This will be the final conference of the Indonesia- Netherlands collaborative research program on ‘Governance, Markets, and Citizens’. Hosts are the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Caribbean Studies in Leiden and the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta.
The shallow seas extending from the east coast of the Aru Islands have long contributed to world markets for pearl oyster, sea cucumbers, and other marine resources. At this eastern fringe, the Batuley make their
Het Silvia de Groot Fonds is bedoeld om studenten of jonge onderzoekers afkomstig uit het Caraïbisch gebied, bij voorkeur van Marron-afkomst, financieel te ondersteunen bij hun onderzoek naar de
Conference dates: 22 & 23 May 2017 The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI), in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), will organize a two day conference on the continued importance of adat law in...
We are very pleased to invite you to the first edition of our filmscreening series Framing Asia. On the 7th of February at 19.30h, you are welcome to join us at Lipsius 0.28 for our first meeting on Transgender issues in Indonesia. We will screen three...
Framing Asia will be a monthly filmscreening during the Leiden Asia Year, organised by the KITLV, IIAS ( and the department Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University. Framing Asia is
Seminar by Intan Paramaditha. Recent publications on Indonesian cinema, both in English and Indonesian language, demonstrate an attempt in the past two decades to establish the field of film studies in Indonesia
By James B. Hoesterey. This paper examines the role of visual culture in the constitution – and contestation – of public piety during Indonesia’s controversial anti-pornography campaign. Building on Hirschkind’s
Seminar by Tanya Yakimow. Complaints, accusations and failures of gratitude are everyday experiences for volunteers in community driven development (CDD) in Medan, Indonesia. In this article I develop
Is conservative Islam gaining ground in Indonesia? The gubernatorial elections in Jakarta have convinced many that the political clout of Islamic organizations has grown. Demands that the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja
