Article by one of our researchers, Sarthak Bagchi, on a small comparative study of Indian and Dutch election campaign: 'From social media use to anti-islamic rhetoric, similarities in Indian and Dutch ...
Rosemarijn Hoefte has been appointed at the University of Amsterdam as Professor in the History of Suriname since 1873 in comparative perspective. This appointment will be for 0,2 fte. ...
'Politik ekstrem kanan: Brexit, Trump, Wilders, dan Pilkada Jakarta?', by Liston Siregard. An article on the website of BBC Indonesia on Brexit, Trump, Wilders and the Jakarta elections with an interview with Ward...
Why do criminals enter politics in the world’s largest democracy? Why do parties nominate candidates with criminal backgrounds? And why do voters support these candidates? Sarthak Bagchi delves into some...
In het Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland is een hoofdstuk door Rosemarijn Hoefte gewijd aan Grace Howard: 'Howard, Grace Ruth (1869-1968)'. Grace Ruth Howard, vooral bekend als Grace Schneiders-...
Edited by Emmanuel Blanchard, Marieke Bloembergen (KITLV) and Amandine Lauro. Colonial security strategies and the postcolonial vestiges they left both in the global ...
By KITLV researcher Chris Chaplin. As Jakarta heads to the polls, Chaplin argues that evoking Islamic identity and the opportunistic use of religious symbols in this election has set a dangerous precedent for ...
New full open access publication on citizenship and democratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Ward Berenschot (KITLV), Henk Schulte Nordholt (KITLV) and Laurens Bakker (UvA). By providing ...
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. In 1945 and under the pseudonym Sjahrazad, Indonesia's first prime minister Sutan Sjahrir and his wife Maria Duchâteau published a ...
"See what is left of our rubber trees", says Titik, the leader of a group of angry villagers. After a magnificent boat ride through majestic forest, I met his group in Rawang, Central Kalimantan, standing at the edge of ...