Een gesprek met de Belgische historicus en schrijver David van Reybrouck, met Indonesië-historicus Henk Schulte Nordholt (KITLV) en met slavernijhistoricus Karwan Fatah-Black (Universiteit Leiden). ...
An Indonesian researcher participating in a controversial research project funded by the Dutch government has defended the project, saying it would benefit Indonesia by revealing a part of the country’s ...
The state-sanctioned persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar has caused worldwide outrage. But why is this happening just when Myanmar has become...
"In een open brief aan het kabinet uiten wetenschappers en activisten kritiek op een grootschalig onderzoek naar de dekolonisatie van Indonesië, door onder het KITLV in Leiden....
Despite rich Islamic artistic traditions, people tend to portray Islam as hostile to visual culture. Yet images often inform the ways in which Muslims negotiate religious authority. Practices of image-making in Indonesia and Malaysia illustrate this...
Are we talking ‘Revolution’ or ‘Decolonization’? Where can these perspectives meet? The Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Department of History in Yogyakarta hosted a two-day workshop to discuss these questions. Gert Oostindie notes his personal impressions....
I was ill-prepared for what happened when I finally emerged from the famous ‘rolling hills’ of Tuscany as a freshly-minted PhD in History from the European University Institute in May. Simply put, ...
By Daan Beekers and David Kloos (KITLV). If piety, faith, and conviction constitute one side of the religious coin, then imperfection, uncertainty, and ...
Now available online: the latest Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, volume 173, issue 4, special issue: New Urban Middle Classes in Colonial Java. BKI is an interdisciplinary fully open...
'Een blijvende morele verantwoordelijkheid stelt vragen over de koloniale tijd: De historische werkelijkheid is ingewikkelder dan de tweedeling held of schurk, goed of ...