Postcolonial Memory in the Netherlands

Gerlov van Engelenhoven is an assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), teaching courses on postcolonial memory, law & culture, and cultural interaction. From 2024-2028 he will run a new research project on Silence as Empowerment in Contemporary Dutch Postcolonial Memory, funded by NWO through a Veni-grant.

• Table of contents Acknowledgments Introduction Postcolonial memory in the Netherlands: Meaningful voices; meaningful silences Chapter one Two cases of Moluccan identity articulation: Deceptive voices and empowering silences in individual and collective self-representation Chapter two The case of the train hijackings: Appropriated voices and protective silences in media representation Chapter three The case of Jan Pieterszoon Coen’s statue: Repressive voices and resistant silences in public space Chapter four The case of De Grauwe Eeuw: Disruptive voices and silences in social activism Conclusion Beyond logocentrism Epilogue “East Indian deafness” Works cited Index