Cultural Diplomacy and the Heritage of Empire: Negotiating Post-Colonial Returns

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	The Dutch colonial presence in the East Indies from 1595
	Scholarly learning during the VOC and early colonial periods
	The question of post-colonial cultural property return
	Notes
	References
1 Colonial redress or post-colonial cooperation?
	The end of Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies, 1942-49
	Colonial expansion and the influx of war booty to Dutch museums
	Imagining returns as a gesture of goodwill
	Tying returns to cultural cooperation in the future: the UN Round Table Conference draft cultural agreement
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
2 Cultural diplomacy at a crossroads
	Hopeful, but not optimistic: cultural cooperation within the Netherlands-Indonesian Union
	Reconsidering Dutch cultural cooperation: the beginning of an independent policy
	Assessing the “disappointing” history of Dutch colonialism and the impossibility of a goodwill gesture in 1951
	Rejecting the question in 1963, but resuming technical cooperation with the Republic of Indonesia
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3 Cultural relations as development aid
	The rise of Suharto: A new chance for an agreement on cultural cooperation
	Economic aid and technical assistance: the Netherlands as international aid donor
	The persistence of claims for returns
	Reframing notions of Dutch goodwill: cultural cooperation as development aid
	Alternate views of the new cultural diplomacy: diplomatic success or neocolonial failure?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
4 Returning cultural property
	Nurturing cultural diplomacy with the Suharto regime: the return of manuscripts and archives
	Reinforcing the narrative of goodwill: the return of objects from Dutch museums
	Rising activism within the UNGA and UNESCO: the ethics of post-colonial cultural property return
	The Dutch response to UNGA and UNESCO activism: an independent history of bilateral negotiation
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
5 Post-colonial cultural property return debates since the 1970s
	Beyond the UNGA and UNESCO: post-colonial cultural property return debates in the United Kingdom
	The Parthenon Marbles debate and fears of “anti-Elginism”
	Nigerian claims for returns of the “Benin Bronzes”
	Recent publicity surrounding the “Benin Bronzes”
	President Emmanuel Macron: a new start to French cultural diplomacy with Africa?
	Dutch projects since the 1970s: a mirror of international change
	Historical anthropology and the quest to retrace the origins of colonial collections
	Critical responses to Dutch colonialism and the suspension of development aid to Indonesia in 1992
	The end of the Suharto regime and beginning of the “Shared Cultural Heritage” concept in Dutch-Indonesian cultural diplomacy
	The consolidation of Dutch anthropology museums and the reversal of “cultural relations as development aid”
	The persistence of claims for historical justice and new understandings of post-colonial cultural diplomacy
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Index