In de historiografie is er veel aandacht voor de nederlaag van de VOC in de Slag om Colachel. De VOC verloor hierin van het Indiase koninkrijk Travancore dat onder leiding stond van Marthanda Varma...Show moreIn de historiografie is er veel aandacht voor de nederlaag van de VOC in de Slag om Colachel. De VOC verloor hierin van het Indiase koninkrijk Travancore dat onder leiding stond van Marthanda Varma. Een bijzondere gebeurtenis, maar waar minder aandacht voor is, is de steun van de EIC aan Travancore. Dit speelde een grote rol, zowel voor als tijdens de Slag om Colachel.Show less
In this thesis I investigate the role of Dutch policy makers and researchers during the United Nations Decade for women from 1975-1985 with the following research question: Why did Dutch...Show moreIn this thesis I investigate the role of Dutch policy makers and researchers during the United Nations Decade for women from 1975-1985 with the following research question: Why did Dutch development policy focused on women (WAD) experience progress and momentum during the UN Decade forWomen (1975-1985)? The theoretical framework consists of a history of ideas perspective combined with development cooperation theory. In order to track the development of Women and Development (WAD) paradigms over time I use a method combining archival research consisting of correspondence, policy papers, and official documents with interviews. I have interviewed ten individuals who all contributed significantly to the developments of the Decade. The stories of their lived experiences provide important interpretations of the Decade’s proceedings. Moreover, they have allowed for a new perspective on the Decade that stands in contrast to the dominant historiographical narrative on the subject. Using this framework I illustrate the significant progress achieved during the Decade and underline the contributions of Dutch women working in the WAD field. I explore the factors that led to their achieved momentum, including strong interpersonal relationships, their frontrunner role on the international stage, instances of support from individuals within the ministry, and individual finesse. Furthermore, I investigate the implementation of the policy. Specifically the reasons for the negative narrative that has been created around the outcomes ofWAD policy. Through the used perspective I show that there are unexplored angles of measuring implementation that provide a more positive view of the developments of the Decade. I also explore the role and perspectives of African women, by which I highlight perception of policy and further explore the outcomes of the policy formulated during the Decade. The research underlines the significant role of individual agency and national and intercontinental women’s networks in furthering WAD aims.Show less
As colonial archives increasingly digitalise their collections, questions about their contents, descriptions, and context surface. Following the research question of ‘what do the current practices...Show moreAs colonial archives increasingly digitalise their collections, questions about their contents, descriptions, and context surface. Following the research question of ‘what do the current practices of colonial photographic archives tell us about how archival practices need to develop as archives begin to digitalise?’, this thesis explores colonial photography's archival processes and how digitalisation impacts them.Show less
Historians of the late pre-colonial Indian political and military landscape have often pointed to the prevalence of self-interested pragmatism, intrigue and shifting allegiances within it. Against...Show moreHistorians of the late pre-colonial Indian political and military landscape have often pointed to the prevalence of self-interested pragmatism, intrigue and shifting allegiances within it. Against this backdrop, this thesis examines a prominent, yet understudied, military and political player within late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century India, Amir Khan of Tonk, through the lens of martial honour. This is done through analysis of both his career and memoirs, the Amirnama, in which he is represented as one “whose conduct and character within and without were clear as the spotless sun”. Following the Amirnama’s account of the four main stages of his career, whilst also cross-referencing with other relevant contemporary sources, reveals the complex and manifold relation of theoretical ideals of martial honour with the realities of political and military action within his world. During the early stages of his career, cultivating a reputation for bravery and clemency on the battlefield facilitated his social climbing, enhancing “his fame and rank” and forging valuable alliances. Yet increasingly, a gulf appeared between the rhetoric and reality. Whilst honour could legitimise political action, it also contrasted sharply with the flexibility of allegiance, use of deception and even murder increasingly deployed by Amir Khan to achieve his ambitions and strategic aims. Ultimately, securing his political survival in the face of encroaching British power would necessitate jettisoning a plethora of social obligations to those with whom he was theoretically “honour-bound”. Examining Amir Khan’s self-fashioning in the Amirnama in light of these controversial acts reveals how the gap between the theoreticals of martial honour and the murkier realities of realpolitik pragmatism could be, at least rhetorically, reconciled.Show less
My thesis analyses the relationship between the Capuchin missionaries of the "Missio Antiqua" and the Portuguese colonial empire between the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
This study examines the colonial dynamics of knowledge production about Indonesian textiles in the collecting practices of hippie trail collectors Rudolf Smend and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg. Its focus...Show moreThis study examines the colonial dynamics of knowledge production about Indonesian textiles in the collecting practices of hippie trail collectors Rudolf Smend and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg. Its focus is on the private collections of these individuals, which are documented in multiple catalogues, and their engagement with these objects as textile experts. The study demonstrates the scholarly relevance of the ‘hippie trail collector’ as an analytical category and asserts its implication in the ongoing epistemological, ontological, and territorial colonialism foundational to and perpetuated by the hippie trail. To analyse the case studies, it first establishes the enmeshment of these collectors with the hippie trail network, it then examines their contributions to knowledge production about Indonesian textiles, and lastly it explores their engagement with the epistemological hierarchies regarding these objects. It argues that both Smend and Kahlenberg have aided the incorporation of Indonesian textiles into a Western art system, a venture which has a colonial genealogy but also fits with the countercultural period’s renewed international interest in textile arts. Through said revaluation as well as the co-option and capitalization on Indonesian expertise, these collectors promote the erasure of other meanings and reproduce the colonial underpinnings of knowledge production about these textiles.Show less
Tijdens wetenschappelijke expedities naar Nederlands-Indië maakten Europese wetenschappers gebruik van een groot netwerk van lokale helpers. Het gaat dan om onder andere assistenten, bedienden,...Show moreTijdens wetenschappelijke expedities naar Nederlands-Indië maakten Europese wetenschappers gebruik van een groot netwerk van lokale helpers. Het gaat dan om onder andere assistenten, bedienden, roeiers, dragers, gidsen en tolken. In deze scriptie wordt de rol van deze mensen onderzocht.Show less
This thesis concerns the transfer of firearms technology from the Dutch East India Company to Siam at the end of the seventeenth century. It shows that the transfer of both weapons and of experts...Show moreThis thesis concerns the transfer of firearms technology from the Dutch East India Company to Siam at the end of the seventeenth century. It shows that the transfer of both weapons and of experts with skills related to firearms were organised through diplomatic exchange and gift giving. Changes in this transfer were mainly shaped by the Siamese, although they were unable to force the Dutch to fulfill all their wishes.Show less
Study of the scientific collaboration between Japanese anthropologist Torii Ryuzo and his wife Torii Kimiko through a study of multiple travel diaries, biographies and autobiographies.
This thesis is an analysis of the intersection of kinship politics and religion in the 20th century Philippines. It discusses their cultural influence and effects on the protests and revolution...Show moreThis thesis is an analysis of the intersection of kinship politics and religion in the 20th century Philippines. It discusses their cultural influence and effects on the protests and revolution against the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship. A social history conducted through interviews of witnesses, activists, and Filipino immigrants is used to contextualize major events of the 1980s. The years 1981-1987 were chosen due to the historical importance of events such as the visit of Pope John Paul II, the assassination of opposition leader Ninoy Aquino, and the EDSA revolution which toppled the dictator.Show less
