Indonesia’s Chinese authored literature reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s. Access to these unique sources is slowly improving. Tom Hoogervorst escaped Jakarta’s archives for a rendezvous with two passionate...
A special issue of the Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde) is now available, in print ...
Young people’s desires to become educated and upwardly mobile are often understood as signs of rising affluence and changing markets for education and work in Southeast Asia. Meanings that young people attribute...
The road to Enlightenment is never easy, but for some people it is easier than for others. Last May I visited Borobudur. This giant eighth century Buddhist shrine and world heritage site is located in Indonesia where now ...
Over 3000 historic photographs and prints with images from the Dutch East Indies, China, Japan, Singapore and Suriname from the KITLV were donated to Wikimedia Commons, the image database of Wikipedia,...
KITLV researcher Wouter Veenendaal has been awarded a Veni grant for young excellent researchers. His research project 'Explaining Political Stability in Small States' examines why small countries...
Confronting Caribbean Challenges researcher, Sanne Rotmeijer, is just back from almost a year doing fieldwork on Curaçao and St. Maarten. She shares her perspective on identity, belonging, and what Brexit and nationalist...
Welcome to the sixth CCC newsletter! As you will see from the reports written by our team members, a lot of exciting work has been done. Sanne Rotmeijer concluded an extended period of field research, working in ...
Op 6 juli jl. verscheen een artikel van KITLV-onderzoeker in het dagblad Trouw. "Op Bonaire groeit het verzet tegen Nederland. De echte problemen van het eiland worden genegeerd, zegt Wouter Veenendaal". Wouter Veenendaal is postdoctoraal onderzoeker bij het KITLV...
Walking through the entrance gate to the shopping street ‘Pasar Baru’, Jakarta, was like stepping into my favourite movie, says Jemma Middleton. I recognised the different shops, the old and new architecture, the way a shopkeeper was advertising...