PhD defense by Marije Plomp, member of The Board of the Learned Society (Vereniging KITLV): 'Never-Neverland Revisited Malay: Adventure Stories'. More information ...>>
On 7 September this year it was 10 years since Indonesia’s most prominent human rights campaigner was murdered. Munir Said Thalib was in an aeroplane on his way to the Netherlands for further study. He had spoken out against military privilege throughout the democraticrevolution that...
NALACS-OLA PhD workshop 'Writing & publishing academic articles' on 1 October 2014 at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) in Amsterdam. With presentations by Michiel Baud (CEDLA), Wouter Veenendaal (KITLV), Christien Klaufus (CEDLA) and Fransje Molenaar (Leiden University). More information ...>>
This conversation coincides with the launch of the publication Islam at the Tropenmuseum by curator Mirjam Shatanawi. The book explores the history of 'collecting' and 'displaying' Islam at the Tropenmuseum, framed within a broader discussion of the changing ways in which Islam, as a religion...
How and why did jatropha turn from a top policy priority into a failure? Within a decade, all that is left from this widely promoted ‘miracle crop’ and renewable energy source are failed harvests and abandoned investments. None of the claims that jatropha could help...
De VHP Nederland memoreert jaarlijks de geboortedag van de gewezen VHP voorzitter wijlen mr. Jagernath Lachmon. Op deze dag wordt stil gestaan bij zijn gedachtegoed: verbroedering van het volk van Suriname. Professor Gert Oostindie houdt die middag een lezing over de relatie Suriname-Nederland. Welke invulling...
LeidenGlobal, the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the KITLV are organizing a two-day symposium on the significance and challenges of positioning (post)colonial collecting practices and research traditions in the contemporary world, as well as the kick-off of the new Asian Library. The sessions of the...
The European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) will hold its next conference from 11 to 14 August 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The event will be organised by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna, in cooperation with the Institute...
On October 15th 2014, Leiden University celebrates the development of the world’s largest research library on Indonesia and the Caribbean. Prominent speakers will guide you through Indonesian history, culture and personal experiences. You will be introduced to our future plans to develop both a brick-and-mortar...
The 7th Freedom Lecture will be held by Indonesian artist and director of the ruangrupa artists’ initiative: Ade Darmawan. The work of Ade and Ruangrupa is closely interlinked with the socio-political conditions and human right issues present in contemporary Indonesia. By using street art, pop...