23 May Boek | Een westers beschavingsoffensief: Sporen van het koloniaal en postkoloniaal verleden van Tilburg
De koloniale geschiedenis van Tilburg verschilt van andere grote Nederlandse steden. De stad heeft geen oude verbinding met de koloniën...
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22 May Edited volume | Local voices, global debates: The uses of archaeological heritage in the Caribbean
Edited by Joseph Sony Jean (KITLV) & Eduardo Herrera Malatesta. Read about Caribbean archaeology and the role of local Caribbean...
01 May Vacature | Promovendus ‘Van slavernij naar burgerrechten in Suriname’
Het KITLV is op zoek naar een promovendus 'Van slavernij naar burgerrechten in Suriname'. Wil je bijdragen aan de verdieping van onze kennis over slavernij, emancipatie en postkoloniaal burgerschap...
30 Apr Relocation | KITLV moves to a new building!
KITLV will move to a new building of Leiden University, the Herta Mohr Building (former P.N. van Eyckhof-Van Wijkplaats building), in the second week of May 2024. It is the first that a Leiden University building is named ...
30 Apr Journal | New issue New West Indian Guide
The latest issue of the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) is now available, with articles on the Caribbean in the fields of humanities, social & political science, archaeology, economics, geography and geology...
29 Apr Exhibition | Breaking Waves
During Amsterdam Art Week, Framer Framed presents the exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo, who has been Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed artist in residence for the past year. Through a story about epidemiological and maritime movement...
28 Apr Media | Rosemarijn Hoefte over ‘Koloniaal Haarlemdag in Teylers Museum’
Op 21 april jl. vond vanuit het Teylers Museum 'Koloniaal Haarlemdag' plaats, georganiseerd door Stichting Keti Koti Haarlem. Er werden gratis activiteiten ...
27 Apr Blog | Motorcycling on Ambon
‘Continues to amaze me’, ‘it is dangerous’, ‘they drive like lunatics’ – these were some of the comments on social media when friends posted pictures of motorcyclists in Ambon. Last year I took to the streets of Ambon on my motorcycle, travelling...
25 Apr Blog | The Caribbean Community’s determined crisis diplomacy strengthens its international standing
As the latest Venezuelan security threat and the cycle of unrest in Haiti’s political morass came to a head, threatening to hem in Guyana’s quest for peaceful ...
16 Apr Article | India goes to the polls
New article by Vignesh Rajahmani et al. in the London School of Economics South Asia Blog, 'India goes to the polls'. The authors examine the electoral strategies via a resource-discourse-personnel matrix of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The authors present ...