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18 May De Grote Geschiedenis Quiz 2015 (The Big History Quiz 2015)

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De Grote Geschiedenis Quiz 2015 (The Big History Quiz 2015) was won by the team of one of KITLV's former interns. Miel Groten, MA student History at VU University Amsterdam and former intern for the ...

07 May Accessibility of KITLV collections during renovation in May

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Leiden University Libraries would like to inform you that in week of the 18th of May 2015, the collections located in the Open Stacks on -1, one floor below the Information Centre Huygens, will be moved ...

30 Apr Interview with David Kloos about Sharia in Indonesia and Malaysia

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(Only in Dutch) KITLV researcher David Kloos was interviewed about the implementation of Islamic law in Malaysia and Indonesia for the program “Bureau Buitenland” of the VPRO (Radio 1). Kloos discussed ...

23 Apr Latest updates and information on ‘The Asian Library’ project

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Leiden University is proud to announce the new website of the Asian Library: asianlibraryleiden.nl. Here you can find the latest updates and information on The Asian Library project. Leiden University is about...

17 Apr New publication by Wouter Veenendaal in Publius

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Free to download: new publication by Wouter Veenendaal in Publius; The journal of federalism: 'Origins and persistence of federalism and decentralization in microstates'. Like their larger counterparts, even the ...

13 Apr Interview with Jessica Roitman about Jews in the Caribbean

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(Only in Dutch) KITLV researcher Jessica Vance Roitman was interviewed about the history of Jewish colonization in the Dutch Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries for the program 'De Kunst van...

07 Apr Caribisch Netwerk: ‘Major research on the Dutch Caribbean Islands’

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(Only in Dutch). Online article 'Groot onderzoek naar Caribische rijksdelen' about KITLV's research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale island jurisdictions' ...

07 Apr Interview with KITLV researchers about project on the Caribbean

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(In Dutch) Radio interview with Gert Oostindie, Wouter Veenendaal and Stacey Mac Donald about their research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale...

30 Mar Memorandum of Understanding between UGM and KITLV

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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the History Department of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta and KITLV. The MOU was signed by Henk Schulte Nordholt (Head Research KITLV)...

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...