Klinkers, Dr. Ellen
Ellen Klinkers is researcher at the KITLV for the project ‘The Dutch Armed Forces in Suriname, 1940-1975’. This project explores the presence and aims of the Dutch troops in the context of decolonization, and is conducted in cooperation with the Netherlands Institute of Military History (NIMH).
Ellen Klinkers received her Ph.D. in History from Leiden University in 1997 based on a study of the abolition of slavery in Suriname. She worked at the Institute of Netherlands History in the Hague (Huygens ING) on the research program ‘Dutch Development Cooperation 1945-1977’. As a researcher at the KITLV, Ellen wrote a study about the history of the colonial police in Suriname, 1863-1975. Ellen is also review editor of OSO: Tijdschrift voor Surinamistiek en het Caribische gebied.
Selected Publications
‘L´émergence d`une force de police au Suriname: les mutations policières dans une société en movement, 1863-1900.’ In: Vincent Denys et Catherine Denis (eds.), Polices d’Empire, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 29-46, 2012.
De Geschiedenis van de politie in Suriname, 1863-1975; Van koloniale tot nationale ordehandhaving. Amsterdam: Boom, 2011.
‘Moravian Missions in Times of Emancipation; Conversion of Slaves in Surinam during the Nineteenth Century’ in: Robert Beachy and Michelle Gillespie (eds.), Pious Pursuits; German Moravians in the Atlantic World. Berghahn Books, 2007. [European Expansion & Global Interaction Vol 7.]
Nederlandse ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Bronnenuitgaven deel 1-3, 1945-1973. Bewerkt door M.L.J. Dierikx e.a. Den Haag: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 2002-2005. [Rijks geschiedkundige Publicatien, kleine serie 97, 99, 103]
Op hoop van vrijheid; Van slavensamenleving naar Creoolse gemeenschap in Suriname, 1830-1880. Utrecht: Bronnen voor de studie van Afro-Surinaamse samenlevingen 18. Proefschrift, 1997.
