KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies is a research institute dedicated to the study of societal challenges and the histories & afterlives of colonialism in the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and the Netherlands. kitlv.nlhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mg5tddt53c2mAdrian Perkasa (KITLV) received the TCID award for his article 'Indonesia plans to rewrite its national history' in the category Editor's Choice for Education & Culture Article. His article was read by a large number of readers and republished in several media. https://www.kitlv.nl/news/tcid-award-adrian-perkasa/03 Mar 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5tddt53c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mfra2vfccc2bOn 12 March Francio Guadeloupe (KITLV), who is appointed as Professor by Special Appointment of Public Anthropology of Kingdom Relations, will deliver his inaugural lecture: 'Weaving Dutch Caribbean studies: Anthropological research of the Kingdom of the Netherlands' https://www.uva.nl/content/evenementen/2026/03/oratie-francio-guadeloupe.html?26 Feb 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfra2vfccc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mfoliqto5226Join our online course Interuniversity Course Caribbean Studies! The course is open to students and anyone else interested in the study of the past, present and future of the Caribbean. Start: 4 March 2026. FREE of charge! Registration is required. More information: https://www.kitlv.nl/join-us/caribbean-course/25 Feb 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoliqto5226https://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3me25532a6s2qCall for research papers! In the history of Atlantic slavery, the 1790s are a moment when slave revolts peaked. In this workshop, we explore why so many of the leaders and participants in slave revolts were not enslaved themselves. Deadline: 30 March 2026. https://www.kitlv.nl/cfrp/reinterpreting-the-caribbean-age-of-revolutions/04 Feb 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3me25532a6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mdxhmrwp222kCall for papers! We welcome graduate students working on topics related to early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate in a seminar on Thursday 22 October 2026 at the KITLV in Leiden, The Netherlands. Deadline: 30 March 2026. https://www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-modern-caribbean-and-atlantic-slavery-and-emancipation/03 Feb 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxhmrwp222khttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mduyvqk7g22sCALL FOR APPLICATIONS | KITLV visiting fellowships 2026 (2) KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a Visiting Fellowship. Deadline: 21 March 2026, midnight (CET). https://www.kitlv.nl/news/call-for-visiting-fellowships-2026-2/02 Feb 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduyvqk7g22shttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mdfmpe2r6s2aDe film Changá (Dubbelspel), een initiatief van Francio Guadeloupe (KITLV), werpt een blik op het leven van een aantal Caribische Nederlanders in Nederland. De kijker krijgt inzicht in hoe zij de filosofie van het spel domino gebruiken om hun weg te vinden in Nederland. www.kitlv.nl/news/changa/ https://www.kitlv.nl/news/changa/27 Jan 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfmpe2r6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mdczj2b5zc2wPodcastmaker Emma Wijlaarse vroeg Esther Captain (KITLV) om haar familiegeschiedenis te plaatsen in de bredere historische context van Nederlands-Indië als koloniale samenleving, de Indonesische revolutie en de kille ontvangst in Nederland te plaatsen. https://www.kitlv.nl/news/podcast-een-duik-in-de-indonesische-familiegeschiedenis-met-esther-captain~PDpZc0H1/26 Jan 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdczj2b5zc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mcwq477pp22oOnderzoeker Ramona Negrón (KITLV) vertelt actrice Malou Gorter in het televisieprogramma Verborgen Verleden over de plantagegeschiedenis van haar voorouders. Malou’s voorvader Willem Johan Pieter Kelderman werd begin 19de eeuw uitgezonden naar Suriname en Berbice. https://npo.nl/start/afspelen/malou-gorter21 Jan 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwq477pp22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mbtpzivntk2eSeminar | Rijksmuseum, its collection and research | Valika Smeulders | 15 January @ 15.30 PM Valika Smeulders will be reflecting on the work the Rijksmuseum has been doing in recent years, and looking forward into the coming years. Join us at KITLV or online! https://www.kitlv.nl/event/smeulders/07 Jan 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtpzivntk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mccm2adkos2eInterview met Francio Guadeloupe over het spel Domino. Voor veel Caribische Nederlanders heeft het spel extra betekenis. Het zorgt voor verbinding, plezier & de filosofie erachter zou hen zelfs helpen bij het vinden van hun weg in de Nederlandse samenleving. https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/met-mandy/019bb255-16a3-707b-9a7e-636f9ded5cfb/2026-01-12-francio-guadeloupe-over-de-filosofie-achter-het-spel-domino13 Jan 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccm2adkos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mcadq6g3kc2zSeminar | Sjahrir is here, a podcast series | 20 January Isabelle Boon, Fridus Steijlen & Siti Rabyah Parvati Sjahrir (Upik) will talk about their podcast series about Sutan Sjahrir, who played an important role in the road to Indonesia's independence. Registration: https://www.kitlv.nl/event/sjahrir-is-here/12 Jan 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcadq6g3kc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3mbtpzivntk2eSeminar | Rijksmuseum, its collection and research | Valika Smeulders | 15 January @ 15.30 PM Valika Smeulders will be reflecting on the work the Rijksmuseum has been doing in recent years, and looking forward into the coming years. Join us at KITLV or online! https://www.kitlv.nl/event/smeulders/07 Jan 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtpzivntk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lxjnkofp7c2aEsther Captain named Endowed Professor of Intergenerational Impact of Slavery and Colonialism. Captain will take the chair, endowed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences at Utrecht University's Department of History and Art History on September 1, 2025. https://www.kitlv.nl/news/esther-captain-endowed-professor-intergenerational-impact-of-slavery-and-colonialism/29 Aug 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxjnkofp7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lrsdfjwlu222Diana Suhardiman, KITLV director and special professor of Natural Resource Governance, Climate and Equity, Leiden University, received an @erc.europa.eu ERC Advanced Grant of € 2.5 million for her research on grassroots forces in climate governance. https://www.kitlv.nl/diana-suhardiman-awarded-erc-grant/17 Jun 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsdfjwlu222https://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lraqtdsdh22oSEA SEMINAR | An algorithmic visuality of Muslim women images | Nurul Huda Rashid | 19 June @ 15.30 PM Different technologies have contributed to the exponential reproduction and circulation of Muslim women images. Now a new algorithmic visuality is introduced. Join us @KITLV or online via Zoom!10 Jun 2025 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lraqtdsdh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lqs22okcec2zUUKS seminar | Ecocentric worldviews in the customary law & cosmology of South Sulawesi | Louie Buana | 12 June @ 15.30 This hybrid talk explores the ecocentric dimensions of South Sulawesi’s customary law & cosmology, focusing on how local wisdom shapes human–environment relationships. Join us!04 Jun 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs22okcec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lq2yspuknk26SEA seminar | Digital citizenship and girls’ gender empowerment | Annisa Beta | 3 June @ 15.30 PM The talk explores the discourse of gender empowerment in Indonesia and the significance of digital citizenship for young women in an increasingly constrained civic space. Join us @KITLV or online!26 May 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq2yspuknk26https://bsky.app/profile/kitlv.bsky.social/post/3lpjkod6srs2bSEMINAR | Between legitimacy & science: A revolution of the Javanese cropping calendar in colonial Indonesia | Adrian Perkasa | 22 May @ 15.30 PM This talk will examine the emergence of the pranata mangsa as a standardized calendar in mid-19th century Indonesia. Join us @KITLV or online via Zoom!19 May 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:2kqtgwi6a7b5plzuyz42dgvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjkod6srs2b