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What does colonial repair actually mean?

Colonial repair begins with a conversation, but what does colonial repair actually mean?

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29 Jul 2026 Betty Titawano

A forgotten history of 70 years on the way home? Coen Verbraak on ‘De Molukkers’

Coen Verbraak's documentary about Moluccans in the Netherlands, examined critically by Fridus Steijlen.

Commemoration and monuments Moluccan history Nieuws Slavery and colonialism

23 Jun 2021 admin

A new historical lens reveals slavery in Asia

In his latest column, Prof. Dr Fridus Steijlen discusses the need for a new historical lens through which to look at colonial history and slavery. This in response to the new book ‘De slavernij in Oost en West; Het Amsterdam Onderzoek’.

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7 Oct 2020 admin

Maju terus, jangan unduré

Joaniek Vreeswijk is a historian and lets her thoughts range over Moluccan activism and decolonisation.

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29 Jul 2020 Redactie

Black Lives Matter and Moluccan anti-racism

Moluccans and racism. Is this a problem of recent times? Or does it go back further? Fridus Steijlen zooms in on the past decades.

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15 Jun 2020 admin

Willy Nanlohy vs JP Coen

This column appeared in the MHM newsletter of June 2015. In May the biography ‘Jan Pieterszoon Coen, 1587-1629 Koopman-Koning in Azië’ by the historian Jur van Goor was published. I have not read the book yet, but according to an interview in the newspaper Trouw of 23 May, the historian revises the bad reputation of the VOC commander. […]

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15 Jun 2015 admin

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