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Universiteitshistoricus VU @vuhistoricus.bsky.social · 6d

Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp
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Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren… ...

Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren v...

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 7d

Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 12d

This is a first: The Netherlands will return the Java Man fossils, the type specimen for Homo erectus, to Indonesia www.government.nl/latest/news/....

The Netherlands will return Dubois collection to Indonesia

The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and...

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 12d

The news in English: www.government.nl/latest/news/....

The Netherlands will return Dubois collection to Indonesia

The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and...

www.government.nl

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 12d

The Netherlands will return the famous Java man fossils to Indonesia: www.trouw.nl/binnenland/i...

Indonesië krijgt beroemde Javamens terug (en duizenden andere fossielen)

Na lang onderzoek besluit de Nederlandse overheid dat de resten van de homo erectus terug moeten naar Indonesië. Daarmee verliest het Leidse museum Naturalis een belangrijke trekpleister.

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 21d

Please do promote it once it's out because I'm getting curious too!

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 21d

Turns out Sara Baartman's skull dimensions are still used by bio-anthropologists! Fascinating article about how race and colonial violence continue to be present in today's databases: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 21d

Boekentip: 'De oma van de oma van mijn oma' van Marc ter Horst was bij ons populair om voor te lezen!

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · Jul 8

Een concentratiekamp. Interessant concept.

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · Jul 8

Voor net afgestudeerde historici: www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/hi...

De Rijksoverheid zoekt: Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s

Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s in Bilthoven voor 32 uur bij RIVM

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣CFPs - for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context.
Conference dates: 22 and 23 January 2026
Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Leiden
Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2025
#histmed

Call for Papers: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context.

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · Jun 14

Even without the mythmaking :). One day, I'm going to write about this in a feline themed edited book!

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · Jun 14

Flying animals! Reminds me of Operation Cat Drop: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · Jun 10

(Call for Papers) Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/mede... #histSTM #medhum

Médecins, patients et éthique dans la médecine coloniale et postcoloniale

Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine Call for Papers Conference Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Le...

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · Jun 9

The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · May 27

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · May 27

The committee says: "For too long the dominant global narrative has relied on the "out of Africa" theory (...) But we can also propose a different narrative - one in which life began here [in Indonesia] and moved outward."

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Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · May 27

The Indonesian government plans to release new history books. The big question is how Suharto's human rights abuses will be portrayed but the committee has also pushed back the start of history. What used to be 'prehistory' will now be 'early history', starting with homo erectus 1.8 million yrs ago.