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The Post-Colonial Scope for Afrikaans
society

The Post-Colonial Scope for Afrikaans

1 min. reading time
The History of Dutch Language Policy in Colonial Indonesia 1600-1950

The History of Dutch Language Policy in Colonial Indonesia 1600-1950

1 min. reading time
Grounds for Memory. Colonial Literature from the Former Dutch East Indies

Grounds for Memory. Colonial Literature from the Former Dutch East Indies

1 min. reading time
Dutch Colonial Architecture and Town Planning. History, Preservation and Present Use

Dutch Colonial Architecture and Town Planning. History, Preservation and Present Use

1 min. reading time
Africa Is Very Far Away. Belgium and its Colonial Past in Congo

Africa Is Very Far Away. Belgium and its Colonial Past in Congo

1 min. reading time
Beekman’s Indies

Beekman’s Indies

1 min. reading time
Why Hella S. Haasse’s Work Does not Need Introduction Abroad
literature

Why Hella S. Haasse’s Work Does not Need Introduction Abroad

1 min. reading time
Oeroeg and the Dutch-East Indian Trauma

Oeroeg and the Dutch-East Indian Trauma

1 min. reading time
Tropical Tervuren. The Royal Museum of Central Africa

Tropical Tervuren. The Royal Museum of Central Africa

1 min. reading time
Women in the Dutch colonies
history

Women in the Dutch colonies

1 min. reading time
Fifty Years of Congolese-Belgian Relations
society

Fifty Years of Congolese-Belgian Relations

1 min. reading time
Hello, daughter of the dark woods. An Extract from Jef Geeraerts’ ‘Gangrene 1: Black Venus’

Hello, daughter of the dark woods. An Extract from Jef Geeraerts’ ‘Gangrene 1: Black Venus’

1 min. reading time
‘Freedom was the priest riding past on his bicycle with his cassock flapping in the wind’. Lieve Joris and ‘Back to the Congo’

‘Freedom was the priest riding past on his bicycle with his cassock flapping in the wind’. Lieve Joris and ‘Back to the Congo’

1 min. reading time
An Awkward Anniversary. Indonesia and the Netherlands: Decolonisation Fifty Years On

An Awkward Anniversary. Indonesia and the Netherlands: Decolonisation Fifty Years On

1 min. reading time
How the Congo Was Converted. Belgian Missionary Work in Central Africa
history

How the Congo Was Converted. Belgian Missionary Work in Central Africa

1 min. reading time
The Low Countries and Islam. Historical Relations and Present Debates
society

The Low Countries and Islam. Historical Relations and Present Debates

1 min. reading time
From Africa to Africa: The Return of a Dead Traveller (An Extract from Frank Westerman’s ‘El Negro and Me’)

From Africa to Africa: The Return of a Dead Traveller (An Extract from Frank Westerman’s ‘El Negro and Me’)

1 min. reading time
The Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, Treasure-Chests of Dutch-Language Literature

The Netherlands Antilles and Surinam, Treasure-Chests of Dutch-Language Literature

1 min. reading time
Tales of the Invisible City

Tales of the Invisible City

1 min. reading time
Three Countries in One Kingdom. The Netherlands Antilles and the Paradox of Independence

Three Countries in One Kingdom. The Netherlands Antilles and the Paradox of Independence

1 min. reading time
Dutch Cultural Policy: the Colonial Experience

Dutch Cultural Policy: the Colonial Experience

1 min. reading time
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arts

Poetics of Postcolonial Art. The Installations of Ana Torfs

1 min. reading time
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literature

A Triple First and More: the New English Translation of Multatuli’s Max Havelaar

Reinier Salverda 3 min. reading time
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arts

A Black Lion of Flanders

Evelyne Coussens 6 min. reading time
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arts

Dutch Artists Iris Kensmil and Remy Jungerman Show Gaps in Art History at Venice Biennale

Mondriaan Fund 3 min. reading time
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literature review

‘Kongokorset’ by Herlinde Leyssens: The Story of a Free-Spirited Woman in Congo Free State

Dirk Vandenberghe 3 min. reading time
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history

The Colonial Debate in the Netherlands in Four Monuments

Ewald Vanvugt 10 min. reading time
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arts, history

Demolishing the Stereotypes

Bonnie van der Lee 7 min. reading time
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history

‘Batavia’ Shows Its Silverware in 3D

Tom Christiaens 1 min. reading time
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history

New Research Guide on Slavery in the Former Dutch East Indies

DutchCulture 2 min. reading time
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society

Dutch Museum Bans Term Golden Age

Tom Christiaens 1 min. reading time
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history

Slavery Was of Major Importance to the Dutch Economy

Pepijn Brandon & Ulbe Bosma 5 min. reading time
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arts

Iris Kensmil Paints the Reach and Richness of Black History

Mirjam Westen 13 min. reading time
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society

The ‘Black Pete’ of W.B. Yeats

Anna P.H. Geurts 5 min. reading time
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history

‘For Many Decades, Most Dutch Have Heard Only Limited Stories About the Former Dutch East Indies’

Viktorien van Hulst 5 min. reading time
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history

‘There Is a Lot of Joint Work to Do Before We Can Really Reach Some Sort of Closure’

Gert Oostindie 4 min. reading time
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history

The Dutch Origin of the Pinkster Festival in America

Jeroen Dewulf 4 min. reading time
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history

‘The Fundaments of Our Shared Future Might Be Built on Differences, Not on Commonalities’

Grace Leksana 3 min. reading time
Multatuli 2020
literature, society

Multatuli in the Age of Decolonisation and #MeToo

Elsbeth Etty 12 min. reading time
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arts

‘Stones Have Laws’ Portrays Past and Present Traumas of the Maroon Community

Jos van der burg 6 min. reading time
Zoeloe
history

How Visible Is Our Colonial History in Heritage Collections?

DutchCulture 2 min. reading time
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society column

‘Our Colonial Past Should Make Us More Aware of Modern Forms of Slavery’

Hind Fraihi 6 min. reading time
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history

A Museum of Compromise

Kiza Magendane 13 min. reading time
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arts

Searching for the Cuckoo: This Magnificent Cake! – a Stop-motion Film about Belgium’s Colonial Past

Karin Wolfs 6 min. reading time
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history

PRE-PUBLICATION LEOPOLD’S LEGACY – Belgium’s Enduring Imprint of Empire

Matthew G. Stanard 7 min. reading time
Congo_treintje
history

‘It’s Time to Finally Discover the Historical Truth’

Guy Vanthemsche 9 min. reading time
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literature, society

Banning, Preserving or Editing: What to Do with Offensive Books?

Tomas Vanheste 13 min. reading time
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history

50 Years Erasmus Huis in Indonesia

Remco Vermeulen 10 min. reading time
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history

Why We Should Not Forget the Berbice Slave Revolt of 1763

Reinier Salverda 3 min. reading time
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literature review

A Soldier at a Typewriter. Alfred Birney’s Novel about Java

Jaap Grave 6 min. reading time
Nederlands Indië oude kaart
language

Why Indonesia Never Really Became Dutch, but Is Now Becoming Anglicised

Joss Wibisono 10 min. reading time
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history

The Netherlands Is Working on a Shared Future for Shared Heritage

Jinna Smit 5 min. reading time
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literature

Tessa Leuwsha’s ‘Plantage Wildlust’ Translated into English

Tessa Leuwsha 13 min. reading time
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language

The Decolonisation of Language Starts With Awareness

Raf Njotea 6 min. reading time
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literature

Dutch Caribbean Writer Astrid Roemer Wins the 2021 Dutch Literature Prize

Tom Christiaens 1 min. reading time
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arts, history

Surinamese Mining Town Comes to Life in Interactive Dutch Documentary

Lotte Bosch 2 min. reading time
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history

Approved by the Bible. The Slave Trade of the Dutch West India Company

Ramona Negrón 10 min. reading time
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history

The Untold Story of the ‘Belgian’ Slave Trade

Stan Pannier 10 min. reading time
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history, society

Looted Art Must Return to Congo, but How?

Lode Delputte 11 min. reading time
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literature interview

Astrid H. Roemer: ‘Dutch Will Slowly but Surely Disappear From Suriname’

Tessa Leuwsha 14 min. reading time
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arts, society

Diving Into the Past to Improve the Future: Postcolonial Themes in Belgian Art

Bert Puype 9 min. reading time
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history, society

Netherlands Is Guilty of ‘Systemic Extreme Violence’ in Indonesia

NIOD 4 min. reading time
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literature, society

Countering the Forgetting: Dutch Indies Literature in the Twenty-First Century

Reinier Salverda 16 min. reading time
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history, society

How Dutch Historians Unremembered Decolonization

Paul M. M. Doolan 9 min. reading time
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history

The Obscured Story of Aspasia and Other Enslaved People in Dutch Archives

Jessica den Oudsten 7 min. reading time
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history

Belgium Denounces Its Colonial Past, and the Netherlands Lags Behind

Anne-Lot Hoek 15 min. reading time
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history, literature

Coming Clean: New Postcolonial Light on Dutch East Indies Literature

Reinier Salverda 19 min. reading time
Collagecourtyard
society

West India House: The Amsterdam Building Where New York Was Founded

Derek Blyth 1 min. reading time
Foot stocks at Slavery Exhibition Rijksmuseum
arts, history

United Nations Headquarters in New York to Stage Rijksmuseum’s Slavery Exhibition

Tom Christiaens 3 min. reading time
Collage Erasmushuis
history

The Story of Erasmus Huis (1970-present): Promoting Dutch Culture in the Heart of the Indonesian Capital

Christopher Reinhart Remco Vermeulen 19 min. reading time
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history

The Story of the Erasmus Huis (1960-1971): The Great Diplomatic Turn

Bondan Kanumoyoso Christopher Reinhart Remco Vermeulen 17 min. reading time
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history

The Story of the Erasmus Huis (1945-1960): The First Years of Postcolonial Indonesia

Bondan Kanumoyoso Christopher Reinhart Remco Vermeulen 12 min. reading time
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arts, society

How Much Colour Can The Flemish Art World Tolerate?

Erwin Jans 10 min. reading time
history review

‘Revolusi’ Corrects the Dutch Colonial Self-Image of Indonesia

Tomas Vanheste 8 min. reading time
Slavery Was of Major Importance to the Dutch Economy

Slavery Was of Major Importance to the Dutch Economy

Pepijn Brandon & Ulbe Bosma 5 min. reading time

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