Dutch imperialism transformed Rotterdam, from a murky wetland into Europe’s largest seaport. Today, as the so-called “New Rotterdammers” flock to the urban center...
In de eerste aflevering van History Matters - Thuis in een postkoloniale stad, staan Rotterdam en Rotterdammers centraal. Hoe is onze demografie te herleiden naar onze geschiedenis? History Matters ...
KITLV is looking for one PhD and two postdoc candidates for the project 'Island(er)s at the Helm: Co-creating sustainable and inclusive solutions for social adaptation to climate ...
The KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies proudly presents a series of short video portraits of people working at the institute. In these short films our researchers...
On 14 September 2021, the Island(er)s at the Helm program hosted its first Kingdom-wide event with societal partners and other stakeholders. This meeting is ...
Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas, a new volume in the series Chinese Overseas, edited by Tom Hoogervorst (KITLV) and Caroline Chia. Open access....
Podcast about Tom Hoogervorst's latest book Language ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese print entrepreneurs, 1911–1949 which explores a fascinating archive of Sino-Malay texts, writings ...
New co-publication by our researchers Corinne Hofmann and Menno Hoogland in the journal Sustainability: 'Resilient Caribbean communities: A long-term...
A conversation with, among others, Indonesian novelist Ayu Utami and KITLV researcher Taufiq Hanafi about the writer Amir Hamza, a national hero in Indonesia, celebrated for both his poetry and his role in ...
Imagine what Indonesian historical research could look like if there were no language barriers, no travel costs and no visa issues, and instead just a strong Wi-Fi signal...