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10 Apr Blog: Fieldwork and COVID-19; After a ‘Corona home run’ from Indonesia

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The Anthropology weblog 'Standplaats Wereld' published a blogpost by Shannon van Leeuwen, Evelien van Overveld and Fridus Steijlen about Evelien and Shannon's 'Corona home run' from fieldwork...

06 Apr In memoriam Edisius Riyadi Terre

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Yesterday, 5 april Edisius Riyadi Terre died in a hospital in Jakarta. Edi was an English translator, a lawyer and lecturer in law at Universitas Multimedia Nusantara. He collaborated with several KITLV researchers. Adriaan Bedner and Jacqueline Vel...

02 Apr Interview Hoko Horii over kindhuwelijken in Trouw

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Interview met KITLV onderzoeker Hoko Horii in Trouw van 1 april jl. naar aanleiding van haar PhD onderzoek over kindhuwelijken. Kinderen die trouwen, kiezen daar soms zelf voor, ontdekte Hoko ...

01 Apr Ward Berenschot appointed Professor of Comparative Political Anthropology of South and Southeast Asia

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Ward Berenschot has been appointed professor by special appointment of Comparative Political Anthropology of South and Southeast Asia at the...

18 Mar Child marriage does not always occur by force

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PhD defense by KITLV/VVI researcher Hoko Horii, 18 March 2020: 'Child marriage as a choice: Rethinking agency in international human rights (Bali, Indonesia)'. Child marriage has become an increasingly ...

11 Mar Koning Willem-Alexander biedt excuses aan in Indonesië

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KITLV directeur Gert Oostindie en KITLV onderzoekers Fridus Steijlen en Esther Captain komen in verschillende media aan het woord over de excuses van Koning Willem-Alexander tijdens zijn staatsbezoek ...

10 Mar Column Fridus Steijlen: ‘Het Molukse verhaal opgehangen aan foto’s’

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‘Een foto zegt meer dan duizend woorden’, wordt wel eens gezegd. Ik vraag me af of dat wel zo is. Het hangt ervan af wat iemand in een foto ziet of wil zien. Het hangt af van wat iemand graag wil horen...

03 Mar New publication: ‘Walking a thin line: Taking children’s decision to marry seriously?’

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New open access publication by PhD researcher Hoko Horii in the journal Childhood (Sage Journals). This article provides empirical evidence on children’s agency and...

25 Feb Blog: Being a ‘real’ Indonesian? (Part 2)

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My search for Sultan Hamid II of Pontianak - about which I wrote in my previous blog - took me to Yogyakarta before visiting Pontianak itself. I was in Yogyakarta to improve my knowledge of the Indonesian language, culture and history. ...

21 Feb Seminar on the joint future of Indonesia and the Netherlands

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In preparation of the upcoming state visit to Indonesia (8-13 March), King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima attended a seminar organized by DutchCulture in Amsterdam, on February 18, 2020....