The birthplace of modern Indonesia, Surabaya is revitalizing its Dutch-era old city, turning what were once painful reminders ...

Rutte apologised to the people of Indonesia for the “colonial war” waged by the Dutch after the territory it had ruled for more than 300 years declared independence. An estimated 100,000 ...

The city of Rotterdam has become the first in the Netherlands to restitute objects from its local collection, returning 68 ...

An Indonesian team under Dutch colonial rule sailed to France for the 1938 World Cup - they lost their only game 6-0 and the country has not played at the tournament since. More than 80 years on ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The essays in this volume examine, from a historical perspective, how contested notions of modernity, civilization, and being governed were ...

Rotterdam city council has handed back two Indonesian statues that were stolen during the Dutch colonisation of Bali in the ...