotlight on the Caribbean 0 Comments

"Je kan niet zo maar alles weghalen, als de geschiedenis niet bevalt", zegt Gert Oostindie. "Maar juist door een koloniaal monument te laten staan en iets toe te voegen, laat je het koloniale verleden zien. ...

09 Jun Interview met Gerhard de Kok over de Walcherse slavenhandel

Posted at 09:33h in News Items, Spotlight on the Caribbean 0 Comments

Een interview met Gerhard de Kok over zijn pas verschenen boek Walcherse ketens: De trans-Atlantische slavenhandel en de economie van Walcheren, 1755-1780, gaat over de Walcherse...

09 Jun Gert Oostindie over de roep om koloniale standbeelden omver te halen

Posted at 09:06h in News Items, Spotlight on Southeast Asia, Spotlight on the Caribbean 0 Comments

Opnieuw klinkt in Nederland de roep om koloniale standbeelden omver te halen. In het Noordhollands Dagblad zegt Gert Oostindie, dat dit een fluitje van een cent moet zijn, want zoveel koloniale...

08 Jun Latest issue NWIG available online

Posted at 23:43h in News Items, Spotlight on the Caribbean 0 Comments

The 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, literature, music, political...