The Dutch royal family’s Golden Coach (Gouden Koets) will be retired and moved to a museum because of racist depictions on its side panels, according to news reports in the Netherlands. The royal ...
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Tuesday for his country's colonial aggression during his first state visit to Indonesia.
The government of the Netherlands has agreed to put in place guidelines that could make it a global leader in restituting colonial-era objects. The guidelines follow recommendations in a report issued ...
The areas of Indonesia where Dutch colonial rulers built a huge sugar-producing industry in the 1800s remain more economically productive today than other parts of the country, according to a study co ...
AMSTERDAM— The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes of artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. But the grim ...
Speaking with Variety ahead of the festival gala, Surya says she doesn’t think “kids learn about Indonesia at schools in the Netherlands” but she’s been surprised at the conversations she’s had since ...
The tronco, meaning “tree trunk” serves as the centerpiece for Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery at the United Nations in New York (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) In 1646, João ...
It begins with the narrator’s childhood meal “Dutch noodles,” which he later learned was actually Indonesian bakmi goreng—a dish reshaped through Dutch colonization. Foods changed in both directions: ...