(Only in Dutch) Op vrijdag 26 juni jl. verscheen in het NRC een artikel van Gert Oostindie, directeur KITLV, over de Antillen: 'Antillen op eigen benen, dat is echt teveel gevraagd. Als kolonisator van weleer moeten...
Article by KITLV researcher Tom Hoogervorst in the latest IIAS Newsletter: 'Sailing the waves of convergence: cultural links and continuities across the Bay of Bengal'. Click here to read the article ...
(Only in Dutch). Gisteren verscheen in het NRC een reactie van Gert Oostindie, directeur KITLV, naar aanleiding van het opiniestuk van journaliste Anne-Lot Hoek over het belang van historisch onderzoek ...
(Only in Dutch) Gert Oostindie in EenVandaag (NPO, 13 juni) over de lijst van namen van slachtoffers die geëxecuteerd zijn tijdens het Nederlands militair optreden in Indonesië, 1945-1950. Volgens de Correspondent ...
You can’t miss the official monuments in Indonesia. They are are everywhere. Statues of Diponegoro or General Sudirman gaze out over busy traffic, which takes little notice of them. The story of national ...
After 25 years, the Professor Teeuw Foundation now publishes its final open call for nominations for the Professor Teeuw Award. Linked to a KITLV-symposium on ‘Translation’, the Foundation intends to ...
Upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, the smallest islands in this federation – Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba – became special municipalities of the Netherlands, and were hence politically ...
In The Daily Herald: "The history of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba will get a much-needed revisit in a new project which focuses on the social and cultural history of these islands in the nineteenth and twentieth ...
The research project ‘Transformation of religions as reflected in Javanese texts’, in which Willem van der Molen (KITLV) is involved, has started a new series, entitled Javanese Studies. Contributions to the Study of ...
KITLV director Gert Oostindie was interviewed about Desi Bouterse and Suriname for the television programma 'Brandpunt' (KRO-NCRV). The program was broadcasted on 12 May but can be listened to via the following ...