I was deeply touched to learn of Jaap’s passing. During and after his long service as representative of KITLV in Jakarta, from 1974 until 2003, Jaap was always there with his beard and inseparable pipe, which gave him an appearance and an...
KITLV-KNAW is looking for two 2 postdocs, with experience in provenance research or research into the social history of manuscripts. The postdocs will be ...
KITLV and Framer Framed are pleased to announce the international open call for the 2024 Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist Residency. Applications are currently being accepted online with a submission deadline ...
Rosemarijn Hoefte vertelt in een podcast van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden hoe Javaanse contractarbeiders uit Indonesië de rol van de tot slaaf gemaakten op de Surinaamse ...
Expensive elections campaigns are a threat to democracies around the world, because they generate corruption and political inequality. Yet, due to methodological obstacles and a western ...
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 ...