This book reveals how everyday experiences of being ‘modern’ (c. 1920s-70s) indexed continuity and change in the transition from colonialism to independence and after in Southeast Asia. In the Philippines
In 2019 is het 100 jaar geleden dat vrouwen voor het eerst mochten stemmen, nadat zij in 1917 passief kiesrecht verworven. Althans, dat was de situatie in Nederland. In 1919 bezat Nederland nog drie kolonies:
Het project 'Getuigen en Tijdgenoten' geeft ooggetuigen die de periode 1945-1950 in Indonesië hebben meegemaakt, een stem. Daarbij komen ook vragen aan bod over de schaduwkanten van deze periode
Despite having written three monographs featuring Islam in Indonesia, I still hesitate to call myself an Indonesianist, mainly because of the way I have entered the field. Against the background of my academic
Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, is preparing to go to the polls in a few months. On the 17th of April 2019, approximately 190 million Indonesians will vote in the biggest election the country
LIMS talk by KITLV researcher Fridus Steijlen, ‘From long distance nationalism to development aid; Moluccans in the Netherlands connecting to their land of origin’. The Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars
In de lezing 'Muzik di zumbi: Caribische stemmen in Nederlandse musea' presenteert KITLV onderzoeker Valika Smeulders een analyse van de dynamiek binnen en tussen Nederlandse erfgoedinstellingen
This seminar deals with the roles of women in the Islamic public sphere. It focuses on the intersections between, and mutual constitution of, religious authority and professional expertise in Malaysia.
In this lecture at UGM in Yogyakarta, Fridus Steijlen will tell more about his experience as an anthropologist getting involved in oral history projects.
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