Historical studies in 150 volumes of Bijdragen

Abstract

[...]if one prefers a qualitative interpretation, it is impossible to establish the impact of Bijdragen. From the 1980s onward, Dutch historians increasingly turned to the many foreign English-language journals with an Asian or Southeast Asian focus.4 Somewhat earlier, more foreign scholars had started to publish in Bijdragen. [...]the conclusion must be that Bijdragen was only one of many possible publication outlets for historians, and seldom the most important one. [...]a somewhat smaller but very prolific group of contributors comprised those 'laymen' who, after a long and often distinguished career 4 A sprinkling of articles by Dutch historians on Indonesia can be found in foreign-language journals not specializing in Asia or Southeast Asia. [...]as the word 'history' was not included in the name of the Institute or the title of the journal, the study of history as such, as an independent discipline, was probably never intended to be part of the KITLV s activities.