February 2020
Symposium | Talking out loud: Towards an interdisciplinary approach on postcolonial and decolonial thoughts
As veritable tools against the colonial discourses and methodologies postcolonial and decolonial thoughts play an important role in academic debates. With the emergence of postcolonial and decolonial thoughts, researchers from various disciplines propose to look at the world differently through a critical perspective, by rejecting the dominant theories and methodologies.
Find out more »March 2020
Book launch / Symposium | The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia: A Cultural History | Marieke Bloembergen & Martijn Eickhoff
On Tuesday 3 March 2020 the book presentation of The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia: A Cultural History will take place at Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden. The book, written by Marieke Bloembergen (KITLV) and Martijn Eickhoff (NIOD) is the result of the project Sites, Bodies and Stories: The Dynamics of Heritage Formation in Colonial and Postcolonial Indonesia and the Netherlands, funded by NWO.
Find out more »Seminar | How peace prevails: Insurgent cohesion and fragmentation in Indonesia and the Philippines | Yuhki Tajima
In the aftermath of separatist wars, why do some peace agreements succeed while others fail? The existing literature focuses on incentive problems, proposing that they can be solved with external guarantors or the emergence of winning internal coalition
Find out more »Public panel discussion | Citizenship and nationhood: Prospects for president Jokowi’s second term
In August 2019, Indonesia witnessed the largest street protests since the fall of President Suharto in 1998. Thousands of Indonesians, many of them students, took to the streets to protest against corruption, growing authoritarianism and human rights abuses.
Find out more »PhD defense | Child marriage as a choice: Rethinking agency in international human rights (Bali, Indonesia) | Hoko Horii
In the recent international campaigns against child marriage, there is a puzzle of agency: while international human rights institutions celebrate when girls exercise their agency not to marry, they do not recognize their agency to marry.
Find out more »Lezing | Soldaat in Indonesië: Haagse connecties | Gert Oostindie
Lezing over de verwachtingen, ervaringen en herinneringen aan de koloniale oorlog in voormalig Nederlands Indië (1945 - 1949) en de terugkeer in Nederland. Georganiseerd door het Haags Gemeentearchief.
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Seminar | The origins of Indonesian populism: Public debate in Java, March-June 1945 | Gerry van Klinken
Is populism a harbinger of fascism, or simply the people talking back to the establishment? Today’s worldwide debate about populism resonated in Indonesia during recent presidential elections
Find out more »Seminar | ‘Hier rust Cornelis’, or, tracking the Dutch: Transoceanic creolisation and postcolonial memory | Ananya Jahanara Kabir
‘Hier rust Cornelis Rietvield:’ declares a 17th century epitaph engraved on a tombstone at the Dutch Cemetery of Chinsurah, Bengal. It highlights the transoceanic life-arcs of various Dutchmen who crossed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the service of the Dutch East India Company.
Find out more »May 2020
Algemene Ledenvergadering en Publieksmiddag
Op vrijdag 29 mei a.s. vindt de Algemene Ledenvergadering en Oublieksmiddag van de Vereniging KITLV plaats. Het programma en de locatie zullen later worden bekendgemaakt.
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