Klaas Stutje

Dr. Klaas Stutje is a Dutch historian working at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. He is interested in the history of Indonesian nationalism and anticolonialism, as well as Dutch-Indonesian political and cultural relations in the 20th century. In 2019, he published the book Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia, which has now been translated and introduced by journalist, novelist, and researcher Joss Wibisono under the title Di Balik Bendera Persatuan. Stutje is also preparing a book on the prison island of Nusakambangan, again translated by Joss Wibisono, and is working on the history (and restitution) of Indonesian cultural goods in the Netherlands.

Dr. Klaas Stutje adalah seorang sejarawan Belanda yang bekerja di NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies di Belanda. Minat penelitiannya meliputi sejarah nasionalisme dan antikolonialisme Indonesia, serta hubungan politik dan budaya antara Belanda dan Indonesia pada abad ke-20. Pada 2019, ia menerbitkan buku Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia, yang kemudian diterjemahkan dan diberi pengantar oleh jurnalis, novelis, sekaligus peneliti Joss Wibisono dengan judul Di Balik Bendera Persatuan. Saat ini, Stutje juga tengah menyiapkan buku tentang pulau penjara Nusakambangan, yang kembali diterjemahkan oleh Joss Wibisono, serta mengerjakan kajian mengenai sejarah dan restitusi benda-benda budaya Indonesia di Belanda.