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Seminar | The Dutch colonial past in the Indonesian present and future historical narrative | Bambang Purwanto

KITLV, room 1.68 & via Zoom

The historiographical differences and memories between Indonesia and the Netherlands regarding the Dutch colonial period in the Indonesian Archipelago are very real. Indonesia needs to maintain the historical narrative of Dutch present in the Indonesian Archipelago to legitimize its existence as an independent and sovereign nation-state.