In the second semester of the academic year 2024-2025 the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies organizes, for the 38th time, the interuniversitary course Introduction to Caribbean Studies. Participation is open to all students studying at a Dutch university and anyone else interested in the Caribbean. The course will be held in English.
Themes
The Caribbean has a turbulent, and often disconcerting history, a dynamic culture, and challenging economic and political futures. It is an extraordinarily multifaceted area with its many languages, population groups, and nations. It is also a region that has long and close connections with the Netherlands – Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, the so-called BES- islands, and Suriname in particular. Past and present migration patterns continue to nurture intimate connections between Caribbean and Dutch societies.
In 2025 the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies will organize a classical version of the Interuniversity Course Caribbean Studies. In this 38th edition of the course we will discuss history, politics, economics and socio-cultural issues. The lectures will touch upon ecology, colonialism, slave trade, slavery and sugar revolution, Haitian revolution, Marrons politic and society indentured labour, small-holding and the post-plantation economy, ethnicity, migration and trans-nationalism, citizenship, intellectual history, literature, music, decolonization, local politics, tourism, and international relations, trans-Atlantic human trafficking, pre Columbian and Spanish Caribbean, Caribbean urbanization, ethnicity and racialization.
The course will be held in English. Participation is open to students from all universities and non-students. The registration fee for non-students is € 125.00 and excludes participation in the discussion groups, which are for the benefit of students.
Venue and time
The Caribbean Studies course will take place during the period 5 February – 21 May, 2025. Classes are held on Wednesday afternoons from 1.15 p.m. to 3.15 p.m. CET (see schedule).
Registration for 2025 is open
The course Introduction to Caribbean Studies will be offered as an intensive course of 12 weeks from the between 5 February and 21 May 2025. Examination (tba).
Location still to be dermined in University of Leiden building in Leiden.
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Course fee
The reduced registration fee for students is € 35.00, which includes access to Leiden University Library. For students currently enrolled in a Caribbean University, the course is free. Participation of non-students is limited; the registration fee is € 125.00. Please note that registration is complete only after submitting your registration form and the receipt of payment of your registration fee.
Contact
KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
PO Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
+31 (0) 71-5272372
Email: [email protected].
Interuniversity Course 2025, program not yet available, start 5 February 2025
