08 Jun ‘Legal Self-fashioning in Colonial Indonesia: Human Rights in the Letters of Kartini’
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. Focusing on her writings, this article shows how the Javanese woman Kartini (1879–1904) engaged with conceptions of “human...
Spotlight on Southeast Asia
03 Jun Digital humanities workshop ‘Digging into military memories’: presentations online
Last year KITLV organised a CLARIAH workshop on Digital Humanities, led by Stef Scagliola (for more information see Stef’s blog), with the goal of bringing scholars ...
02 Jun Young Scholars Prize 2017 for Tom Hoogervorst
Tom Hoogervorst has won the 2017 Young Scholars Prize, a biennial competition for original articles awarded by the international journal Indonesia and the Malay World. His submission, 'What kind of language was...
02 Jun “Molukse treinkapingen waren product van radicale tijdsgeest”
Interview met Fridus Steijlen op Nemokennislink.nl: 'Molukse treinkapingen waren product van radicale tijdsgeest'. "Net zoals bij de recente aanslag in Manchester waren veertig jaar geleden schoolkinderen...
23 May By Chris Chaplin: ‘The alliance between Indonesia’s Islamic conservatives and politicians cannot last’
Now that ex-Jakarta Governor Ahok has been ousted from power and faces prison, the unifying mission that brought Indonesia’s hard-line...
19 May Article ‘Ahok’s defeats and public debate in Indonesia’, by Ward Berenschot
Article in New Mandala on Ahok’s defeats and public debate in Indonesia, by Ward Berenschot. Basuki Thahaja Purnama’s (‘Ahok’) electoral defeat in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election on...
16 May Op de Tong Tong Fair: ‘Vereniging KITLV. Kenners van het Koloniale Verleden’
De Vereniging KITLV verbindt kenners van het koloniale verleden, ondersteunt hun verzamelingen/archieven en onderkent dat verzamelen/archiveren ook een vorm is van...
12 May PhD defence by Ridho Reinanda: ‘Entity Associations for Search’
On Thursday 11 May KITLV-researcher Ridho Reinanda defended his PhD thesis ‘Entity Associations for Search’ successfully, at the University of Amsterdam. Reinanda’s research was part of the Digital Humanities...
11 May Henk Schulte Nordholt over de invloed van de radicale islam in Indonesië
In Indonesië is de christelijke gouverneur van Jakarta veroordeeld voor het beledigen van de Islam. Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama moet nu 2 jaar de gevangenis in. Een onverwacht zware straf...
01 May Blog: Don’t forget oligarchic family politics
The recent turmoil about the role of radical Islam in elections for a new Governor of Jakarta conceals another dimension of Indonesian politics: the decades long effort of an old elite family to grab the presidency in Indonesia....