29 Aug Release of the Indonesian translation of Gert Oostindie’s Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950 in September 2016
The Indonesian translation of Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950: Getuigenissen van een oorlog aan de verkeerde kant van de geschiedenis...
News Items
23 Aug Rosemarijn Hoefte over internationale dag afschaffing slavernij in NPO Radio 1
NPO Radio 1: vandaag wordt internationaal stilgestaan bij het slavernijverleden. Het is de internationale dag ter herinnering aan de slavenhandel en de afschaffing daarvan. Aan...
19 Aug Blog: 5 tips to get people to fill out your survey
One of the most common social sciences research methods is (online) surveys. While there are many benefits to this method, there are also many pitfalls, like, not being able to get people to fill out the survey you ...
19 Aug New online article by Jessica Roitman in Itinerario
Economics, Empire, Eschatology: the Global Context of Jewish Settlement in the Americas, 1650-70'. In: Itinerario 40, special issue 02, August 2016, pp. 293-310. The Dutch and English offered Spanish and Portuguese ...
15 Aug Gert Oostindie over de Indiëherdenking
KITLV directeur Gert Oostindie sprak met diverse media over de Indië-herdenking. Op 15 augustus vond in Nederland de jaarlijkse Indië-herdenking plaats. Op die datum in 1945 capituleerde namelijk Japan, waarmee de Tweede Wereldoorlog...
11 Aug Blog: Books written for everyone (and protected by a few)
Indonesia’s Chinese authored literature reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s. Access to these unique sources is slowly improving. Tom Hoogervorst escaped Jakarta’s archives for a rendezvous with two passionate...
04 Aug Special issue BKI / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia now online
A special issue of the Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde) is now available, in print ...
02 Aug Blog: Studying higher education and youth futures in Southeast Asia
Young people’s desires to become educated and upwardly mobile are often understood as signs of rising affluence and changing markets for education and work in Southeast Asia. Meanings that young people attribute...
21 Jul Blog: Lonely at the top: 15 minutes of privacy at Borobudur
The road to Enlightenment is never easy, but for some people it is easier than for others. Last May I visited Borobudur. This giant eighth century Buddhist shrine and world heritage site is located in Indonesia where now ...
20 Jul KITLV donation to Wikimedia Commons
Over 3000 historic photographs and prints with images from the Dutch East Indies, China, Japan, Singapore and Suriname from the KITLV were donated to Wikimedia Commons, the image database of Wikipedia,...