Any historian and social scientist will have his or her collection of missed opportunities: an interview going into an unexpected direction, or a source with no direct value for your actual research, yet, highly...
In de Java Post: "We kunnen er niet meer omheen. De discussie over het verleden van Nederlands-Indië is nog lang niet geluwd, in tegendeel. Bij de zoektocht naar een meer integrale en inzichtbiedende ...
In yesterday's 'Nieuwsuur': Henk Schulte Nordholt (extraordinary Professor of Indonesian History / Leiden University and Head of Research KITLV) commented on Indonesia's decision to execute 6 people ...
The international workshop Tracing Trajectories of Modernity in Southeast Asia, 1920s−1970s which was held on 12 and 13 January 2015 at the KITLV was productive and stimulating. Participants from Australia...
On 8 and 9 January 2015, KITLV hosted an international workshop on female Islamic authority in contemporary Asia. The workshop elaborated on preceding events – and a growing literature on the topic...
“I am so proud to be a Dutchman. Our country stands for developmental aid. Please, newly appointed government, keep this going. Our world will never be safe if we do not help to decrease the scandalous...
Asian Tigers, African Lions: Comparing the Development Performance of Southeast Asia and Africa, published by Brill in 2013 and coordinated by the African Studies Centre (ASC) and KITLV, both in...
On the afternoon of 10 December, the KITLV organized a symposium in Leiden on the Indonesian war of decolonization (1945-1949) and its afterlife in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The continuing presence of ...
This Christmas it will be ten years ago that a huge tsunami struck the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, India and several other countries surrounding the Bengal Bay and the Indian Ocean. The huge waves...
The Oxis Group: "Ian Caldwell and Kathryn Wellen of the KITLV are currently working on a study of the genealogies of the Bugis-speaking kingdoms between circa 1400-1600 CE. The project aims to establish the extent...