Admission requirements
- Reading ability of Dutch-language archival and printed sources.
Description
After the declaration of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, the Dutch government entered in a simultaneous process of negotiations and military actions in a vain effort to control the process of decolonization. Since the late 1960s, there has been much debate about the nature of Dutch military actions and particularly about the question whether recorded ‘excesses’ were indeed incidental or rather structural. In this MA research seminar, students will conduct research in egodocuments as well as in archival sources to find answers to these questions.
Course objectives
By reading relevant parts of the extant historical as well as theoretical literature, students will be familiarized with the issues at stake. Research in Dutch-language archival and printed sources will help them to learn how historians work with such primary sources and at the same time how they handle the study of highly contested issues in recent history.
Timetable
See here.
Mode of instruction
Research seminar.
Course Load
Roughly, the distribution of time will be as follows:
Reading of literature, writing of annotations: 60 hours.
Seminar attendance and (preparation of) class presentations: 40 hours.
Research and writing of research paper: 180 hours.
A detailed program will be announced at a later stage.
Assessment method
During the course, students will write several short papers, first on the literature to be studied, next on methods and finally and most importantly, on the conclusions that may be drawn from the sources studied.
Participation in class, presentations: 30 %.
Research paper: 70%.
Blackboard
Depending on the number of participants.
Reading list
See Blackboard.
Registration
via uSis.
Contact information
With the tutor: Prof. Dr. G.J. Oostindie.
Remarks
For further information, see the website www.indonesie45-50.nl.