We are hiring an Assistant Professor in the Cultural History of Indonesia/the Dutch East Indies CulturalHistoryUU. Do apply if this sounds like something you do! uu.nl/en/organisatio…

"Historici moeten bovendien altijd de hulp en het werk van collega’s, studenten, onderzoeksassistenten, herinneringsactivisten, geïnterviewden en anderen erkennen en hun medewerkers naar behoren vermelden."

“This is a historic moment,” said Gunay Uslu, the Dutch state secretary for culture and media. “It’s the first time we’re following recommendations of the committee to give back objects that should never have been brought to the Netherlands.” theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

Nancy Jouwe Ja klopt, Periplus in Kuta. Uitgebreid aanbod waar niet echt een lijn in zat..

We hadden deze week een mooi open en constructief gesprek met de Indonesische Repatriasi Commissie en de Nederlandse Commissie Koloniale Collecties #Dubois #teruggaveverzoek naturalis.nl/persberichten/…

The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose tissue became the HeLa cell line (without her consent), will finally be compensated: theguardian.com/science/2023/a…

2 Postdoc positions: 'Colonial histories and provenance of the KITLV Special Collections'. KITLV-KNAW is looking for 2 postdocs, with experience in provenance research or research into the social history of Indonesian and Southeast Asian manuscripts. kitlv.nl/vacancies-2-po…

Are the remains of your ancestors among the more than 12,000 held in the American Museum of Natural History in New York? I've found some information about c. 10,500 individuals, by geographical and/or cultural origin, and put it in a public spreadsheet (link in next tweet):

Goed gedaan Merel Leeman! "Schokkende ontdekking" over Rotterdam in de oorlog: ad.nl/rotterdam/in-o…

wetenschapshistorici: ASML heeft een bedrijfshistoricus nodig asml.com/en/careers/fin…

Our project "Who did all the Work? The hidden labour of colonial science" published two blogs! One is an introduction to the project medium.com/@whodidallthew… the other is a story about two bird-of-paradise hunters from Ternate in the early 20th century medium.com/@whodidallthew…

Mid-career options at the KITLV: academictransfer.com/nl/336142/mid-…

Upcoming workshop in Leiden!

Come work with us Universiteit Leiden as part of new and exciting research projects: 4 PhD Positions (0.9-1.0 FTE) universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

I am *extremely* excited about this. Please share with anyone who might be keen: we're offering a FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship, exploring: Colonial Natural Historical Collecting in the South Asian Indian Ocean. There are some important stories to tell here ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students…

Junior conservator diergeneeskunde bij het Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht academictransfer.com/339619/ Utrecht University

Are there any historians of Indonesia here who know what this footnote refers to? What are these UI colonial archives? Are they accessible? (Footnote 17 in Dwiandari & Van Langen, The local and provincial archival collections on Java from the colonial era, Wacana 2019)

My wonderful colleagues @FrakkingRoel and Roberta Biasillo are looking for the perfect candidate for this PhD position with us in Utrecht. Please help spread the word! uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Workshop in Manila later this month

Dr. Achmad Mochtar dituduh membunuh ratusan romusha. Dia jadi kambing hitam dari eksperimen gagal dokter Jepang. #artikelhistoriaid historia.id/politik/articl…