Afgelopen zondag ging de bevolking van Puerto Rico voor de vijfde keer in vijftig jaar naar de stembus voor een referendum over telkens weer dezelfde vraag: wat moet de status worden van het eiland? Moet de ...
It’s grant writing season again. This is a stressful time for all struggling academics. But one of the biggest stresses is that every grant application now demands some sort of obeisance to the Gods of Utility. We must exhaustively document how our...
'In Suriname, an endless refrain: boom, bust, and Bouterse', an article by Rosemarijn Hoefte on news site The Conversation: "Recent street protests in Suriname haven’t made many international headlines. Only ...
The rich KITLV collection was formed between 1851 and 2014. As of 2014, its management was transferred to the Leiden University Library, while its ownership remained with the Vereniging of KITLV. Material ...
By KITLV researcher Paul Bijl. Focusing on her writings, this article shows how the Javanese woman Kartini (1879–1904) engaged with conceptions of “human...
In this 9th CCC Newsletter, you will find updates on the research, publications, exchanges and what have you of the various team members, including our new colleague Malcom Ferdinand. His observation...
Thank you for taking the time to read our very first Traveling Caribbean Heritage (TCH) Newsletter, of which many more will follow in the years to come. We will strive to publish an issue every three months or so...
Last year KITLV organised a CLARIAH workshop on Digital Humanities, led by Stef Scagliola (for more information see Stef’s blog), with the goal of bringing scholars ...
Tom Hoogervorst has won the 2017 Young Scholars Prize, a biennial competition for original articles awarded by the international journal Indonesia and the Malay World. His submission, 'What kind of language was...
Interview met Fridus Steijlen op Nemokennislink.nl: 'Molukse treinkapingen waren product van radicale tijdsgeest'. "Net zoals bij de recente aanslag in Manchester waren veertig jaar geleden schoolkinderen...