Rosa de Jong

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...

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

11.06.2025 06:53 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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...

“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.”

11.05.2025 15:08 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Film toont onbekend verhaal van zwarte Surinamers die vochten voor Nederland in WO II Regisseur Safi Graauw maakte een korte film over de rol van Surinaamse soldaten tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Teken en zie de wereld viel dit weekend in de prijzen.

nos.nl/l/2562639

07.04.2025 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#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-....

27.03.2025 13:05 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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.

24.03.2025 00:09 — 👍 2    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

@carolienboender.bsky.social @niodamsterdam.bsky.social

25.03.2025 11:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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...

🚨 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...

25.03.2025 11:08 — 👍 3    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Vandaag staak ik!

17.03.2025 09:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

07.03.2025 12:47 — 👍 16    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 0

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!

19.02.2025 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0