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From 1900 onwards, more and more Indonesian students came to the Netherlands to study in Leiden. Several of these students also played a role in their country’s nationalist movement and the building of an independent Indonesia. This walk takes you to some important places in their lives and introduces a number of the students.

<p style="text-align: justify Op 7 juli 2022 zal Fridus Steijlen vanwege zijn pensionering afscheid nemen als senior onderzoeker aan het KITLV en bijzonder hoogleraar Molukse Migratie en Cultuur in Comparatief Perspectief aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

When considering current academic research and education agendas the terms data science and artificial intelligence are omnipresent. Yet the integration of such methods into the regular curriculum of humanities students is cumbersome.

The discussion about objects, human remains and archives from former colonial territories is becoming increasingly heated. Over the centuries, a multitude of items – including a cannon of the King of Kandy, power-objects from DR Congo, Benin bronzes, Javanese temple statues, Maori heads and strategic documents – has ended up in museums and private collections in Belgium and the Netherlands by improper means.

Join Associate Professor Rachel Rinaldo to reflect on the progressive influence of Islamic courts on longer term shifts in gender practices and relations in Indonesia.

Prof. Patricia Spyer (Graduate Institute, Geneva) will talk about her new book Orphaned Landscapes: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance in Indonesia (Fordham University Press 2021).

Op 7 oktober a.s. organiseert de Vereniging KITLV een publieksmiddag in Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden. Het programma zal ook via livestream te volgen zijn. Meer informatie volgt

This joint presentation combines two research projects, one focused on representations of East Asians in premodern texts from Indonesia and Malaysia, and the other on Chinese depictions of Indonesia in the mid-20th century.