15-05-2025
On 12 May the kick-off of the collaboration between the KITLV and the Kadaster of St. Maarten took place. In January 2025 KITLV director Diana Suhardiman and senior researcher Francio Guadeloupe met with Kadaster director Benjamin Ortega, which led to establishing a partnership to enhance the conservation and management of the island’s historical documents.
22-05-2025
KITLV guest researcher Rosa de Jong tells in this article about her project to digitize birth records, land sales and correspondence of Jewish refugees who fled the horrors of World War II to the Caribbean, including Suriname. A team in Suriname digitized 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean.
15-04-2025
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini, an Indonesian women's rights advocate, opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
01-05-2025
Interview with PhD researcher Sander van der Horst on Indonesian students in Leiden who joined the resistance against the Dutch and German occupiers. According to Sander, some students were already building an underground network before the war, prompted by years of Dutch censorship and espionage.
30-4-2025
The 4th Philippus Corts Fund grant was awarded to Melle van Maanen, André Schram and Patricia Liem for their book projects. The goal of the PCF is to support research and publications on the shared history of Indonesia and The Netherlands in the period 1602 – 1949.
28-04-2025
The 15th Silvia de Groot Fund research granted was awarded to Charlene Jordan and Tanya Sitaram for their research on Suriname. The aim of the fund is to financially supporting young Caribbean students or researchers with their research on Caribbean history or culture.
