That may sound like a boring question, but it is an important one. Am I exaggerating if I say that the future of democracy depends on it? Informal politics is usually studied through in-depth fieldwork and interviews. ...
What kind of economic development curtails clientelistic politics? Most of the literature addressing this relationship focuses narrowly on ...
Article by Hoko Horii (KITLV/Leiden University) and Mies Grijns (Leiden University): 'Child marriage in a village in West Java (Indonesia): Compromises between legal obligations and religious concerns'. This article...
Now available online: latest issue of the Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (BKI). BKI is an interdisciplinary journal on Southeast Asia, with a strong focus on Indonesia. The editors...
On 5 March 2017, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, and the President of the Leiden branch of the Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI), Mikhael Dito Manurung, unveiled a plaque commemorating ...
Clement Atlee, who had replaced Winston Churchill as prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1945, helped to effectuate the rapid decolonization of Burma and India. ...
Ruim 300 mensen, waarvan een groot deel afkomstig was uit de Molukse gemeenschappen in Nederland, woonden de inaugurele rede bij. Na afloop van de plechtigheid werd Steijlen ontvangen door Molukse tifa spelers...
“Dance, sister! Dance!” Dina is prodding my side, encouraging me to stand up and dance. “My friend is asking you to dance!” She points at her smartphone, which is videotaping us. A red sign with...
Islam and the limits of the state examines the complex relationships between the state state implementation of Shariʿa and diverse lived realities of everyday Islam in contemporary Aceh, Indonesia. ...
Interview met KITLV onderzoeker David Kloos. In het artikel legt Kloos uit dat de gewone Atjeeër vooral zelf blijft nadenken over zijn geloof, ook al probeert de Indonesische overheid met de sharia ...