The Journey of the Sisters of Charity to St. Louis, 1828

In 1828, four Sisters of Charity left Maryland to establish a new mission in the frontier city of St. Louis. For the first time, herein is the diary of one of the travelers in this remarkable and dangerous journey

Recommendations for Serving Unaccompanied and Separated Children at Regional Processing Centers

As the United States' leading organization protecting the rights of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) has advocated for expanded access to lawful migration pathways for children and families so that fewer children face a dangerous journey seeking safety or needlessly become separated from their family along the way. The U.S. government's announcement that new Regional Processing Centers (RPCs) will be created to serve migrants seeking protection is a welcome step forward. Informed by our on-the-ground experience, KIND recommends the following to ensure that Regional Processing Centers, also known as Oficinas de Movilidad Segura, best address the needs of children on the move

Time travel in the forbidden realm: J.J. Slauerhoff's Het 'Verboden rijk' viewed as a modernist novel

The article analyses Het verboden rijk(1931) by the Dutch poet and novelist J.J. Slauerhoff (1898-1936) as modernist fiction which is experimental, narrated from multiple viewpoints with a complex handling of time. It focuses in particular on the narrative's movement between the twentieth and sixteenth centuries, and between a radio operator and the Portuguese poet Camoens. The text is read as thematizing cultural identity, rejecting history, which is used to support the status quo, criticizing European colonial culture, and ultimately moving towards the other, non-European culture-the forbidden realm

Cerita dari Timur Genre dan tema dalam Sastra Hindia-Belanda dari masa VOC

This article attempts to give a brief picture about the genre and themes in the Dutch-Indies Literature from the VOC period. During the VOC-period, more than six months was needed to embark on a journey by sea from the Netherlands to Batavia. Undertaking this journey meant encountering many obstacles which occurred through the work of man as well as nature. In addition, a successful landing on the shores of the East did not always ensure a friendly reception. Due to these obstacles which they encountered, only a small number of those who had set sail from Europe were able to return home safely. Most of those who managed to survive this long and dangerous journey to the land of spices, finally chose to stay and start a new life in the East. Some of these men, in an effort to establish their new life, were able to make contact and build relationships with the local women. This paved the way for the emergence of the Mestis culture, in which we find the elements of East and West