There are things in daily life that seem to always continue without notice. For me, one of them is going to the hairdresser, more or less every six weeks. I only changed a hairdresser when he retired or when I moved. Visits...
KITLV and Framer Framed are pleased to announce Clara Jo as the new Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence. In the coming months, we will work closely with the artist in developing her project ...
Researcher Anne van Mourik talks with historians Abdul Wahid, Yulianti and Roel Frakking about their book Revolutionary worlds: Local perspectives and dynamics during the Indonesian ...
Journalist Frank Vermeulen besteedt in het NRC van 2 februari jl. aandacht aan de presentatie van twee nieuwe boeken over de Indonesische revolutie op donderdag...
My most memorable Lunar New Year was a quarter of a century ago in Pontianak, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan. One month prior to this, news had started coming in about deadly clashes between the indigenous Dayak people ...
Op 19 januari jl. was Fridus Steijlen te gast in het KRO-NCRV radioprogramma Spraakmakers op Radio 1. Presentator Michel Maas sprak met Fridus over de spijtbetuiging door Widodo ...
Op 6 december dit jaar ontviel ons plotseling onze zeer gewaardeerde oud-collega Meindert van der Kaaij. Meindert was van 2017 tot 2021 werkzaam op het KITLV als onderzoeker in het KITLV-NIMH-NIOD...
De koning laat onafhankelijk onderzoek doen naar de rol van het Huis Oranje-Nassau in de koloniale geschiedenis. Het onderzoek zal drie jaar in beslag nemen en omvat ...
As Selangor prepares to celebrate its Bugis Malay ruler’s birthday, it is interesting to look at how the sultanate itself was born from a mixture of Bugis and Malay elements. Sunday December 11th is the 78th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor...
KITLV proudly presents a new video portrait of the people working at the institute. Meet guest researcher Taufiq Hanafi who researched the role of literature in narrating Indonesia’s bleakest pages of history...