Researcher Dr. Kasia Mika discusses Hurricane Matthew’s effect on Haiti, why natural disasters are anything but, and how helpful helping really is. The destruction caused by hurricane Matthew in Haiti is not...
'The price you pay: Choosing family, friends, and familiarity over freedom in the Leeward Islands, 1835-1863'. Planters and colonial officials throughout the Caribbean feared the consequences of ...
Is child marriage a clear cut human rights violation? Ph.D. researcher Hoko Horii doesn’t think so. Based on her research into Indonesian courts, and her work with Indonesians living in the Netherlands...
While the concept of a ‘sharing economy’ is gaining popularity in modern societies, in Eastern Indonesia it is a traditional way of coping with daily life. Based on her fieldwork in Sumba, Jacqueline Vel outlines some of the difficulties that researchers and...
In het voormalige Nederlands-Indië is structureel massageweld gebruikt en zijn oorlogsmisdaden gepleegd door Nederlandse militairen, met medeweten van de...
Oral history is a promising source for further research in the KITLV project on Dutch military operations in Indonesia between 1945 and 1950. Interviews with Dutch war veterans give new insights into the use of ...
“Is it true you never lay a hand on a book?”, “Then what do you do all day?” These are very common questions for Marije Plomp, the newly appointed subject librarian of South and Southeast Asia. ...
Last year, Gert Oostindie published a book about the Dutch military in the Indonesian Revolution. He is now touring with Ireen Hoogenboom, who contributed greatly to the book, in Indonesia to promote the translated...
The two-volume special edition of Jurnal Wacana – Stories and Storytelling in Indonesian – edited by Clara Brakel, Susi Moeimam and Tom Hoogervorst (KITLV) is now online available! The two volumes delve...
This workshop in May 2016 discussed a new type of village studies in Indonesia. The 2014 Village Law will likely cause a considerable change in the character of...