Indigenous girls and education in a changing colonial society : the Dutch East Indies, c. 1880-1942

Defence date: 28 October 2019 ; Examining Board: Prof. Corinna Unger, European University Institute (Supervisor); Prof. Laura Lee Downs, European University Institute; Prof. Rebecca Rogers, Université Paris Descartes; Dr. Alicia Schrikker, Leiden University ; So far, the history of Indonesian girls’ education in the colonial period has mainly been explored by historians who have focused on governmental policies, and by those interested in theories of emancipation and modernity. This has often resulted in narratives about education as either a pathway to anticolonial activism and the birth of t... Mehr ...