An interview with Cuba expert and historian Gert Oostindie in the Dutch radio programme OVT about the relations between the USA and Cuba. Click here to listen to the interview (only in Dutch) ...
On the afternoon of 10 December, the KITLV organized a symposium in Leiden on the Indonesian war of decolonization (1945-1949) and its afterlife in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The continuing presence of ...
This special edition of the Journal of Caribbean History is in honour of University of the West Indies (UWI) Emerita Professor of History, Bridget Brereton. Guest editor is Brian L. Moore. Authors of this special issue are Carl...
The Oxis Group: "Ian Caldwell and Kathryn Wellen of the KITLV are currently working on a study of the genealogies of the Bugis-speaking kingdoms between circa 1400-1600 CE. The project aims to establish the extent...
Volkskrant, 14 december: "Over martelingen of seksueel geweld tijdens de onafhankelijkheidsoorlog van Indonesië van 1945 tot 1949 is weinig bekend. Hetzelfde geldt voor verhoortechnieken ...
From September until December 2015, a group of 10 scholars from Indonesia visited Leiden. They were here within the framework of a Dutch-Indonesian Sandwich Programme as part of a longstanding ...
KITLV onderzoeker Bart Luttikhuis was afgelopen zondag 7 december te gast bij het radioprogramma OVT om te vertellen over het onderzoek naar het Nederlands militaire optreden in Indonesië, 1945-1950...
On 27 November the book 'Agriculture beyond food: Experiences from Indonesia' was launched in Jakarta as a result of the NWO-KNAW research programme 'Agriculture beyond food'. 'Agriculture beyond food'...
The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) is pleased to announce that with the sponsorship of KITLV / the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean ...
Short interview with KITLV researcher David Kloos on female islamic leadership in Indonesia in the 'Mare', the weekly Leiden University magazine (only in Dutch). Kloos is a postdoctoral researcher ...