IRTI news
- Greetings from Maarten Wisse as new directorI hereby extend my warmest greetings to everyone involved in IRTI as the new director of the network. I succeeded Pieter Vos, effective September 2025.
- Farewell Pieter Vos as directorI have been the director of IRTI since 2015 and a member of its Management Team since 2012. The time has come to hand over this role and dedicate myself to other tasks. I look back on a decade of wonderful encounters with so many friends, colleagues, and students from around the world. It was a pleasure to meet you at the conferences in Sarospatak (2013), New Brunswick (2015), Hong Kong (2017), Amsterdam (2019), online (2022), and Yogyakarta (2024), as well as three IRTI summer courses in Amsterdam (2016, 2018, and 2023).
- Blog: 'I would have preferred sitting in the back'On the fourth day of the IRTI Conference, we were invited to experience some of the culture in Yogyakarta. We visited a protestant church, the sultan's palace and the Borobudur temple. For me, this cultural exposure was the highlight of the Conference. It made me ask myself an important question. Who am I as a Dutch person to delve into Indonesian culture, with colonial history in mind?
- Blog: 'The hope of a world of hospitality'If something has struck me these past few days, it is the hospitality and friendliness of the people we meet here in Yogyakarta. It makes me think about the hospitality we ourselves show to to others in the Netherlands.
