15 Apr Interview | Diana Suhardiman: ‘How a local shaman can help fight climate change’
An interview with KITLV director Diana Suhardiman on the Leiden University website. Diana will give her inaugural lecture 'Grassroots alliances in natural ...
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09 Apr Vacancy | Postdoctoral Researcher Political Ecology
KITLV is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher Political Ecology for a project that puts the role of grassroots institutions, local communities, and local actors central in climate governance. ...
09 Apr Vacancy | Postdoctoral Researcher Ecological History
KITLV is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher Ecological History for a project that puts the role of grassroots institutions, local communities, and local actors central in climate governance. ...
21 Mar Blog | Laughing all the way to Senayan
Recent events in Indonesian politics, commonly characterized by chaos and the role that money plays, tell a story of tragedy and farce. The unexpected resignation of Ratu Ngadu Bonu Wollah, once seen as a beacon of hope for women in ...
19 Mar Media | Rosemarijn Hoefte over situatie Haïti
Interview met Rosemarijn Hoefte over de politieke onrust in Haïti in het radio programma OVT van de VPRO op NPO 1. Het land verkeert momenteel in totale chaos nadat afgelopen week criminele bendes een ...
14 Mar Article | The role of fear and memory in West Papua’s ethnonationalist conflict
New article by Yogi Permana et al. in Pacific Affairs, 'The role of fear and memory in West Papua's ethnonationalist conflict'. In the West Papua conflict, fear fuels both Papuan ethnonationalist and Indonesian nationalist ...
07 Mar New research | Unpacking KITLV Special Collections
From March 2024 KITLV will run a new pilot-project on the coloniality of Asian library and manuscript-formations. With KITLV Special Collections as point of departure, we study the social biographies of manuscripts...
02 Mar Philippus Corts Fonds | Winnaars 3de subsidieronde
In de 3de subsidieronde van het Philippus Corts Fonds werden vijf aanvragen gehonoreerd. Talisha Schilder ontving € 2.000,- voor haar onderzoek naar 'Mentawaian and Bornean tattooing practices in the Indonesian ...
01 Mar Article | Renegotiating and theorizing heritage in the context of “disaster” in the Caribbean
Article by Sony Jean et al. in the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, 'Renegotiating and theorizing heritage in the context of “disaster” in the ...
29 Feb Blog | Easter Gardens and Christmas trees
When I arrived in mid-January in Ambon for my second year at the Pattimura University I saw Christmas and New Year decor on the streets, which reminded me of the displays I saw the year before at the end of ...