08-10-2026
By Diana Suhardiman & Kim Geheb. Mainland Southeast Asia’s great river systems sustain the world’s largest inland fishery and provide food security for over 60 million people. Yet these extraordinary systems are being fundamentally transformed by hydropower development, with consequences that will reverberate for generations. Hydropolitics in the Mekong offers a critical analysis of how this transformation is unfolding across the region.
01-10-2026
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Daphina Misiedjan joined the KITLV Management Team in July 2026. In addition, Daphina has been appointed as a Senior Researcher at KITLV. Her current research focuses on offshore oil developments in Suriname and their human rights implications, climate justice in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and environmental justice in Rotterdam.
29-09-2026
In een interview met het NRC stelt Francio Guadeloupe dat Nederland kan leren van de Caribische delen van het Koninkrijk. Volgens hem hebben de eilanden veel ervaring met diversiteit en nieuwkomers, terwijl Nederland nog met deze kwesties worstelt.
24-09-2026
Ward Berenschot is te gast in de podcast van Jort Kelder over Narendra Modi die al 12 jaar premier is van India. Wie is Modi, hoe bestuurt hij India en hoe probeert India onder Modi's leiding een zelfstandige machtspositie tussen de grote wereldmachten te behouden? Kelder gaat in gesprek met Ward, die Modi nog kent uit diens tijd als lokale politicus in Gujarat.
20-09-2026
Last summer, Ramona Negrón and Sander van der Horst received funding through the new travel grant programme of the KNAW Humanities Fund, which supports and promotes research in the humanities. Yvette Ruzibiza received a € 10,000 bursary from the KNAW Trailblazers Fund, which supports young first-generation scholars in taking the next step in their academic careers.
23-09-2026
The KITLV invites scholars working in the fields of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies to apply for a visiting fellowship. The aims of the fellowship are to promote scholarship in our fields of research as well as to stimulate scientific exchange and collaboration.
