When in 2002 Indonesia established a constitutional court nobody anticipated just how important this new institution was going to be. Its rulings are widely reported and they have had an impact on fields ranging from economic policy...
President Jokowi is popular enough to do without military support. Yet New Order-era soldiers have always been close by his side. Now he has gone one further. Who is Wiranto? In a cabinet reshuffle on 27 July he ...
The Indonesian translation of Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950: Getuigenissen van een oorlog aan de verkeerde kant van de geschiedenis...
NPO Radio 1: vandaag wordt internationaal stilgestaan bij het slavernijverleden. Het is de internationale dag ter herinnering aan de slavenhandel en de afschaffing daarvan. Aan...
One of the most common social sciences research methods is (online) surveys. While there are many benefits to this method, there are also many pitfalls, like, not being able to get people to fill out the survey you ...
Economics, Empire, Eschatology: the Global Context of Jewish Settlement in the Americas, 1650-70'. In: Itinerario 40, special issue 02, August 2016, pp. 293-310. The Dutch and English offered Spanish and Portuguese ...
KITLV directeur Gert Oostindie sprak met diverse media over de Indië-herdenking. Op 15 augustus vond in Nederland de jaarlijkse Indië-herdenking plaats. Op die datum in 1945 capituleerde namelijk Japan, waarmee de Tweede Wereldoorlog...
Indonesia’s Chinese authored literature reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s. Access to these unique sources is slowly improving. Tom Hoogervorst escaped Jakarta’s archives for a rendezvous with two passionate...
A special issue of the Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde) is now available, in print ...
Young people’s desires to become educated and upwardly mobile are often understood as signs of rising affluence and changing markets for education and work in Southeast Asia. Meanings that young people attribute...