30-10-2025
The project Tracing Evolutionary Pathways in Climate Adaptation in Southeast Asia (TRACE), a European Research Council-funded Advance Grant (ERC Adv) led by Professor Diana Suhardiman and hosted by the KITLV in Leiden, is looking for four PhD candidates. The project investigates how evolutionary pathways in climate adaptation are created, sustained, and changed over time.
10-10-2025
Het KITLV is vanwege het aankomende pensioen van een collega per 1 februari 2026 op zoek naar een Lid Management Team KITLV (0,4 fte) & Senior Onderzoeker Caribisch gebied (0,6 fte). Het lidmaatschap in het Management Team betreft een roulerende aanstelling voor een periode van zes jaar. De functie beslaat ongeveer 0,4 fte (15,2u per week) binnen een fulltime aanstelling. De rol wordt gecombineerd met de rol van Senior onderzoeker.
02-10-2025
This PhD project, carried out by Imelda Hoebes, examines the religious lives of enslaved people in the Dutch Cape Colony (17th–19th centuries) and explores how their spiritual practices are remembered or silenced in contemporary South Africa. Enslaved communities were subjected to Christian conversion under Dutch rule, yet they preserved and transformed their own spiritual practices, drawing on African, Asian, and Islamic influences.
01-10-2025
The Indonesian archipelago is home to hundreds of languages written in dozens of scripts. The writing traditions of these languages evolved differently and shifted in their use of scripts. To mention one, historically, the Malay language used to be written in Kawi, Javanese, Ulu, and Jawi scripts. Nonetheless, like most local languages in Indonesia, it tended to shift to Latin script post-independence of Indonesa.
01-10-2025
Despite being prohibited by law since 1971, race discrimination continues to exist in the Netherlands, making it harder for some people to find a job and increasing their likelihood of being arrested. Why is this? KITLV researcher Alison Fischer argues that white supremacy is deeply embedded in Dutch law and culture.
29-09-2025
KITLV onderzoeker Karwan Fatah-Black reflecteert in deze video op vragen over het werk van kunstenaar Dirk Valkenburg (1675-1721), een van de eerste Europeanen die inheemse en tot slaaf gemaakte mensen op Surinaamse plantages vastlegde, terwijl hij in Nederland jachtstillevens en portretten van welgestelde opdrachtgevers schilderde.
