Rosa de Jong
@rosadejong.bsky.social
Historian | Refuge to the Caribbean | Second World War | Jewish Caribbean | Archives and Power
University of Amsterdam | KITLV (Leiden) | NIOD (Amsterdam)
Latest: https://doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2023.2304522
University of Amsterdam | KITLV (Leiden) | NIOD (Amsterdam)
Latest: https://doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2023.2304522
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𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻👩💻
@rosadejong.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social) spoke with @apnews.com on her project to digitise documents of Jewish refugees who fled to #Suriname due to #WWII
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@rosadejong.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social) spoke with @apnews.com on her project to digitise documents of Jewish refugees who fled to #Suriname due to #WWII
@uvahumanities.bsky.social @niodamsterdam.bsky.social @joodsamsterdam.bsky.social
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve th...
apnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻👩💻
@rosadejong.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social) spoke with @apnews.com on her project to digitise documents of Jewish refugees who fled to #Suriname due to #WWII
@uvahumanities.bsky.social @niodamsterdam.bsky.social @joodsamsterdam.bsky.social
@rosadejong.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social) spoke with @apnews.com on her project to digitise documents of Jewish refugees who fled to #Suriname due to #WWII
@uvahumanities.bsky.social @niodamsterdam.bsky.social @joodsamsterdam.bsky.social
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“I told the congregation, as long as the archive is still here, I will not die. Even if I live to be 200 years old,” she tearfully told AP. “This is keeping the history of my people.”
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve th...
apnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“I told the congregation, as long as the archive is still here, I will not die. Even if I live to be 200 years old,” she tearfully told AP. “This is keeping the history of my people.”
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#WORKSHOP | On Thursday and Friday, @laurienvastenhout.bsky.social hosts the workshop 'The Holocaust in the Netherlands: New Insights and Approaches'.
In 2026, contributions made during the workshop will be published in Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah: www.memorialdelashoah.org/archives-et-....
In 2026, contributions made during the workshop will be published in Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah: www.memorialdelashoah.org/archives-et-....
March 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#WORKSHOP | On Thursday and Friday, @laurienvastenhout.bsky.social hosts the workshop 'The Holocaust in the Netherlands: New Insights and Approaches'.
In 2026, contributions made during the workshop will be published in Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah: www.memorialdelashoah.org/archives-et-....
In 2026, contributions made during the workshop will be published in Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah: www.memorialdelashoah.org/archives-et-....
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New PhD opportunity focusing on Caribbean Collections in Cambridge (at the MAA)! Fully funded!
More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50737/
Deadline: April 30th
I'm looking forward to welcoming a Caribbean colleague here! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or doubts.
More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50737/
Deadline: April 30th
I'm looking forward to welcoming a Caribbean colleague here! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or doubts.
March 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
New PhD opportunity focusing on Caribbean Collections in Cambridge (at the MAA)! Fully funded!
More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50737/
Deadline: April 30th
I'm looking forward to welcoming a Caribbean colleague here! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or doubts.
More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50737/
Deadline: April 30th
I'm looking forward to welcoming a Caribbean colleague here! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or doubts.
🚨 Three days left!🚨
Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives
You can still apply for the workshop I am co-organizing with Lieke Speerstra. A highly relevant and timely workshop (think CABR gate) on questions of politics in archives and digitization.
www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/works...
Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives
You can still apply for the workshop I am co-organizing with Lieke Speerstra. A highly relevant and timely workshop (think CABR gate) on questions of politics in archives and digitization.
www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/works...
Workshop 'Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives' - Huizinga Instituut
What knowledge of paper archives do historians need to understand digitized or digital archives? This workshop’s central question gained much attention due to the recent opening (or better the not-ope...
www.huizingainstituut.nl
March 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🚨 Three days left!🚨
Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives
You can still apply for the workshop I am co-organizing with Lieke Speerstra. A highly relevant and timely workshop (think CABR gate) on questions of politics in archives and digitization.
www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/works...
Paper Knowledge in Digital Archives
You can still apply for the workshop I am co-organizing with Lieke Speerstra. A highly relevant and timely workshop (think CABR gate) on questions of politics in archives and digitization.
www.huizingainstituut.nl/course/works...
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STAAK! STAAK! STAAK!
Komende weken worden door het hele land stakingen georganiseerd tegen de bezuinigingen op het onderwijs. In deze post kan je de details zien over alle aangekondigde stakingen zodat je weet waar je moet zijn om je docenten bij te staan.
Komende weken worden door het hele land stakingen georganiseerd tegen de bezuinigingen op het onderwijs. In deze post kan je de details zien over alle aangekondigde stakingen zodat je weet waar je moet zijn om je docenten bij te staan.
March 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
STAAK! STAAK! STAAK!
Komende weken worden door het hele land stakingen georganiseerd tegen de bezuinigingen op het onderwijs. In deze post kan je de details zien over alle aangekondigde stakingen zodat je weet waar je moet zijn om je docenten bij te staan.
Komende weken worden door het hele land stakingen georganiseerd tegen de bezuinigingen op het onderwijs. In deze post kan je de details zien over alle aangekondigde stakingen zodat je weet waar je moet zijn om je docenten bij te staan.
Last week, I presented at the Refugees in Global Transit conference in Mumbai. The pictures I took were all of food, so I am happy such professional pictures were also taken!
A few snippets from the Day 1 panels of the #workshop on #GlobalTransit
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @mariaframke.bsky.social @arnabduttahist.bsky.social @rosadejong.bsky.social
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @mariaframke.bsky.social @arnabduttahist.bsky.social @rosadejong.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last week, I presented at the Refugees in Global Transit conference in Mumbai. The pictures I took were all of food, so I am happy such professional pictures were also taken!