The article explores the common Southeast Asian epistemological theme of a “stranger king” as an ordering principle in a polity, a principle that was also relevant in a colonial context. The case studied here is the Dutch colonial post in Kupang, West Timor, in the VOC period, 1653-1800. The Dutch fort was surrounded by five princedoms, which stood in the relation of subordinate allies to the VOC. Four of the five groups had migrated to Kupang due to pressure from the Portuguese and their clients, which dominated the rest of Timor. Arenas of interaction were developed, whereby the elites of the five princedoms deliberated with the Dutch authorities on a regular basis. Their attachment to the Dutch colonial apparatus was actually never broke...
“Ambivalent Hegemony” explores the Dutch adoption and subsequent rejection of Javanese culture, in p...
Empires constantly depended on extra-imperial resources, labour, and expertise. This opened up and s...
Discussion of Dutch colonial policy in Minahasa (northern Sulawesi) in the 19th century. The focus i...
The article explores the common Southeast Asian epistemological theme of a “stranger king” as an ord...
This article explores the mimesis of indigenous “customs and law” as a theory of and strategy for co...
This article discusses the results of our archaeological research at an important global pepper-trad...
The article is focused on early colonial interaction with the Aru Islands, geographically located in...
The people war againts Dutch colonial in Kerinci is still being local thema in Indonesian history. T...
This article discusses the efforts of territorial Consolidation and formation of cultural identity d...
This article analyzes colonial investigations of the indigenous polities designated as reinos (king...
This journal has been published at different time periods under the following titles: Explorations: ...
Framed by two seventeenth-century conflicts, the Great Ambon War and the Makassar War, this article ...
This study is aimed at retracing the Dutch colonial government in South Middle Timor or Zuid Midden...
Defence date: 10 October 2014Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Maastricht University (...
The article investigates the acquisition and exportation of slaves from the seventeenth- and eightee...
“Ambivalent Hegemony” explores the Dutch adoption and subsequent rejection of Javanese culture, in p...
Empires constantly depended on extra-imperial resources, labour, and expertise. This opened up and s...
Discussion of Dutch colonial policy in Minahasa (northern Sulawesi) in the 19th century. The focus i...
The article explores the common Southeast Asian epistemological theme of a “stranger king” as an ord...
This article explores the mimesis of indigenous “customs and law” as a theory of and strategy for co...
This article discusses the results of our archaeological research at an important global pepper-trad...
The article is focused on early colonial interaction with the Aru Islands, geographically located in...
The people war againts Dutch colonial in Kerinci is still being local thema in Indonesian history. T...
This article discusses the efforts of territorial Consolidation and formation of cultural identity d...
This article analyzes colonial investigations of the indigenous polities designated as reinos (king...
This journal has been published at different time periods under the following titles: Explorations: ...
Framed by two seventeenth-century conflicts, the Great Ambon War and the Makassar War, this article ...
This study is aimed at retracing the Dutch colonial government in South Middle Timor or Zuid Midden...
Defence date: 10 October 2014Examining Board: Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Maastricht University (...
The article investigates the acquisition and exportation of slaves from the seventeenth- and eightee...
“Ambivalent Hegemony” explores the Dutch adoption and subsequent rejection of Javanese culture, in p...
Empires constantly depended on extra-imperial resources, labour, and expertise. This opened up and s...
Discussion of Dutch colonial policy in Minahasa (northern Sulawesi) in the 19th century. The focus i...