21 Nov Gert Oostindie reageert op kritiek Indonesië-onderzoek in Historisch Nieuwsblad
‘Het idee dat ik kolonialisme goedpraat is absurd’. Historicus Gert Oostindie krijgt kritiek als mede-initiator van een groot onderzoek naar het Nederlandse ...
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20 Nov Blog: The magic of doing fieldwork
Recently an Indonesian colleague asked me to write a reflection on my fieldwork experiences studying politics in India and Indonesia, for an Indonesian book on ethnographic fieldwork. Here is the English version. Doing research in the field can be tough....
16 Nov Lecture Harry Poeze on National Hero’s Day in Indonesia
On National Hero’s day (Hari Pahlawan Nasional) on 10 November 2018, Dr. Harry Poeze gave a lecture about the life of Tan Malaka at the opening of the exhibition 'Surat Pendiri Bangsa' (Letters from...
12 Nov Blog: My field notes from a big fat conference…
Big conferences are crucial when it comes to meeting the celebrities in your field, and perhaps even striking up short conversations with them. And yet the cultural dynamics of these sites of gathering ...
09 Nov NOS Radio 1 Journaal: ‘Kersverse Cubaanse president zoekt oude bondgenoten op’
Op donderdagochtend 8 november sprak Radio 1 presentator Winfried Baijens met Gert Oostindie over de Cubaanse president Miguel Díaz-Canel die bezig is ...
06 Nov New publication: New beginnings without new heroes? 1791–1804 Haitian revolution and the 2010 earthquake in Nick Lake’s In Darkness (2012)
By Kasia Mika. This article analyses Nick Lake’s In Darkness (2012), a young adult novel which joins ...
05 Nov Blog: To my fellow decolonial researchers and advocates: A note from a female Indonesian researcher
On 8 and 9 October 2018, the KITLV organized a workshop on the subject of Academic research in a decolonizing world: Towards new ways of thinking and...
30 Oct Blog: The independence referendum in New Caledonia: Birth of a new state?
Seven years after South Sudan’s attainment of independence, the world may this week once again witness the birth of a new sovereign state. Next Sunday (4 November), citizens of the South...
29 Oct De Volkskrant: ‘Historische wandeling in Utrecht langs de Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat en andere straten met koloniale namen’
Door Charlotte Huisman. In Utrecht kun je een historische wandeling maken langs de Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat...
19 Oct New publication: Suriname: Nation building and nation branding in a postcolonial state, 1945-2015
'Suriname: Nation building and nation branding in a postcolonial state, 1945-2015', in Nation branding in modern history, a chapter by Rosemarijn Hoefte. This ...