Thursday 7 May 2026

This talk discusses how the Korean Wave (Hallyu) has actively introduced the Korean language into Indonesia’s sociolinguistic landscape. Combining social media analysis and linguistic landscape data, it shows how Korean has become embedded in everyday communication and urban visibility.

Donderdag 21 mei 2026

Het bestuur van de Vereniging KITLV nodigt haar leden uit voor de Algemene Ledenvergadering 2026 op donderdag 21 mei a.s. met aansluitend een borrel.

Thursday 28 May 2026

Is social media driving a trend towards authoritarianism in Southeast Asia? How are influence operations on social media organised, and what can civil society to do resist such campaigns? This panel brings together three scholars to discuss the deepening entanglement between social media platforms and authoritarian consolidation across Southeast Asia.

Thursday 2 July 2026

This summer, Professor Rosemarijn Hoefte will retire as senior researcher and member of the management team at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), and as professor in the history of Suriname after 1873 in comparative perspective at the University of Amsterdam. Throughout her academic career, Rosemarijn has made an invaluable contribution to the field of Caribbean Studies: as a researcher, institute manager, editor-in-chief of the New West Indian Guide, and President of the Association of Caribbean Historians.