This thesis shows the reluctant imperialist rhetoric stems from the “exceptionalism trope” underlying contemporaneous debates over Dutch colonialism. Instead it is insisted the activities of the...Show moreThis thesis shows the reluctant imperialist rhetoric stems from the “exceptionalism trope” underlying contemporaneous debates over Dutch colonialism. Instead it is insisted the activities of the Dutch East India Company along Java’s Northeast Coast between 1704 and 1720 can best be understood as a civilising mission. On the one hand, it is shown how the Dutch presence in Asia was imagined as a benign commercial enterprise, aimed at fostering intercultural cooperation and mutual friendship between nations. On the other hand, it is argued that the encounter with the non-European world stimulated the gradual proliferation of orientalist discourses, which eventually signalled the emergence of the Company as a the predecessor of the modern colonial state.Show less
Een analyse van dagboeken en memoires van militairen die vochten in de Indonesische dekolonisatieoorlog. Hun relaas wordt vergeleken met uitkomsten in secundaire literatuur over oorzaken en...Show moreEen analyse van dagboeken en memoires van militairen die vochten in de Indonesische dekolonisatieoorlog. Hun relaas wordt vergeleken met uitkomsten in secundaire literatuur over oorzaken en motieven voor de oorlog. Aan de hand van het taalgebruik van de militairen in hun egodocumenten wordt een conclusie getrokken over hun referentiekader tijdens het conflict.Show less
A thesis which contributes a new perspective to the ongoing discussion on the human contacts made between North and Meso-America before Columbus. This is done specifically by looking at maize as an...Show moreA thesis which contributes a new perspective to the ongoing discussion on the human contacts made between North and Meso-America before Columbus. This is done specifically by looking at maize as an exotic good used for ritual and as a medium for narrative. It highlights the religious aspects of exchange and the travel of ideas and narratives with material in a time before writing was widespread. Because of the latter fact, the research is done through a multi-disciplinary approach, utilizing botany, archaeology and ethnology.Show less
In 1946 komt inlichtingendienst Nefis aan op Sumatra. Zij wordt geacht buitenkantoren op te richten met als doel samenwerking tussen inlichtingendiensten in coördinatie van inlichtingenstromen te...Show moreIn 1946 komt inlichtingendienst Nefis aan op Sumatra. Zij wordt geacht buitenkantoren op te richten met als doel samenwerking tussen inlichtingendiensten in coördinatie van inlichtingenstromen te centraliseren en uiteindelijk over te nemen. Aan de hand van drie casestudies wordt de reactie hierop onderzocht in dit onderzoek.Show less
Over the past few centuries, multiple historiographical traditions have clashed over the study of Kerala history. Epistemological groups proposed here include archetypal historians who created...Show moreOver the past few centuries, multiple historiographical traditions have clashed over the study of Kerala history. Epistemological groups proposed here include archetypal historians who created original written histories with mythological elements, positivist historians who reject the mythological nature of the local histories, and post-structuralist historians who try to reconcile the useful historical data to be found in positivist and archetypal works. What has been lacking in this field has been a comparative study to explore the similarities and differences between these epistemologies, which this modest project seeks to present in the context of the historiographical 'journey' of Kerala's Cheraman Perumal legend. Concluding that there is a need for further post-structuralist study of the Cheraman Perumal, this project seeks to act as a call to action as an outsider to the field, to show why historians specializing in Kerala's history should be exploring the varied historiographical epistemologies to fill in the gaps in Kerala's history through previously ignored sources, specifically those of the Cheraman Perumal story.Show less
