23 May Press release | BZK Ministry establishes two new professor chairs for the Kingdom
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/public ...
News Items
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...