Thursday 8 October

Ward Berenschot (University of Amsterdam / KITLV) and Otto Hospes (Wageningen University), together with Indonesian researchers, are publishing Rightless resistance: Postcolonial citizenship, palm oil, and land grabs in Indonesia — a study of 150 land conflicts between palm oil companies and Indonesian village communities. They previously made the documentary Colonial debris on the same subject. At this launch event, experts from various backgrounds will discuss the  main arguments of the book, alongside short clips from the documentary.

Tuesday 13 October 2026

In this seminar we will talk about issues of territorial rights, environmental concerns, women’s rights, masyarakat adat (indigenous communities) and freedom of speech in present day Maluku.