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Indonesians embrace return of plundered treasure from the Dutch
In the mid-19th century, Dutch colonial officials climbing an Indonesian ... reclaiming parts of its history lost to looting under its former colonial ruler from the late 17th century to ...
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Manahahtáanung or New Amsterdam? Tackling 400 years of history
Lauren Comiteau visited Amsterdam Museum for a new exhibition that explores this little known part of Dutch colonial history. According to legend—and a letter sent by Peter Schagen back to his ...
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Eminent historian and university administrator par excellence
His research in Dutch colonial history extended from South Asia to Southeast Asia. He was one of the few historians specialising in modern Sri Lankan history who could research both local resources in ...
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Chennai's Dutch history in ruins
Pulicat, once a bustling port under the Dutch East India Company, holds a prominent place in India’s colonial history. The cemetery, with its towering tombs and intricate carvings, reflects the ...
‘Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem’: beauty, transience, and colonial displacement
Cameron Thomas reflects on the abundance and exploitation layered upon the canvases of Jan Davidz de Heem, in a current ...