07 Apr Caribisch Netwerk: ‘Major research on the Dutch Caribbean Islands’

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(Only in Dutch). Online article 'Groot onderzoek naar Caribische rijksdelen' about KITLV's research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale island jurisdictions' ...

07 Apr Interview with KITLV researchers about project on the Caribbean

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(In Dutch) Radio interview with Gert Oostindie, Wouter Veenendaal and Stacey Mac Donald about their research project 'Confronting Caribbean challenges: Hybrid identities and governance in small-scale...

13 Feb How media reflect and shape who we are (blog by Sanne Rotmeijer)

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‘Mi no ta Charlie’ (I am not Charlie) in four different languages on the front page of Bon Siman, a weekly newspaper in Bonaire. A cover statement like this might be somewhat unexpected for a local paper?...

12 Feb New publication on Jews in the Caribbean by Jessica Roitman

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New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.), 'Joden in de Cariben; Vier ...

12 Feb New publication by Jessica Roitman: ‘Economie, imperium en eschatalogie’

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New publication by Jessica Roitman: 'Economie, imperium en eschatalogie; De mondiale context van de joodse immigratie in de Amerika’s tussen 1650 en 1670', in: Julie-Marthe Cohen (ed.)...

19 Sep ‘Politics and democracy in microstates’, a new publication by Wouter Veenendaal

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Why are small states statistically more likely to have a democratic political system? By addressing this question from a qualitative and comparative methodological angle, in this book Wouter Veenendaal analyses the effects of...

01 Sep The power of the Caribbean (blog by Rosemarijn Hoefte)

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The Caribbean: hundreds of islands in the heart of the Americas. Cuba is the largest (about 106,000 km2) and with 11 million inhabitants is also the most populous country. Tiny Saba (13 km2), a special municipality of...

18 Aug KITLV researcher Emiel Martens hosts Caribbean film event

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On Saturday August 16, KITLV researcher Emiel Martens hosted another Caribbean film event at World Cinema Amsterdam with his non-profit organization Caribbean Creativity. After the successful edition of Yard Vibes...

15 Jul NWO research grant for Professor G.J. Oostindie

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Gert Oostindie, director KITLV and professor of Caribbean History at Leiden University, will receive a € 750,000 grant for the research project Confronting Caribbean Challenges: Hybrid Identities and Governance...

01 Jul Indonesian and Caribbean collection transferred to Leiden University

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With effect from 1 July 2014, the KNAW is transferring management of the extensive collections on Indonesia and the Caribbean previously held by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean...

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