In 1646, Curaçao and New Netherland were united under Petrus Stuyvesant as director-general of both colonies. It was the culmination of several years of planning to improve the poor situation in...Show moreIn 1646, Curaçao and New Netherland were united under Petrus Stuyvesant as director-general of both colonies. It was the culmination of several years of planning to improve the poor situation in these territories. The aim was to provide Curaçao with food produced in New Netherland and cut the costs of the unprofitable island. The connection functioned poorly as a lack of shipping capacity made it impossible to supply Curaçao as planned, and food shortages remained common.Show less
The Dutch East India Company formally started their trade operations in Bengal in the early 1630s. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the VOC employed officers and servants of...Show moreThe Dutch East India Company formally started their trade operations in Bengal in the early 1630s. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the VOC employed officers and servants of various ranks to secure their "kantoor‟ or regional trade office as well as fortifications and establishments. Apart from this, many travelers, explorers, and merchants visited Bengal during the peak days of the Dutch connection with the Indian Ocean world. This study aims to explore the social lives of the Dutch people in the society of Bengal and analyze the nature of the cross-cultural relationship between the two communities.Show less
Held on 18-24 April 1955, the Bandung Conference became a watershed in international and diplomatic history. Described by President Sukarno of Indonesia as “the first intercontinental conference of...Show moreHeld on 18-24 April 1955, the Bandung Conference became a watershed in international and diplomatic history. Described by President Sukarno of Indonesia as “the first intercontinental conference of colored peoples in the history of mankind”, it marked what Nehru described as “the political emergence of over half the world’s population in world affairs”. Many scholars have attempted to discuss the history and legacy of this conference, yet there is still no comprehensive studies that present the complexity of the Bandung Conference. The thesis attempts to examine the roots, moments and legacies of the Bandung Conference. It investigates how did the concept of the Bandung Conference emerge and present itself as a vision during the Cold War. It also discusses the discourse, dispute and result of the conference and to what extent did the Bandung Conference have implications for the Asian and African countries and international politics.Show less
In the historiography about education for Indonesian children in the Netherlands Indies, a legislative approach predominates. This causes a disregard for non-governmental educational initiatives,...Show moreIn the historiography about education for Indonesian children in the Netherlands Indies, a legislative approach predominates. This causes a disregard for non-governmental educational initiatives, and for those that that occurred outside Java. In this thesis, through in-dept analysis of schools in Java, the Minahasa and South New Guinea, educational ideologies and practices are researched while focusing on the question of how, and why, native childhoods were constructed in these contexts. 'Age' is a leading category of analysis here. This thesis shows that educational projects were not about 'uplifiting' children in the sense of social mobility. On the contrary, educators aimed at maintaining social hierarchies. This conclusion opens up space for a revision of the meaning of the Dutch 'civilizing mission' in the Netherlands Indies.Show less
Three remarkable minds shaped the computer world as we know it today. Douglas Engelbart invented the man-machine interaction system and Theodor Holm Nelson laid out the basic structure of hypertext...Show moreThree remarkable minds shaped the computer world as we know it today. Douglas Engelbart invented the man-machine interaction system and Theodor Holm Nelson laid out the basic structure of hypertext, which serves as the underpinning principle of the Internet. Both men were inspired by Vannevar Bush, the science advisor to president Roosevelt during World War II and an influential information theorist after that. The question is, were these authors already thinking about the future of humanism as an intellectual discipline? As it turns out, formative ideas for humanism in the computer were already present from the outset.Show less
