Spotlight on Southeast Asia

26 May Blog: 100.000: the magic victim number

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Historian Bart Luttikhuis examines the origins of the widely-used estimate of 100,000 Indonesian victims of the Dutch-Indonesian War of Decolonization (1945-1950), and calls into question its accuracy. Ultimately, he wonders, does the number really matter?...

02 May Blog: 2015: The revenge of Indonesia’s political class

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Indonesia's democratisation process is a case of the half-full glass. Pessimists argue that elections have descended into an ugly spectacle of vote-buying and manipulation that does little to distribute power in...

26 Apr Oproep voor ledenseminar ‘Gedeelde herinnering binnen het KITLV’

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Het bijzondere van de Vereniging KITLV is dat ze leden heeft in alle leeftijdscategorieën. Ruim drie generaties ontmoeten elkaar rondom het KITLV. In alle generaties zijn leden die vanwege hun levensloop, beroep of ...

25 Apr Toyoto grant for KITLV researcher Hoko Horii

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Hoko Horii is a PhD candidate at KITLV, conducting research on international human rights law and its implication on child marriage practice in Indonesia. She has been working with Mies Grijns, who is an ...

25 Apr Blog: After Jokowi’s visit: Indonesia and the Netherlands back on track

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At the end of his brief European tour (Germany, Belgium, the UK), President Joko Widodo (‘Jokowi’) last Friday paid a one day visit to the Netherlands. He had breakfast with the prime minister, and visited a large scale ...

21 Apr Ward Berenschot over democratie in Indonesië in Science071

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Ward Berenschot was afgelopen woensdag te gast in het Wetenschapsprogramma Science071. Hij sprak tijdens de uitzending over democratie en 'rule of law' in Indonesië en de Caraïben. Op vrijdag 22 april...

19 Apr International conference ‘From Clients to Citizens? Citizenship in Democratising Indonesia’

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What is the impact of Indonesia’s democratization process on everyday interactions between Indonesian citizens and power holders? Democratic reforms have led to a much livelier ...

18 Apr New Brill/KITLV publication on gender relations in Indonesia

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Gender relations in an Indonesian society; Bugis practices of sexuality and marriage, by Nurul Ilmi Idrus (Hasanuddin University), offers a comprehensive ethnography of Bugis marriage through an exploration of gender ...

12 Apr 22 april: lezingenmiddag ‘Democratie en ‘rule of law’ in Indonesië en de Nederlandse Cariben. Wijziging locatie!

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Het bestuur van de Vereniging KITLV nodigt u van harte uit voor de lezingenmiddag ‘Democratie en ‘rule of law’ in Indonesië en de Nederlandse ...

21 Mar Lecture by Christian Tamaela

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On 23 March 2016 the Research Center for Material Culture and KITLV invite you to the lecture ‘Uncovering the secrets of sound and rhythm in the context of the ethnic Moluccan music of Indonesia’ delivered by dr. Christian Tamaela, ethnomusicologist and theologist...