News and events

News and events

Book launch 'Heirs to world culture. Being Indonesian 1950-1965'
More than 50 people attended the book launch 'Heirs to world culture. Being Indonesian 1950-1965', by Jennifer Lindsay and Maya Liem (eds.) on 27 January. Rosemarijn Hoefte (Head of KITLV Press) gave an introduction, followed by a short talk by Henk Schulte Nordholt (Head of Research KITLV), Ahmad Munjid (Universitas Gadjah Mada) and Matthew Cohen (University of Londen; NIAS). More information about the book: http://www.kitlv.nl/book/show/1307. It can also be downloaded for free from the OAPEN Library.

 

New research project on citizenship in Indonesia
On 18 and 19 January KITLV researchers Ward Berenschot and Gerry van Klinken participated in a workshop about a new research project on citizenship in Indonesia with colleagues of Universitas Gadjah Mada (Yogyakarta). KITLV and UGM intend to cooperate on a research about the impact of Indonesia’s democratization process on the interaction between citizen and state.

 

New West Indian Guide
Latest Issue New West Indian Guide now online at http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig. Free to read and download. If you register as a user, you will receive an email update every time a new issue of this Open Access journal is published online.

 

New Open Access Books at KITLV Press
The following books can be downloaded for free at the OAPEN Library:

Heirs to world culture. Being Indonesian 1950-1965, by Jennifer Lindsay and Maya Liem (eds.).

Lords of the land, lords of the sea. Conflict and adaptation in early colonial Timor, 1600-1800, by Hans Hägerdal.

The power of prophecy; Prince Dipanagara and the end of an old order in Java, 1785-1855, by Peter Carey.

Cleanliness and culture edited by Kees van Dijk and Jean Gelma.  

 

16 February: Negotiating Ethnicity and Religiosity: Chinese Muslim Identities in Post-New Order Indonesia

Seminar by WaiWeng Hew, research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden.
Venue: KITLV,  room 138
Time: 15.30 h - 17.00 h
If you wish to attend please register with Yayah Siegers: kitlv@kitlv.nl / 071 527 2295
Invitation

 

16 - 18 July: Conference 'Bali in Global Asia: Between Modernization and Heritage Formation'

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Universitas Udayana, an international conference on 'Bali in Global Asia' will be organized:

Conference 'Bali in Global Asia: Between Modernization and Heritage Formation'
Date: 16 - 18 July 2012
Key Note Speeches by the well known public intellectual Goenawan Mohamad, and I Made Mangku Pastika, Governor of Bali.
Venue: Universitas Udayana, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Denpasar, Indonesia
Conference fee: 50 U$ for non-Indonesian, and RP 200.000 for Indonesian participants. Further information on payments and registration will follow.
Participants are expected to organize their own travel costs and accommodation.
Contact: Professor Henk Schulte Nordholt / schultenordholt@kitlv.nl

Call for papers
We invite participants to propose panels or individual papers on ‘Bali in global Asia’, with special reference to processes of modernization, urbanization and heritage formation. 
Proposals can be submitted on this page (see right menu) or follow the links below:

Individual paper submission:
http://www.iias.nl/form/bali-conference-individual-paper-submission-form

Panel proposal:
http://www.iias.nl/form/bali-conference-panel-proposal

Deadline
Deadline proposals for panels and papers: 31 January 2012.

Update: We experienced some problems with the IIAS webform. If you submitted a panel proposal before the 9th of January, please re-submit. You should receive a confirmation email. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

Sponsored by Universitas Udayana, KITLV /Leiden, IIAS/Leiden and University of Göttingen.
Executive organizers: Nyoman Darma Putra (UNUD) and Henk Schulte Nordholt (KITLV) in cooperation with IIAS.
Advisory board: Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin, Helen Creese, I Wayan Ardika, Thomas Reuter, Mark Hobart and Adrian Vickers.