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Fo rewo rd The year 2000 has been an important year for
t h e i i a s. The board, academic committee, and
directorate had to decide on the institute’s policy
for the coming years. Two main developments
had to be taken into account: firstly the recom-
mendations made by the international review
committee under the chairmanship of Prof. James
Fox, and secondly the conclusion of the Budget
International Facilities, a government funded
programme, which sponsored the activities of the
institute quite substantially during the first years
of its existence.
A new strategic plan has been devised and the
main objectives of the institute will be maintained
– to encourage Asian Studies in the Netherlands
and to enhance national and international co-
operation. However, the initial focus of the insti-
tute will be expanded. During the short time that
the i i a s has existed, it became quite clear that
Asian Studies cannot possibly be restricted to the
humanities and the social sciences. Asia is a global
partner developing very dramatically in all respects
(strategically, economical, cultural and technologi-
cal). Apart from concentrating on the humanities
and social sciences, the i i a s will also direct itself,
more than before, to the interface between the
above-mentioned disciplines and health sciences,
economics, environmental studies, and law: multi-
disciplinarity will be stimulated.
The various instruments which the i i a s has cho-
sen to reach its objectives (e.g. sponsoring individ-
ual postdocs; financing research programmes;
organizing workshops and seminars; publishing
newsletters; and consulting for third parties) were
scrutinized for effectiveness and a re-allocation of
funds took place.
It was decided that, in the future, preference
will be given in particular to facilitation, network-
ing, co-operation with national and international
partners. Sponsoring of fellows and financing of
research programmes will be carried out on a joint
financial basis in close consultation with other
national and international sponsors.
We believe that the i i a s is ready for the following
millennium: leaner and meaner.
P r o f . W . A . L . S t o k h o f
Director IIAS
Leiden, June 2001
C o n t e n t s
S e c t i o n s
1 t h e i ia sa n d it s or g a n iz a t i o n / 9
About the IIAS / 9
IIAS Branch Office Amsterdam / 10
B o a r d / 10
– Board Members 2000 / 10
– Secretary to the Board / 10
Academic Committee / 11
– Members of the Academic
Committee 2000 / 11
Office Staff / 11
– Staff Members 2000 / 11
– Temporary Employees / 12
• Temporary Staff / 12
• T r a i n e e s / 12
Staff Assigned to Research Pr o g r a m m e s
and Pr o j e c t s / 12
Supervision Committees / 12
IIAS Extraordinary Chairs / 13
IIAS fellows and Guests in 2000 / 13
Newsletter Editorial Staff / 13
IIAS Representatives Abroad / 13
2 i i a s r e s e a r c h / 14
IIAS Research Programmes/Projects / 14
– Changing Labour Relations in Asia
(CLARA) / 14
– Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and
Innovation; The expression of identity
i n a changing world’ (PAATI) / 14
– International Social Organization in East
a n d South east Asia: Qiaoxiang ties in
t h e twentieth century / 15
– Transnational Society, Media, and
C i t i z e n s h i p / 15
– Dissemination of Religious Authority in 20t h
Century Indonesia / 15
– ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and
Archaeology Index / 15
IIAS Extraordinary Chairs / 16
IIAS Fellows / 17
1 . Research fellows / 18
• Individual research fellows / 18
• Programme research fellows / 19
2 . Senior visiting fellows / 22
3 . Professorial fellows / 23
4 . Visiting exchange fellows / 24
5 . Affiliated fellows / 25
6 . Gonda fellows / 28
7 . ESF/Alliance fellows / 28
8 . Dutch senior fellows / 29
9 . Nordic-Netherlands research fellows / 30
G u e s t s / 30
IIAS Alumni / 31
3 s e m in a rs a n d i ns t i t ut io n a le v e n t s / 34
4 i i a s re s e a rc h f ac i l i t a t in ga c t i v i t i e s / 38
The ESF Asia Committee, PAC, PEARL
& t h e Strategic Alliance / 38
– European Science Foundation
A s i a C o m m i t t e e / 38
• Asia Committee 1999–2001 / 39
• E x t e n s i o n / 39
• ESF Asia Committee Workshops / 39
• ESF Asia Committee research travel grants / 40
• Programme Development / 40
• E U R O C O R E S / 40
• Direct Communication Channel / 40
• Asia Committee Fellowships / 40
• Asia Committee Publications / 41
– Platform Asia Collections (PAC) / 41
– Programme for Europe Asia Research
Linkages (PEARL) / 41
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C o n t e n t s
– Strategic Alliance / 42
• Participating Institutes & New Members / 42
• NIAS (The Nordic Countries) / 42
• IFA (Germany) / 42
• New Alliance Member: EIAS (Belgium/EU) / 42
• Possible New Partners / 43
• Alliance Fellowships / 43
• Alliance Collaborative Research Projects,
Workshops, Lectures, and Conferences / 43
• 7t h Nordic-European Workshop
in Advanced Asian Studies (NEWAS) / 44
• Asia Updates / 44
• Other Alliance Activities, Projects,
P u b l i c a t i o n s / 44
• Network building / 45
• Strengthening the Tools of Communication / 45
Other Co-ordinating and Supporting
A c t i v i t i e s / 45
– A A S / 45
– ICAS 2 / 45
– IIAS Library for International
C o - o p e r a t i o n / 45
– Special Events / 46
– Co-operation with Dutch Research Schools
and the ISIM / 46
– Consulting and Advisory Activities / 46
– Memoranda of Understanding
with Partner Institutes / 47
– IIAS Visits / 47
– IIAS Subsidies / 48
• Director’s Fund / 48
• Other supported initiatives / 49
5 ne w s le t te r , pu b l i ca t io n s ,w o r l d w i d e w e b s it e , dat a ba se / 50
IIAS Newsletter / 50
P u b l i c a t i o n s / 51
IIAS Website / 52
– Asian Studies Virtual Library / 53
D a t a b a s e / 53
A n n e x e s
i ia s r e s e ar c h p r o g r a m m e s ,p r o je c ts a n di ia s b r a n c h o f f i c e a m s t e rd ama n d f in an c i a l re p o r t / 57
1 Changing Labour Relations in Asia / 58
2 Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and
Innovation; The expression of identity
i n a changing world / 60
3 International Social Organization in East
a n d Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang ties during
the twentieth century / 62
4 Transnational Society, Media
a n d C i t i z e n s h i p / 64
5 The Dissemination of Religious Authority
i n 2 0t h Century Indonesia / 65
6 ABIA – South and Southeast Asian Art
a n d Archaeology Index / 66
7 IIAS Branch Office Amsterdam / 68
8 Financial report 2000 / 70
I n d e x / 74
List of Abbreviations / 78
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C o n t e n t s
a b o u t t h e i i a s
The International Institute for Asian Studies is a
postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and
Amsterdam. Its main objective is to encourage
Asian Studies in the Humanities and the Social
Sciences and to promote national and internation-
al co-operation in these fields. The Institute was
established in 1993 on the initiative of the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Leiden
University, the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and
the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. It is mainly
financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Educa-
tion, Culture, and Sciences. The i i a s has played an
active role in co-ordinating and disseminating
information on Asian Studies throughout the
world. The Institute acts as an (inter)national
mediator, bringing together interested individu-
als and institutes for the enhancement of Asian
Studies both within and outside of the Nether-
lands.
The history of Dutch Asian Studies in the Human-
ities and Social Sciences has given rise to several
scholarly currents which are internationally
renowned. Traditionally having shown a prefer-
ence for the study of South Asia (India), Southeast
Asia (the Indonesian Archipelago), and East Asia
(China and Japan) and having a comprehensive
inclination towards history, linguistics, anthro-
pology, sociology, and more recently, develop-
ment studies, the Netherlands has acquired a
wealth of expertise in these domains. In the
process, it has built up a highly developed research
infrastructure to support these studies. This infra-
structure rests upon the rare and extensive collec-
tions of research materials accessible in the
archives, museums, and libraries in the Nether-
lands. While it is the firm policy of the i i a s t o
strengthen these regional and disciplinary special-
izations, it is also determined to stimulate new
research in those fields which were neglected by
the Dutch Asian Studies tradition.
In keeping with the ingrained Dutch tradition
of transferring goods and ideas, the i i a s is geared
to work as a clearinghouse for knowledge and
information in the field of Asian Studies. Through
this so-called ‘Gateway to Europe’, the Institute
can provide information, construct international
networks, and organize co-operative projects and
research programmes, thus contributing to the
cultural rapprochement between Asia and Europe.
Acting upon this same principle, the Institute
provides facilities and funding for both Western
and Asian scholars allowing them to carry out
postdoctoral research at the i i a s. Research fellow-
ships are financed by the Institute so that post-
doctoral research can be pursued either as part of
collaborative research programmes or on an indi-
vidual basis. The i i a s research is supported by
other i i a s activities, such as international semi-
nars and the i i a s N e w s l e t t e r .
Well aware of the importance of keeping abreast
of the innovations in information technology, the
Institute’s website has an increasing number of
links to institutes and research projects involved
in Asian Studies. The i i a s has compiled a database
containing up-to-date information on researchers
and institutes in the field of Asian Studies the
world over. Every four months the Institute also
publishes a unique newsletter covering a wide
regional and disciplinary scope, which is distrib-
uted all over the world free of charge.
In 1994 the i i a s was appointed to run the secre-
tariat for the European Science Foundation Asia
Committee. The Institute shares the e s f A s i a
Committee’s objective of improving international
co-operation in the field of Asian Studies. The
committee works to develop activities for the
enhancement of Asian Studies in Europe through
granting postdoctoral fellowships, giving support
for workshops, and by programme development.
The Strategic Alliance is another co-operative
framework of European institutes specializing in
Asian Studies, consisting of the i i a s, Leiden/Am-
sterdam; the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
(n i a s), Copenhagen; the Institute of Asian Affairs
(i f a), Hamburg; and the European Institute for
Asian Studies (e i a s), Brussels. The Alliance, estab-
lished in 1997, aims to bring together fragmented
forces in Asian Studies in Europe to facilitate
scholarly excellence to the benefit of national
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The IIAS and its Organization
research environments and the European Union
at large. The Strategic Alliance’s open structure
enables other European institutes to join in the
future.
Upon the initiative of the i i a s, and in close co-
operation with n i a s, the Programme for Europe-
Asia Research Linkages (p e a r l) was established in
Seoul in October 1998. It is a network of
researchers from Asia and Europe, i.e. from the
a s e m (Asia-Europe Meetings) member countries,
representing leading Asian and European Studies
institutes in the field of the Humanities and the
Social Sciences. P e a r l believes that promotion of
Asia-Europe research co-operation ought to be an
integral part of the a s e m dynamic. The i i a s p r o-
vides the secretariat for p e a r l.
i i a s b r a n c h o f f i c e a m s t e r d a m
In 1997 the i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam was
established. The Universiteit van Amsterdam
(UvA), one of the founders of the i i a s, underlined
the importance of an active and visible role of the
UvA in the activities of the i i a s. A branch office
would offer facilities to i i a s research fellows to do
research in Amsterdam and, simultaneously, it
would stimulate the involvement of Amsterdam
scholars in the activities of the i i a s. The UvA con-
tributes financially to the Branch Office by offer-
ing office facilities and compensation for housing
of research fellows, and the part-time secretary.
The Amsterdam co-ordinator is financed by the
i i a s. To ensure smooth co-operation, there is con-
stant contact between the Branch Office and the
i i a s Leiden (see Annex 7).
b o a r d
The i i a s Board and its Academic Committee are
composed of delegates from various Dutch uni-
versities and institutes, a choice to guarantee the
i i a s has a national coverage. The Board is responsi-
ble for the general management of the Institute
and ensures that its objectives are achieved. Ii a s
policy documents and its budgetary and adminis-
trative plans and reports are submitted to the
Board for its approval.
According to the co-operation agreement signed
in 1993 by the constituent institutions of the i i a s,
the i i a s is headed by a Board of seven members
who are nominated by the Universiteit van Ams-
terdam & the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam
(two board members), the Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences (two members), and
Leiden University (three members). Members of
the Board are appointed for a period of four years
after which they can be re-appointed for another
period of four years.
As the evaluation of the i i a s by the k n a w, origi-
nally planned for autumn 1999, was cancelled, the
i i a s Board decided to nominate two interim board
members for the period of one year. In this period
decisions on a more permanent restructuring of
the Board could be prepared.
Board Members 2000
– Prof. F. Hüsken, Chairman
(University of Nijmegen: Cultural and Social
A n t h r o p o l o g y / I n d o n e s i a )
– Prof. J.L. Blussé van Oud Alblas
(Leiden University: History of the European
Expansion/Southeast and East Asia)
– Prof. H.W. Bodewitz
(Leiden University: Sanskrit/South and Central Asia)
– Prof. J.C. Breman
(Universiteit van Amsterdam: Social Sciences/South and
Southeast Asia)
– Prof. A. Hagendoorn
(Utrecht University: Social Sciences/East and South Asia)
– Prof. J. Oosten
(Research School CNWS, Leiden: Social Sciences/North
A m e r i c a )
– Prof. M. van der Linden
(International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam:
Labour History/Asia)
Secretary to the Board
– Prof. W.A.L. Stokhof, Director of the i i a s
(Leiden University: Austronesian and Papuan Linguistics)
In 2000, Board meetings took place on 11 Febru-
ary, 9 June, 6 October, and 7 December.
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a c a d e m i c c o m m i t t e e
The Board has appointed an Academic Committee
of nine members, all specialized in the field of Asian
Studies, who are to advise the Board on the research
policy of the Institute. The Academic Committee is
also concerned with the formulation of the research
programmes, the selection of research fellows and
the evaluation of scholarly results, and the academic
policy of the Institute. Members are appointed for
an initial period of three years and can be re-
appointed for another three-year period.
Members of the Academic Committee 2000
– Dr E.B. Vermeer, Chairman until November
(Leiden University: Economics and Modern History of
C h i n a )
– Prof. B. Arps
(Leiden University: Javanese Language and
Literature/Indonesia)
– Dr I.S.A. Baud
(Universiteit van Amsterdam: Development Studies,
Environmental Studies, Gender Studies/India, Philippines)
– Dr G.K. Lieten
(Universiteit van Amsterdam: Cultural Anthropology/
I n d i a )
– Dr P.J.M. Nas
(Leiden University: Cultural Anthropology/Indonesia)
– Prof. C.I. Risseeuw
(Leiden University: Anthropology, Development Studies,
Sociology/India, Sri Lanka)
– Dr R.A. Rutten
(Universiteit van Amsterdam: Cultural Anthropology,
Development Studies/Philippines)
– Dr C. Touwen-Bouwsma, Chairman as of
N o v e m b e r
(Netherlands Institute for War Documentation: Cultural
Anthropology, History/Indonesia)
– Prof. E.J. Zürcher
(Leiden University: Political History/Central Asia)
In 2000, meetings of the Academic Committee
took place on 28 January and 28 November.
o f f i c e s t a f f
The Director of the International Institute for
Asian Studies is nominated by the Board and
appointed by the Board of Directors of Leiden
University. The Director is in charge of the day-
to-day management and administration of the
Institute, and is assisted by the Deputy Director.
Staff Members 2000
– Prof. W.A.L. Stokhof
Director, 0.7 fte
– Drs S.A.M. Kuypers
Deputy Director, 1 fte
– J. Balassis
Database Assistant, 0.5 fte (until 25 April)
– M. Boer
Secretary, 1 fte (until 15 May)
– Drs M.T. te Booij
Executive Manager, 1 fte
– Drs M.E. Brand
Project Co-ordinator, 1 fte (1 February – 1 September)
– C.Y.A. Bruinsma
Secretary, 1 fte
– Drs T.D. Chute
Co-Editor Newsletter, 0.6 fte (per 1 June)
– Drs A.J.M. Doek
WWW Officer, 0.5 fte
– E.F.P. Haneveld
IT Manager, 0.5 fte
– Drs E.A.T. van der Hoek
Managing Editor Newsletter, 1 fte until 1 May,
0.6 fte per 1 May
– I. I Gusti Made Karang-Hoogenboom
Database Assistant, 0.6 fte (per 1 June)
– Dr J. Kleinen
Co-ordinator Branch Office Amsterdam, 0.2 fte
( u n t i l 1 M a r c h )
– M. Luxembourg
Secretary, 0.8 fte (1 June – 1 December)
– C. Maarse
Secretary, 0.9 fte (per 7 November)
– Drs H. van der Minne
Secretary Branch Office Amsterdam, 0.5 fte
– Dr M.A.F. Rutten
Co-ordinator Branch Office Amsterdam, 0.2 fte
( p e r 1 March)
– Drs J. Stremmelaar
Project Co-ordinator, 1 fte (per 1 September)
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– Drs C.B.W. Veenkamp
Executive Manager, 1 fte (until 1 March)
Temporary Employees
In 2000 several temporary staff member were
attached to the i i a s for different projects.
Temporary Staff
– Drs I. Boog
P A A T I / O i d e i o n
– Drs N. de Heer
P A A T I / O i d e i o n
T r a i n e e s
– M. Cheung
Keys to Leiden and Amsterdam-booklet
– L. Hemminga
A B I A
– M. Rozing
IATS conference
– K. Philips
A B I A
– L. Pronk
IATS conference
– J. Stremmelaar
IATS conference
s t a f f a s s i g n e d t o r e se a r c hp r o g r a m m e s a n d p r o j e c ts
‘International Social Organization in East and Southeast
A s i a : Qiaoxiang ties in the twentieth century’
Programme directors:
– Dr L.M. Douw (v u, UvA)
– Dr F.N. Pieke (Oxford University)
PAATI: ‘Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation;
The expression of identity in a changing world’
Programme director:
– Dr W. van Zanten (u l), (0.2 fte)
CLARA: ‘Changing Labour Relations in Asia’
Programme co-ordinator:
– Dr R. Saptari (i i s h), (0.5 fte)
ABIA: ‘South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology
I n d e x ’
Project co-ordinator:
– Prof. K.R. van Kooij (u l)
Editors:
– Drs H.I. Lasschuijt (0.5 fte)
– Dr E.M. Raven, (0.5 fte)
IIAS Library for International Co-operation
– Drs W. Teller
s u p e r v i s i o n c o m m i tt e e s
In order to supply the research fellows working in
these programmes with structural support and
supervision, each research programme has its
supervision committee. The purpose of these
committees is to evaluate the research pro-
grammes, to see whether the set-up can be
improved, to consider whether collaborative
research needs to be viewed from a different angle
and the like. The Board and the Academic Com-
mittee require the presence of these committees
to keep a finger on the pulse of the Institute’s aca-
demic standard and achievements.
International Social Organization in East and Southeast
Asia: Qiaoxiang ties in the twentieth century
– Prof. H.A. Sutherland (v u)
– Prof. O.D. van den Muijzenberg (UvA)
– Prof. K.M. Schipper (u l)
PAATI: Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation;
The expression of identity in a changing world’
– Prof. B. Arps (v a / a v m i, u l)
– Dr J. Bor (Rotterdam Conservatory)
– Dr E.L. Heins (Ethnomusicological Centre Jaap
Kunst, UvA)
– Prof. W.L. Idema (Sinological Institute,
UL/Harvard University, u s a)
– Dr S. Kersenboom (p s c w - a s c, UvA)
Changing Labour Relations in Asia (CLARA)
Executive Committee:
– Prof. J. Breman (c a s a, UvA)
– Prof. M. van der Linden (i i s h)
– Prof. J. Lucassen (i i s h)
– Dr R. Saptari (i i a s / i i s h)
– Prof. W. van Schendel (ASiA, UvA)
– Prof. Th. Svensson (National Museum of World
Culture, Göteborg, Sweden)
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i i a s e x t r a o r d i n a r y c h a i r s
– Prof. H.G.C. Schulte Nordholt, i i a s
Extraordinary Chair at Erasmus University
Rotterdam: ‘Asian History’
– Prof. H. Steinhauer, i i a s Extraordinary Chair at
Nijmegen University:
‘Ethnolinguistics with a focus on Southeast
A s i a ’
– Prof. B.J. Terwiel, i i a s Extraordinary Chair at
Leiden University: ‘Cultures of Mainland
Southeast Asia’
i i a s f e l lo w s a n d g u e s t s i n 2 0 0 0
– Dr Mahmoud Alinejad (Iran)
– Prof Cynthia Bautista (the Philippines)
– Dr Henk Blezer (the Netherlands)
– Dr Vibeke Børdahl (Denmark)
– Dr Colin Brown (Australia)
– Dr Hanne de Bruin (the Netherlands)
– Dr Thomas de Bruijn (the Netherlands)
– Dr Han-pi Chang (Taiwan)
– Prof. Kuo-tung Chen (Taiwan)
– Dr Matthew Cohen (u s a)
– Dr Freek Colombijn (the Netherlands)
– Dr Robert Cribb (Australia)
– Drs Undang A. Darsa (Indonesia)
– Prof. Arvind Das (India)
– Drs Myrna Eindhoven (the Netherlands)
– Dr Michael Ewing (Australia)
– Dr Kamala Ganesh (India)
– Dr Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase (Australia)
– Dr Carole Faucher (Singapore)
– Dr Keith Foulcher (Australia)
– Dr Cen Huang ( C a n a d a )
– Dr David Ip (Australia)
– Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo Iyer (u k)
– Dr Micheal Jacobsen (Denmark)
– Dr Doris Jedamski (Germany)
– Dr Ganganath Jha (India)
– Dr Man Mohini Kaul (India)
– Dr KarpChon Kim (Korea)
– Prof. Chen-kuo Lin (Taiwan)
– Dr Alex McKay (Australia)
– Dr Salina Metha (India)
– Dr Evelyne Micollier (France)
– Dr Prabhu Mohapatra (India)
– Dr Shoma Munshi (India)
– Dr Li Narangoa (China/Denmark)
– Prof. Peter Li (Canada)
– Drs Dimitri Olenev (Russia)
– Dr Rajni Palriwala (India)
– Dr Raj Puri (u s a)
– Mrs Gauri Raje (u k)
– Dr Albert Ralaikoa (Mauritius)
– Dr Martin Ramstedt (Germany)
– Dr Mario Rutten (the Netherlands)
– Dr Rosanne Rutten (the Netherlands)
– Dr Yuri Sadoi (Japan)
– Dr Edsel Sajor (the Philippines)
– Dr Shigeru Sato (Japan)
– Dr Adapa Satyanarayana (India)
– Dr Angela Schottenhammer (Germany)
– Dr Ralph Shlomowitz (Australia)
– Dr Sanjay Srivastava (Australia)
– Dr Martin Stuart-Fox (Australia)
– Dr Yaroslav Tarasyuk (Russia)
– Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat (India)
– Dr Benoît de Treglodé (France)
– Dr Hae-kyung Um (Korea)
– Dr Yaroslav Vassilkov (Russia)
– Prof. Gauri Viswanathan (u s a)
– Dr Reed Wadley (u s a)
– Dr Jeroen Wiedenhof (the Netherlands)
– Prof. Yang Enhong (P.R. China)
– Dr Yuan Bingling (P.R. China/the Netherlands)
For further details, see Section 2.
n e w s l e t te r e d i t o r i a l s t a f f
– Drs E.A.T. van der Hoek (Managing Editor)
– Drs N. Bonnovrié (South Asia)
– Drs M.T. te Booij (East Asia, China)
– Drs S. Evers (Insular Southwest Asia)
– Dr K. De Ceuster (East Asia, Korea)
– Drs Th. van der Meij (Southeast Asia)
– Drs I. Nooijens (Central Asia)
– Drs M. Winkel (East Asia, Japan)
– The GATE Foundation (Asian Culture)
– R.L. Robson, FRAS BA Hons (English Editor)
i i as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a b r o a d
– Prof. J.G. Vredenbregt,
Jakarta, Indonesia
– Dr W. Remmelink,
Tokyo, Japan
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T h e I I A S a n d i t s O r g a n i z a t i o n
The aim of the i i a s, a postdoctoral institute, is to
promote Asian Studies in the Humanities and
Social Sciences and to set up interdisciplinary pro-
grammes in these fields of study for both Dutch
and foreign researchers; to encourage interdisci-
plinary co-operation; to mediate on behalf of
Asian Studies in the Netherlands; and to promote
international co-operation in a global context.
Through its activities, the i i a s endeavours to
build upon what have been considered traditional
regional and disciplinary specializations of Dutch
Asian Studies and, at the same time, to stimulate
research which thus far has fallen outside the
scope of this tradition.
i i a s r e s e a r c hp r o g r a m m e s / p r o j e c t s
The collaborative – thematic – research pro-
grammes set up by the i i a s are to be executed and
developed by promising research fellows in co-
operation with a programme director and, if nec-
essary, with the support of senior visiting fellows
and/or coaching, i.e. by a supervision committee.
Whereas the final responsibility rests with the i i a s
Board, the Academic Committee is concerned
with the designing of the research programmes,
the selecting of research fellows, and the evalua-
tion of the scholarly results. The supervision com-
mittees offer the fellows an opportunity to discuss
their research in depth and evaluate their work
with experts who are directly involved in similar
r e s e a r c h .
In 2000 the i i a s ran 5 research programmes and
1 research project. Hereunder they are briefly
mentioned. More information may be found in
the respective annexes.
Changing Labour Relations in Asia (CLARA)
The research programme ‘Changing Labour Rela-
tions in Asia’ (c l a r a) aims to construct a compara-
tive and historical understanding of labour rela-
tions in different parts of Asia which, at present,
are being subjected to diverse historical processes
and experiences in terms of their national
economies, their links with international markets,
and the nature of state intervention. This under-
standing will be based on the promotion of inter-
Asian co-operation and the co-operation between
Asian and non-Asian institutions.
As in the past years, c l a r a activities revolved
around the preparation of seminars, workshops,
and maintaining and expanding its networks.
T h e annual c l a r a one-day seminar was held on
1 4 September and involved a broader network of
scholars than in the previous years.
In 2000 Dr Prabhu Mohapatra (V.V. Giri Insti-
tute), stationed in New Delhi, continued his post-
doctoral fellowship. Two senior visiting fellows,
Dr Shigeru Sato and Dr Adapa Satyanarayana visit-
ed the Netherlands to conduct research within the
framework of the programme.
The bulk of the financing of the programme is
provided by the i i a s and it is executed by the
International Institute of Social History in Ams-
terdam. It is supported by a worldwide network of
specialists on Labour in Asia (see Annex 1).
Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation;
The expression of identity in a changing world’
( P A A T I )
The p a a t i programme analyses and compares
processes of change in Asian performing arts, and,
in particular, traditional Asian theatre. The focus is
on the way in which the performing arts are insti-
tutionalized and standardized; how they balance
between flexibility and fixation, influenced by
globalization and localization; and how these
processes of change affect form, content, and orga-
nization of the teaching.
From 23 to 27 August, the three research fellows
and the programme director successfully organized
the conference ‘Audiences, Patrons, and Performers
in the Performing Arts of Asia’. The conference,
which was was co-organized by the European
Foundation for Chinese Music Research (c h i m e) ,
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and which took place in Leiden, addressed the roles
of context and environment: the audiences, the
patrons who enable the performing arts, the spon-
sors who organize and support them, and the
spaces and places where they work and play. The
findings of the conference will result in several
books and journal publications (see Annex 2).
International Social Organization in East and
Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang ties in the twentieth
c e n t u r y
The ‘Qiaoxiang Ties’ programme is concerned with
international social organization, or transnation-
alism, in East and Southeast Asia, with an empha-
sis on how Qiaoxiang ties (ethnic Chinese home-
town connections) work and have influenced the
formation of Chinese transnationalism in the
course of the 20t h c e n t u r y .
During 2000 the programme was brought to its
conclusion. Leo Douw, Cen Huang, and David Ip
finalized the editorial work on the book which
resulted from the international conference ‘Chi-
nese Transnational Enterprises and Entrepreneur-
ship in Prosperity and Adversity: South China and
Southeast Asia during the twentieth century’,
2 6-27 August 1999, Hong Kong. Within the frame-
work of the i i a s-Xiamen joint research project,
Cen Huang also co-edited the results from the
conference held in Jinjiang in October 1998.
Huang, whose research fellowship ended on
1 January, returned to the i i a s from 1 July –
1 5 August as a senior visiting fellow to be present
at the concluding seminar of the programme,
which was organized in Amsterdam on 18 July.
A t the seminar the results from the programme
were presented and discussed (see Annex 3).
Transnational Society, Media, and Citizenship
In 2000 the assr and the iias were awarded a wotro
subsidy for the programme ‘Transnational Society,
Media, and Citizenship’. The programme officially
started in July and has a dual focus: it proposes to
look at the complex nature of contemporary cultur-
al identities and the role which the globalization of
information and communication technologies
(ICTs) plays in the (re)construction of these identi-
ties. The programme consists of several parts which
are carried out by two postdoc researchers, Dr Mah-
moud Alinejad and Dr Shoma Munshi, and two
PhD students, Drs Myrna Eindhoven, and one can-
didate to be selected, (see Annex 4).
Dissemination of Religious Authority in
2 0t h Century Indonesia
The i i a s started a new, k n a w-funded, research
project, which aims to study and document
important changes which have occurred in reli-
gious – especially Muslim – authority in Indonesia
during the past century and which have con-
tributed significantly to the shaping of the pre-
sent nationhood. The project will focus on four
advanced research programmes, which will be car-
ried out by specialists in the field of religious
studies from Indonesia, the Netherlands, and else-
where. The advanced research programmes are
concerned with the most important areas of reli-
gious dissemination in Indonesia over the period
concerned. Four postdoc researchers and 6 PhD
students will work within the programme, which
will start officially in 2001 (see Annex 5).
ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archae-
ology Index
In January the fourth a b i a workshop was organized
in Dharwad, India, and hosted by Prof. S. Settar of
the a b i a/India Branch. Topics during the workshop
were the publication of a b i a Index 2 and the
progress of the on-line database. An advisory board
meeting, at which the future of the programme
was discussed, took place in October in Bangkok.
The electronic database of the project was made
accessible via the Internet during the course of
t h e year (http://www.abia.net). Via this database,
annotated information can be found on publica-
tions in the fields of archaeology (pre- and proto-
history), historical archaeology, ancient art history,
modern art history, material culture, epigraphy
and palaeography, numismatics, and sigillography.
During the year, the a b i a team worked on the
publication of a b i a Index 2, scheduled to appear
in 2001. To secure the financial future of the pro-
ject, an application with n w o was prepared
( s e e Annex 6).
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i i a s e x t r a o r d i n a r y c h a i r s
The i i a s Extraordinary Chairs have been set up to
stimulate Asian Studies either at a Dutch universi-
ty at which Asian Studies are not a major focus or,
alternatively, to stimulate specific fields of study
at universities with a well-established reputation
in Asian Studies. Qualified scholars are appointed
professor for one day a week at the university at
which the chair has been established. The i i a s
provides funding for the teaching replacement at
the home university of the candidate.
The first chair on ‘Ethnolinguistics, with a spe-
cial emphasis on Southeast Asia’, which was estab-
lished at Nijmegen University in 1998, took fur-
ther shape with the courses given by Prof. H.
Steinhauer: one on elementary Indonesian and
one on linguistic fieldwork. Besides teaching Prof.
Steinhauer worked on a project application of
Nijmegen University for an Indonesian-Nether-
lands project, titled ‘Language and Regional Iden-
tity in Indonesia’.
In 2000 Prof. B.J. Terwiel taught his first class as
the occupant of the i i a s extraordinary chair ‘Cul-
tures of Mainland Southeast Asia’ at Leiden Uni-
versity. The course, which took place in February,
was entitled: ‘The Economy of Thailand
1 8 0 0–1 8 5 0 ’
Prof. H.G.C. Schulte Nordholt (Universiteit van
Amsterdam), who occupies the chair ‘History of
Asia’ at the Faculty of History and History of Art
at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, started
teaching in Rotterdam in March of this year.
All three inaugurations took place in the first
half of 2000.
Hereunder please find an overview of the activities
and publications of the three chair holders in 2000.
Prof. Hein Steinhauer (Nijmegen University)
P e r i o d: 1 September 1998 – 1 September 2001
T o p i c: ‘Ethnolinguistics, with a special emphasis
on Southeast Asia’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 14 January
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Indonesisch en Indonesische
Streektalen’, at Nijmegen University
– September 2000 – May 2001
• Course taught: ‘Elementary Indonesian’,
a t Nijmegen University
• Course taught: ‘Linguistic Fieldwork’,
a t Nijmegen University
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Inaugural lecture: Indonesisch en Indonesische
S t r e e k t a l e n, Nijmegen: k u n / i i a s, 2000
• Article: ‘Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Daerah di
Indonesia’, in Bambang Kaswanti Purwo (ed.),
Kajian Serba Linguistik untuk Anton Moeliono Pereksa
B a h a s a, Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia
Atma Jaya & b p k Gunung Mulia, 2000,
p p 1 7 5-1 9 6
• Newsletter article: ‘Biak in Nijmegen’, in I I A S
Newsletter # 21, February 2000
Prof. Barend Jan Terwiel (Leiden University)
P e r i o d: 1 September 1999 – 1 September 2002
T o p i c: ‘Cultures of the Mainland Southeast Asia’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 31 January – 11 February
• Course taught: ‘The Economy of Thailand
1 8 0 0-1850’, at the Department of Southeast
Asian Studies, Leiden University
– 15 February
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Van Denkmodellen en
Vooroordelen: Thaise geschiedschrijving over de
periode van de eerste helft van de negentiende
eeuw’, at Leiden University, Leiden
– 27-28 April
• Ii a s Conference co-organized: Fourth Euro-
Japanese International Symposium on Mainland
Southeast Asian History ‘Mainland Southeast
Asian Responses to the Stimuli of Foreign
Material Culture and Practical Knowledge
( 1 4t h– m i d - 1 9t h Century)’, in The Hague; and
paper presented: ‘Technical Inventions as a
Factor in Social Change: Siam in the first half
o f the nineteenth century’
– 19-23 May
• Paper presented: ‘Between Moulmein and
Bangkok: The mass migration of Mons in the
first half of the nineteenth century’, at n i a s
conference ‘Shifting Communities and Identity
Formation in Early Modern Asia’, Copenhagen,
D e n m a r k
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Inaugural lecture: Van Denkmodellen en Vooroordelen:
Thaise geschiedschrijving over de periode van de eerste helft
van de negentiende eeuw, Leiden: Leiden
U n i v e r s i t y /i i a s, 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘4t h E u r o - J a p a n s e
Symposium’, in IIAS Newsletter # 22, June 2000
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Prof. Henk Schulte Nordholt
(Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
P e r i o d: 1 October 1999 – 1 October 2002
T o p i c: ‘History of Asia’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– April – May
• Course taught: ‘Mass Violence in Southeast
Asia’, at Erasmus University Rotterdam
– 12-15 April
• Paper presented: ‘Letters and Memories’, at the
panel on ‘Everyday Colonialism’ of the Third
European Social Science History Conference,
Amsterdam
– 8 June
• Lecture: ‘De etnografie van de reformasi’, at the
occasion of the opening of the exhibition on the
Art of the Reformasi in Indonesia, at the
Nusantara museum, Delft
– 22 June
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Een staat van geweld’, at the
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
– 10-15 July
• Paper presented ‘A Genealogy of Violence’, at
the symposium on ‘East Timor, Indonesia and
the Region: Perceptions of History and
Prospects of the Future’, Lisbon
– S e p t e m b e r
• Lectures: ‘Representation of Violence in
Colonial and Indonesian Historiography’, at the
Universitas Indonesia, l i p i in Jakarta, and at
Universitas Andalas, Universitas Negeri Padang,
i i a n in Padang, Indonesia
– 5-7 October
• Paper presented: ‘A Genealogy of Violence’, at
the Conference ‘Las Sociedades de Filipinas y el
Sudeste de Asia’, Madrid
– 3 November
• Lecture: ‘Violence and Silence’, at the Centre for
Southeast Asian Studies (c e p e s a), Lisbon
– 7 December
• Lecture: ‘Politieke ontwikkelingen in Indonesië’
(Political Developments in Indonesia), at the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The
H a g u e
– 13-15 December
• Paper presented: ‘A Genealogy of Violence’, at
the conference on ‘Violence in Indonesia: Its
historical roots and contemporary
manifestations’, Leiden
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Inaugural lecture: Een staat van geweld, Rotterdam:
i i a s/Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2000
• Article: ‘Localising Modernity in Colonial Bali
during the 1930s’, in Journal of Southeast Asian
S t u d i e s 31, pp 101-114
• Article: ‘From Wangsa to Bangsa: Subaltern
voices and personal ambivalences in colonial Bali
(1930s)’, in A. Vickers (ed.), To change Bali. Essays in
honour of Professor I.G. Ng. Bagus, Denpasar: Bali
Post, 2000, pp 71-88
• Article: ‘De tweede dekolonisatie van
Indonesië?’, in Socialisme en Democratie 57, 2000,
p p 65-73
• Review article: ‘Indonesia in Transition’, in
Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 156, 2000,
pp 356-366
• ‘Book review of S. Pompe, De Indonesische
algemene verkiezingen’, in International Spectator
54, 2000, pp 102-3
• ‘Book review of J. de Jong, De waaier van het
fortuin. De Nederlanders in Azië en de
Indonesische archipel 1595–1950’, in T i j d s c h r i f t
voor Geschiedenis 113, 2000, pp 225–228
• ‘Book review of T. Harper, The end of empire
and the making of Malaya’, in Tijdschrift voor
G e s c h i e d e n i s, 113, 2000, pp 610-612
• Article: ‘Indonesië na Suharto: kansen voor
democratie?’ in Jaarboek Winkler Prins, Amsterdam:
Elsevier, 2000, pp 64-66, (with Nico Schulte
N o r d h o l t )
• Article: ‘Indonesië’, Winkler Prins Encyclopedisch
Jaarboek 2000, Amsterdam: Elzevier, 2000,
p p 146–148, (with Nico Schulte Nordholt)
• Article: ‘State of Violence (1)’, in Reflexie. Forum
Nederland-Indonesia 3,3, 2000, pp 18-24
i i a s f e l l o w s
The i i a s accommodates postdoctoral researchers
in Asian Studies in a variety of categories. Spon-
sorship of these fellowships contributes to the
Institute’s aim to augment existing expertise in
Asian Studies and of bolstering the exploration of
underdeveloped fields of Asian Studies in the
Netherlands. Dutch and foreign specialists alike
are eligible for both collaborative and individual
research positions. All i i a s fellows have a counter-
part in the Netherlands, who is familiar with their
field of research, to advise and help them to find
their way in the Dutch academic arena. The i i a s
distinguishes between: research fellows (individ-
ual and programme), senior visiting fellows, pro-
fessorial fellows, visiting exchange fellows, affili-
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ated fellows, Gonda fellows, e s f/Alliance fellows,
Dutch senior fellows, Nordic-Netherlands
research fellows, and guests.
1. Research fellows (individual and programme)
Research fellowships are awarded to promising
young scholars who have recently earned their
PhD degrees. They are chosen for a maximum of
three years on the basis of their research propos-
als, which correspond to collaborative research
programmes of the i i a s, or are individual research
projects. The research fellows are required to pre-
pare at least one international seminar during
their appointment. They are also expected to pre-
sent the final results of their research/fieldwork in
the form of a publication. Fellowships are award-
ed upon the announcement of vacancies which
can be found in the i i a s Newsletter as well as on
the i i a s Internet site.
The following research fellows were attached to the
i i a s in 2000 (order of data: name, country of origin,
fellowship period, research topic, academic activi-
ties in chronological order, and publications):
Individual research fellows
Dr Henk Blezer (the Netherlands)
P e r i o d: 1 August 1997 – 1 August 2000; and
1 August 2000 – 1 August 2001 (extension by i i a s
and Gonda Foundation)
T o p i c: ‘The Bon-origin of Tibetan Buddhist Specu-
lations Regarding a Post-Mortem State Called
“Reality as it is”’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– 24-30 June
• Ii a s seminar organized: ‘The Ninth Seminar of
the International Association for Tibetan
Studies’, Leiden
– 18 October – 12 November
• Fieldwork in India on Bon Cosmonogy
P u b l i c a t i o n s:
• Article: ‘The ‘B o n’ dBal mo Nyer bdun(/brgyad) a n d
the B u d d h i s t dBang phyug ma Nyer brgyad, a Brief
Comparison’, in New Horizons in Bon Studies, Osaka,
2000, pp 117-178
• Newsletter article: ‘Tibetological Collections &
Archives Series, introduction to series’, in I I A S
N e w s l e t t e r #21, February 2000, p. 14
• Newsletter article: ‘The Ninth Seminar of the
International Association for Tibetan Studies’,
in IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000, p. 41
Dr Freek Colombijn (the Netherlands), (0.5 fte)
P e r i o d: 1 January 1998 – 1 January 2002
T o p i c: ‘The Road to Development. Access to natural
resources along the transport axes of Riau Daratan
(Indonesia), 1950-2000’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 10-30 April
• Fieldwork in Indonesia on road construction
– 26 April
• Lecture: ‘Kekerasan dalam sejarah Indonesia dan
di Riau masa depan’, Universitas Islam Riau,
Pekanbaru, Indonesia
– 3-5 July
• Paper presented: ‘What is so Indonesian about
Violence?’, at Symposium ‘Konflikte und
Gewalt’, at the Von Humboldtuniversität, Berlin
– 10-15 July
• Paper presented: ‘The Integration of Indonesia;
The Japanese period as mirror for Dutch
colonialism’, at the Symposium on ‘East Timor,
Indonesia and the Region: Perceptions of
history and prospects for the future’, Lisbon
– 24-28 July
• Panel convened (together with Dr Aygen
Erdentug): ‘The Spatial Consequences of Urban
Ethnic Diversity’, at the i u a e s Inter-Congress
– 24-28 July
• Paper presented: ‘The Emergence of “Racial”
Boundaries in Nineteenth-Century Towns in
Sumatra (Indonesia)’, at the i u a e s I n t e r -
Congress ‘Metropolitan Ethnic Cultures:
Maintenance and interaction’, Beijing
– 24-28 July
• Paper presented: ‘Mega-Urbanization in
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur; Spatial planning
and social consequences’, at the i u a e s I n t e r -
Congress ‘Metropolitan Ethnic Cultures:
Maintenance and interaction’, Beijing
– 10-11 August
• Discussant at the International Seminar
‘Environmental Change in Native and Colonial
Histories of Borneo: Lessons from the past,
prospects for the future’, Leiden
– 6-8 December
• Paper presented: ‘The Ecology of Sumatran
Towns in the Nineteenth Century’, at the
seminar ‘The Indonesian City Revisted’, Leiden
– 13-15 December
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• Workshop organized: ‘Violence in Indonesia;
I t s historical roots and its contemporary
manifestations’, Leiden
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Edited: Newsletter of the IUAES Commission on Urban
A n t h r o p o l o g y 11, 2000
• Article: ‘The Politics of Indonesian Football’, in
A r c h i p e l 59, 2000, pp 171-200
• Article: ‘De Japanse tijd als spiegel van het
Nederlandse kolonialisme’, in Leidschrift; historisch
t i j d s c h r i f t 15(3), 2000, pp 23-49
• ‘Book review of Victor T. King, Anthropology
and Development in South-East Asia; Theory
and practice’, in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en
v o l k e n k u n d e 156, 2000, pp 824-826
• ‘Book review of Arne Kalland & Gerard Persoon,
Environmental Movements in Asia’, in B i j d r a g e n
tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde 156, 2000, pp 116-118
• ‘Book review of Bozidar Jezernik (ed.), Urban
symbolism and Rituals’, in Newsletter of the IUAES
Commission on Urban Anthropology 11, 2000, pp 18-19
• ‘Book review of R. Gomez, Self-censorship,
Singapore’s Shame’, in Copenhagen journal of Asian
s t u d i e s 14, 2000, pp 157-159
• Newsletter article: ‘Riau in the Reformation
era’, in IIAS Newsletter 21, February 2000, p. 26
• Newsletter article: ‘Wegenaanleg in Riau (Suma-
tra, Indonesië)’, in Net Werk 66, 2000, pp 9-1 0
Dr Reed Wadley (USA)
P e r i o d: 1 August 1998 – 1 August 2001
T o p i c: ‘The Ethnohistory of a Borderland People:
the Iban in West Kalimantan, Indonesia’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– March – May
• Fieldwork in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
– 22 May
• Lecture: ‘Community Co-operatives, “Illegal”
Logging, and Regional Autonomy: A field report
from Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan’, within
the c i f o r Lecture Series, at the Center for
International Forestry Research, in Bogor,
I n d o n e s i a
– 10-11 August
• Ii a s seminar convened: ‘Environmental Change
in the Native and Colonial Histories of Borneo’,
Leiden; and paper presented: ‘Lines in the
Forest: Boundaries and resource access in the
history of the upper Kapuas, West Kalimantan’
– 30 November
• Lecture: ‘Remembering Punitive Expeditions
and Divine Revenge: Oral and colonial histories
of the Iban in West Kalimantan, Indonesia’,
a t the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies,
C o p e n h a g e n
– 1 December
• Lecture: ‘Hospitality and Suspicion in n t f p
Collection: Questions of cultural values, land
tenure, and sustainable forest management in
West Kalimantan, Indonesia’, at the Danish
University Consortium on Sustainable Land Use
and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen
– 9-12 December
• Paper presented: ‘Coping with Disaster –
Smoke, drought, flood, and krismon: Iban
women and their households in Kalimantan
Barat’, at the conference ‘Indonesian Women
and Crises: Opportunities and threats, past and
present’, Leiden
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Warfare, Pacification, and Environment:
Population dynamics in the West Borneo
borderlands (1823-1934)’, in Moussons: Social Science
Research on Southeast Asia, Vol. 1, 2000, pp 41-66
• Article: ‘Understanding Patterns of Resource
Use and Consumption: A prelude to co-
management’, in W. Giessen (ed.), D a n a u
Sentarum National Park, Borneo Research Bulletin, Vol.
31, 2000, pp 29-88, (with C. J. P. Colfer, A. Salim,
and R. Dudley)
• Article: ‘Reconsidering an Ethnic Label in
Borneo: The “Maloh” of West Kalimantan,
Indonesia’, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en
V o l k e n k u n d e, 156, 2000, pp 83-101
• Article: ‘Transnational Circular Labour
Migration in Northwestern Borneo’, in L.
Husson and Y. Charbit (eds), Migratory Dynamics
in Eastern Asia, Revue Européenne des Migrations
I n t e r n a t i o n a l e s, Vol. 16, 2000, pp 127-149
• Article: ‘Afer the Conservation Project: Danau
Sentarum National Park and its vicinity –
conditions and prospects’, in a special issue of
the Borneo Research Bulletin, 2000, (with Rona A.
Dennis, Erik Meijaard, Andi Erman, Heri
Valentinus, Wim Giessen, and Anne Casson)
Programme research fellows
Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation;
T h e expression of identity in a changing world (PAATI)
I I A S R e s e a r c h
Dr Hanne de Bruin (the Netherlands), part-time
stationed at the Amsterdam Branch Office, (0.75 fte)
P e r i o d: 15 October 1997 – 15 July 2001
T o p i c: ‘Kattaikkuttu and Natakam: South Indian
theatre traditions in regional perspective’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– November 1999 – March 2000
• Fieldwork conducted on the Devadasi tradition
i n rural Tamil Nadu in India
– 15 May
• Video presentation: ‘The Unheard History of
the Rural Tamil Stage as Told by Four of its
Professional Exponents’, at c n w s / i s l s, Leiden
– 23-27 August
• Conference co-organized: ‘Audiences, Patrons
and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia’,
i i a s / p a a t i / c h i m e, Leiden
– 23-27 August
• Panel convened: ‘Hybrid-Popular Theatre and
Dance in Asia’, at the conference ‘Audiences,
Patrons and Performers in the Performing Arts
of Asia’, Leiden, (with Dr Mattew Cohen); and
paper presented: ‘The History of the ‘Natakam’
or ‘Drama’, a Hybrid-Popular Theatre in Rural
North Tamil Nadu (South India)’
– 27 August
• Workshop taught: ‘Kattaikkuttu’, in Leiden,
(with P. Rajagopal)
– 6-10 September
• Paper presented: ‘Village Goddesses and
Devadasis of North Tamil Nadu’, in the panel
‘Power of Performance’, at the 16t h C o n f e r e n c e
on Modern Asian Studies, in Edinburgh
– 27 September
• Class taught: ‘Karna Moksham or Karna’s Death’,
in the context of series of lectures on ‘Works
from the Non-Western World Literature’,
organized by Dr Daniella Merolla, Department
of Comparative Literature, Leiden University
– 4 October
• Class taught: ‘Perception and Praxis of a
Professional Kattaikkuttu Performer’, as part of
the course ‘Multimedia’ by Dr Saskia
Kersenboom, Department of Linguistic
Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam,
(with P. Rajagopal)
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Naming a Theatre in Tamil Nadu:
Perspectives of performers, critics, and
researchers’, in Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 16,
N o . 2, Spring 2000
• Article: ‘The Hybrid-Popular Theatre
Movement and the Tamil Natakam Theatre’,
i n New Kolam, 5-6 section IV, 2000, http://
w w w . f a s . n u s . e d u . s g / j o u r n a l / k o l a m . i n d e x . h t m ,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (South Asia Pro-
gramme) of the National University of Singapore
• Newsletter article: ‘Video Presentation: The
unheard history of the rural stage in Tamil
Nadu (South India) as told by four of its
professional exponents, 15 May 2000’, in C N W S
N e w s l e t t e r 20, July 2000, pp 42-43
• Video documentary: ‘In their Own Words: The
unheard history of the rural Tamil stage as told
by four of Its professional exponents’, Betacam
and VHS format, (with P. Rajagopal)
Dr Matthew Cohen (USA)
P e r i o d: 1 January 1998 – 1 January 2001
T o p i c: ‘The Shadow Puppet Theatre of Gegesik,
Northwest Java, Indonesia: Memory, tradition and
c o m m u n i t y ’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 12 April
• Lecture: ‘Reading Suluk Wayang: Javanese
shadow puppets, Nala vision, private self, bodily
self’, at Tel Aviv University
– 18 April
• Lecture: ‘Rites of Interpretation’, at the Tel Aviv
Mental Health Center
– 28 April
• Discussant for Don Handelman, Leiden
University Honour’s Course on Religion
– 8 May
• Lecture: ‘Islam and the Performing Arts in
Cirebon’, at the Department of Anthropology,
Leiden University
– 23-27 August
• Conference co-organized: ‘Audiences, Patrons
and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia’,
i i a s / p a a t i / c h i m e, Leiden
– 23-27 August
• Panel convened: ‘Hybrid-Popular Theatre and
Dance in Asia’, at the conference ‘Audiences,
Patrons and Performers in the Performing Arts
of Asia’, Leiden (with Dr Hanne de Bruin); and
paper presented: ‘Historiography of the Parsi
Theater Movement in South and Southeast Asia’
– 1-2 December
• Paper presented: ‘Cultural Reproduction,
Colonial Society and the Komedie Stamboel’, at
the 3r d International Symposium on Theatre
Anthropology, Brno, Czech Republic
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– 6-8 December
• Paper presented: ‘Multiculturalism and
Performance in Colonial Cirebon’, at the
international workshop ‘The Indonesian City
Revisited’, Leiden
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘The Barikan Banner of Gegesik:
R i t u a l and history in a village painting from
colonial Java’, in A r c h i p e l 59, 2000, pp 97-144,
(with T.E. Behrend and T.L. Cooper)
• Article: ‘The Big Man and the Puppeteer:
A transcultural morality tale from West Java,
Indonesia’, in Puppetry Yearbook 4, 2000,
p p 1 0 3-156
• Article: ‘State of the Arts, Arts of the State:
A review essay’, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-
e n Volkenkunde 156(3), 2000, pp 347-355
• Article: ‘Shiva vs. Jesus: Wayang Kulit in
Cirebon’, in Puppetry International 8, 2000,
p p 1 8-21
• Newsletter article: ‘A Mystic Journey to Mount
Ciremai’, in IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000,
p . 27
• ‘Book review of Andrew Beatty, Varieties of
Javanese Religion: An anthropological account’,
in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 1 5 6 ( 4 ) ,
2000, pp 818-821
• ‘Book review of Sylvia Tiwon, Breaking the
Spell: Colonialism and literary renaissance
i n Indonesia’, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en
Volkenkunde 156(4), 2000, pp 821-824
Dr Hae-kyung Um (UK/Korea)
P e r i o d: 1 January 1998 – 1 January 2001
T o p i c: ‘Performing Arts in Korea and the Korean
Communities in China, the Former Soviet Union
and Japan’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– J a n u a r y - F e b r u a r y
• Fieldwork in Seoul, South Korea
– F e b r u a r y
• Seminar: ‘Listening Patterns and Identity of the
Korean Diaspora in the Former u s s r’, School of
Music, The Korean National University of Arts,
Seoul, Korea
– A p r i l
• Guest lecture: ‘Traditional and Contemporary
Music of Korea’, in Dr Roald Maliangkay’s
course on ‘Korean Culture’, Department of
Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University
– May
• Fieldwork in Brussels, Belgium
– J u n e
• Fieldwork in London, United Kingdom
– 23-27 August
• Conference co-organized: ‘Audiences, Patrons
and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia’,
i i a s / p a a t i / c h i m e, Leiden
– 23-27 August
• Panels organized: ‘Asian Diaspora’ and ‘
Interculturalism and Transnationalism’, at the
conference ‘Audiences, Patrons and Performers
in the Performing Arts of Asia’, Leiden; and
paper presented: ‘The Construction and
Representation of Performing Arts in the Asian
D i a s p o r a ’
– 1 September
• Paper presented: ‘The Dialectics of Politics and
Aesthetics in the Chinese Korean Dance Drama
“The Spirit of Changbai Mountain”’, at the 16t h
Annual Conference of the European Seminar in
Ethnomusicology: John Blacking’s Legacy,
Belfast, Northern Ireland, u k
Publications:
• Article: ‘Listening Patterns and of Identity of the
Korean Diaspora in the Former u s s r’, in B r i t i s h
Journal of Ethnomusicology 9(2), 2000, pp 121-142
• Article: ‘Korean Performing Arts Abroad:
T h e 1999 “Korean Drums” concert tour in the
Netherlands’, in Ch’um (Dance), 25(3), 2000,
p p 9 9-101, (in Korean)
Changing Labour Relations in Asia (CLARA)
Dr Prabhu Mohapatra (India)
Period: 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002
Topic: ‘Industrialisation and Work Culture:
S t e e l workers in Jamshedpur: 1950 – 1990s’
Transnational Society, Media, and Citizenship
Dr Mahmoud Alinejad (Iran), part-time
stationed in Iran and at the a s s r, A’dam
P e r i o d : 1 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
T o p i c : ‘Mass Media, Social Movements, and Reli-
g i o n ’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– 30 September – 3 October
• Paper presented: ‘ Media and Civil Society’,
a t the u n e s c o National Workshop on Civil
Education for Iranian Journalists and Reporters,
Tehran, Iran
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Drs Myrna Eindhoven (the Netherlands), PhD
student, stationed at the a s s r, Amsterdam
P e r i o d : 1 November 2000 – 1 November 2004
Topic: ‘Rays of New Images. IC Ts, state ethnopoli-
cies, and identity formation among the Mentawa-
ians (West Sumatra, Indonesia)’
Dr Shoma Munshi (India), stationed at the a s s r,
A m s t e r d a m
P e r i o d: 1 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
T o p i c: ‘Transnational Alchemy: Producing the
global consumer and diasporic identities via con-
temporary visual media: India’
Activities:
– 13-15 October
• Panel convened and paper presented: ‘Media,
Consumers and Identity Politics in India’, at the
29th Annual Conference on South Asia, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, usa
– November
• Paper presented at the international conference
‘Beyond Imagined Communities?
Communications technologies and transnational
cultures’, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Publications:
• Edited: ‘Images of the “Modern Woman” in Asia:
Global media/local meanings’, Richmond, Surrey:
Curzon Press, 2000
• Article: ‘Marvellous Me: The beauty industry and
the construction of the “Modern” Indian
woman’, in Shoma Munshi (ed.), Images of the
‘Modern Woman’ in Asia: Global media/local meanings,
Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000
• Article: ‘Media, Consumers and Identity Politics
in South Asia: The new globalisation’, in Asian
Studies Journal 36(1), 2000
• Article: ‘Contextualising the Global Media
Monitoring Project’, in Asian Studies Journal 36(2),
(with David Birch)
• ‘Book review of Krishna Sen and Maila Stivens
(eds), Gender and Power’, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-,
Land- en Volkenkunde 156(1), 2000, pp 114-116 (with
Cynthia Chou)
• ‘Book review of Clifford Sather, The Bajau Laut:
Adaptation, history and fate in maritime fishing
society of South Eastern Saba’, in Bijdragen tot de
Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 156(1), 2000, pp 112-114,
(with Cynthia Chou)
• Article: ‘Diasporic kuch kuch…’, in Business
Standard Weekend, 22-28 January 2000
• Article: ‘Déjà vu cities’, in Business Standard Weekend,
18-25 March 2000
• Article: ‘Kroniek van een elite school’ (The Doon
School Chronicles), in Beeld voor Beeld, 23-38 May
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2. Senior visiting fellows
The i i a s offered (senior) scholars the possibility to
engage in research work in the Netherlands. The
period varied from one to three months. The fol-
lowing scholars visited the i i a s in 2000 (order of
data: name, country of origin, fellowship period,
research topic, academic activities in chronologi-
cal order, and publications):
Dr Cen Huang (Canada), part-time stationed at
the Amsterdam Branch Office
P e r i o d: 1 July – 15 August
T o p i c: ‘Structure and Social Organization of
Transnational Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
in East and Southeast Asia’, within the research
programme ‘International Social Organization in
East and Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang ties in the twen-
tieth century’
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• E d i t e d : China, Qiaoxiang and Overseas Chinese ( i n
Chinese), Xiamen: Fujian People’s Press, 2000,
(with Zhuang Guotu, Zhao Wenliu, and Tanaka
Kyoko)
• Edited: New Perspectives on Chinese Diaspora and
C h i n a, Leiden/Xiamen: Ii a s/Xiamen University
Press, 2000, 252 pp, (with Zhuang Guotu, and
Tanaka Kyoko)
• ‘Article: ‘Diaspora’s Enterprises in Guangdong –
Problems and government responses’, in David
Ip, Constance Lever-Tracy and Noel Tracy (eds),
Chinese Business and the Asian Crisis, Ashgate, 2000,
pp 131-146
• Article: ‘The Dynamics of Overseas Chinese
Enterprises in South China’, in Cen Huang,
Zhuang Guotu, and Tanaka Kyoko (eds), N e w
Perspectives on Chinese Diaspora and China,
Leiden/Xiamen: Ii a s/Xiamen University Press,
2000, pp 191-221
• Newsletter article: ‘The Myth of Labour
Relations in Overseas Chinese Enterprises’, in
IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘Chinese Transnational
Enterprises and Entrepreneurship’, in I I A S
N e w s l e t t e r #21, February 2000, (with Leo Douw,
and Elisabeth Sinn)
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Dr David Ip (Australia), stationed at the Amster-
dam Branch Office
Period: 1 January 2000 – 15 February 2000
Topic: ‘Diaspora Chinese Capitalism and the Asian
Economic Crisis’, within the research programme
‘International Social Organization in East and
Southeast Asia: Q i a o x i a n g ties in the twentieth cen-
t u r y ’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 25 January
• Lecture: ‘Surviving the Crisis: Strategies of
diaspora Chinese capitalism’, at the i i a s,
A m s t e r d a m
Publications:
• Article: ‘Networks and Strategies in Taiwanese
Business’, in David Ip, Constance Lever-Tracy,
and Noel Tracy (eds), Chinese Business and the Asian
C r i s i s, Aldershot/Hampshire, 2000, pp 114-130
• Article: ‘Responses to the Crisis: Production
network, diversification and transnationalism’,
in David Ip, Constance Lever-Tracy, and Noel
Tracy (eds), Chinese Business and the Asian Crisis,
Aldershot/Hampshire, 2000, pp 147-162
• Newsletter article: ‘Chinese Transnational
Enterprises’, in IIAS Newsletter #22, June 2000
Dr Shigeru Sato ( J a p a n ), stationed at the i i s h,
A m s t e r d a m
P e r i o d: 19 October 1999 – 18 January 2000
T o p i c: ‘The Altered Labour Relations in the Outer
Islands of Indonesia: 1942-1945’, within the
framework of the c l a r a research programme
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 11 January
• Lecture: ‘Indonesian Romusha in Japan’s
“ C o-Prosperity Sphere”’, i i a s / i i s h / a s s r,
Amsterdam
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Emperor Worship and Language
Teaching in Java under the Japanese
Occupation’, in V. Mackie et al. (eds.), C o l o n i a l i t y ,
Postcoloniality and Modernity in Japan, Clayton, 2000,
pp 113-126
Dr Adapa Satyanarayana (India), stationed at the
i i s h, Amsterdam
P e r i o d: 1 December 1999 – 1 March 2000
T o p i c: ‘Emigration of South Indian Labour Com-
munities to South-East Asia: Burma (Myanmar)
and Malaysia, 1871-1982’, within the framework of
the c l a r a research programme
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Paper: “Birds of Passage”: Migration of South Indian
Labour Communities to Southeast Asia, 19-20t h C e n t u r i e s,
C l a r a Working Paper, 2000
3. Professorial fellows
Professorial fellowships, which result from media-
tion by the i i a s between Dutch universities and
Asian research institutes, allow Dutch and Asian
scholars to exchange expertise by sponsoring Asian
scholars to come to Dutch/European universities
for one or two years for teaching and research.
They are co-financed by the i i a s, their own coun-
try/institute, and/or Dutch multinationals.
In 2000 the i i a s hosted the following professorial
fellows (order of data: name, country of origin,
chair, co-sponsor, fellowship period, research
topic, academic activities in chronological order,
and publications):
Prof. Kuo-tung Chen (Taiwan), European Chair
for Chinese Studies
Co-sponsor: Ministry of Education, b i c e r, Taiwan
Period: 12 December 2000 – August 2001
T o p i c : ‘Chinese Economic History’
Prof. Chen-kuo Lin (Taiwan), European Chair for
Chinese Studies
Co-sponsor: Ministry of Education, b i c e r, Taiwan
Period: September 1999 – August 2000
T o p i c : ‘Chinese Buddhism’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 5 May
• Lecture: ‘Buddhism and Chinese Culture’, at the
Chinese Culture Club, Wageningen
– 25 May
• Lecture: ‘Language and Consciousness in the
Saüdhinirmocana Såtra’, at the Institute for Tibet-
ology and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna
– 8-9 June
• Seminar organized: ‘Yogacara Buddhism in
China’, at the i i a s, Leiden; and paper presented:
‘Language and Consciousness in the
Saüdhinirmocana Såtra’
– 29 June – 1 July
• Paper presented: ‘Searching a Pure Land in the
Ashes of Modernity: Tanabe Hajime and
Philosophy as Metanoesis’, at the Third
International Conference of Sinology, Taipei
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Publications:
• Newsletter article: ‘Yogacara Buddhism in
China’, in IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000
4. Visiting exchange fellows
The i i a s has signed several Memoranda of Under-
standing (MoU) with foreign research institutes,
thereby providing scholars with an opportunity to
participate in international exchanges for a maxi-
mum period of one year. Foreign scholars can
apply to visit institutes in the Netherlands. In
exchange, Dutch scholars can apply to be sent
abroad to the MoU partners of the i i a s.
In 2000 the i i a s was host to the following visiting
exchange fellows from abroad (order of data:
name, country of origin, co-sponsor, fellowship
period, topic, academic activities in chronological
order, and publications):
Dr Vibeke Børdahl (Denmark)
C o - s p o n s o r: n i a s
P e r i o d: 21 August 2000 – 1 September 2000
T o p i c: ‘Chinese Storytelling: The interplay of oral
and written traditions in popular culture’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 25 August
• Paper presented: ‘The Storyteller’s Manner in
Live Performances of Yangzhou Storytelling’, at
the i i a s / p a a t i conference ‘Audiences, Patrons
and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia’,
L e i d e n
Dr KarpChon Kim (Korea)
C o - s p o n s o r: Korea Research Foundation
P e r i o d: 6 August 1999 – 1 August 2000
T o p i c: ‘An Authentic Record of the Yi Dynasty’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 31 January – 12 May
• Course taught: ‘Korean Politics in
Contemporary Literature’, at the Department of
Korean Studies, Leiden University
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘The Korean Model of Coup’,
in IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘A Tug-of War between the
Public and the Private in Traditional Korea’, in
IIAS Newsletter #22, June 2000
Dr Li Narangoa (Denmark)
C o - s p o n s o r: n i a s
P e r i o d: 20 – 25 January 2000, and 21 June 2000 –
2 July 2000
T o p i c: ‘Japanese Education Policy in Manchukuo,
Inner Mongolia and China, 1932-1945’
Publications:
• Newsletter article: ‘Mongolians from Country
to City’, in IIAS Newsletter # 22, June 2000
Dr Sanjay Srivastava (Australia)
Co-sponsor: Australian National University
P e r i o d: 15 November 1999 – 15 February 2000
T o p i c: ‘Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Body in the
Time of a i d s: Culture, globalization, and the pan-
demic in India’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 25 January
• Lecture: ‘Subterranean Civil-Society:
Masculinity, sexuality, and commodity cultures
in India’, at the Birmingham Centre for Cultural
Studies, University of Birmingham
5. Affiliated fellows
The i i a s can offer office facilities to outstanding
scholars who have found their own financial sup-
port and who would like to do research in the
Netherlands for a certain period. In 2000, the fol-
lowing scholars were attached to the i i a s as affili-
ated fellows (order of data: name, country of ori-
gin, co-sponsor (if applicable), fellowship period,
research topic, academic activities in chronologi-
cal order, and publications):
Prof. Cynthia Bautista (the Philippines),
stationed at the Amsterdam Branch Office
C o - s p o n s o r : Shell Manila
P e r i o d : 1 September 2000 – 31 December 2000
Topic: ‘Changing International Discourses and
Development Research in the South’
Activities:
– 2 November
• Lecture: ‘The Asian Financial Crisis in the
Philippines: A critique of the introduction of
social safety nets’, i i a s, Leiden
Dr Colin Brown (Australia)
Period: 17 August 2000 – 30 September 2000
T o p i c: ‘A Short History of Indonesia’
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Dr Thomas de Bruijn (the Netherlands)
Co-sponsor: n w o
Period: 15 June 1998 – 15 June 2001
Topic: ‘Nayi Kahani: New stories and new positions
in the literary field of Hindi literature after 1947’
Activities:
– 9-11 March
• Seminar convened: ‘The Indian Character of
Indian Literature’, at Leiden University,
together with Dr Th. Damsteegt
– 10 March
• Paper presented: ‘Indianness as a Category in
Literary Criticism on Nayi Kahani’, at the
seminar ‘The Indian Character of Indian
Literature’, Leiden
– 14 April
• Poster presentation at the seminar ‘New
Directions In South Asian Studies’, at the 75t h
anniversary of the Kern Institute, Leiden
– 23–26 August
• Paper presented: ‘Positions in the Field of
Medieval Indian Culture’, at the Bhakti 2000
Conference, Leuven, Belgium
– 6–9 September
• Paper presented: ‘Impostors in the Literary
Field: Aspects of characterization in Nayi
Kahani’, in the panel ‘Modern South Asian
Literature and Cinema’ of the 16t h E u r o p e a n
Conference on Modern Asian Studies,
Edinburgh
– 17 October
• Paper presentation: ‘Encounters with
Indianness: The role of ideas of Indian cultural
identity on the reception and evaluation of
Hindi literature’, at the University of Oslo,
N o r w a y
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Visions of the Unseen, Rhetorical
Strategies in Sufi and Bhakti Poetry’, in Mariola
Offredi (ed.), The Banyan Tree, Essays on Early
Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages, Volume 1,
New Delhi: Manohar, 2000, pp 69-82
• Article: ‘Some Aspects of the Intellectual
Background of Jay a sı ’s Padmavat’, in G.H.
Schokker and M.K. Gautam (eds), Bhakti in Current
Research 1982-’85, Ghaziabad, Indo-European
Publications [Kern Institute Miscellanea 10],
2000, pp 179-190
• Newsletter article: ‘Variations on Modernity,
the Many Faces of South Asian Literatures’, in
IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000, p. 7
• Newsletter aricle: ‘Internet: A virtual public
sphere’, in IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000,
p . 1 3
• Edited: ‘South Asian Literature’, theme issue of
IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000, pp 7-13
Dr Han-pi Chang (Taiwan)
Co-sponsor: Academia Sinica, Taiwan
P e r i o d : 20 December 1999 – 1 March 2000
Topic: ‘Separatism and Reconstruction of the
Nation in Indonesia’
Dr Michael Ewing (Australia/USA)
Period: 1 February 2000 – 30 June 2000
Topic: ‘The Clause in Cirebon Javanese Conversa-
t i o n ’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 8 June
• Lecture: ‘Grammatical Structure, Interaction,
and Meaning in Cirebon Javanese Conversation’,
at the i i a s, Leiden
Dr Keith Foulcher (Australia)
Period: 6 November 2000 – 18 December 2000
T o p i c : ‘Modern Indonesian Literature and the
Question of Postcoloniality’
Activities:
– 8 December
• Lecture: ‘Modernity and its Discontents:
Indonesian literature from the late colonial
period to early independence’, at the
i i a s /Department of Souteast Asian Studies,
Leiden University
Dr Kamala Ganesh (India)
Co-sponsor: i d p a d
Period: 1 April 1999 – 1 July 1999, and 1 September
1999 – 1 February 2000
Topic: ‘The Impact of a Changing Social Welfare
System on Relations within Marriage, Family and
Social Networks in the Netherlands and the Pub-
lic Debate on this Process’
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Whose Responsibility are the Elderly’,
in H u m a n s c a p e 7(7), Mumbai, August 2000,
p p 2 9-3 2
Dr Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase (Australia), stationed
at the Branch Office Amsterdam
T o p i c: ‘The Social and Cultural Impact of Global-
ization in India’
P e r i o d: 15 October 1999 – 15 January 2000
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P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘Diversity and the Status of Women:
T h e Indian experience’, in M. Roces and
L . Edwards (eds), Women in Asia: Tradition, modernity
and globalization, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2000,
pp 85-111
Dr Doris Jedamski (Germany)
C o - s p o n s o r : d f g, Germany
Period: 7 September 1999 – 15 January 2000, and
1 November 2000 – September 2001
Topic: ‘Madame Butterfly and the Scarlet Pimpernel
and their Metamorphosis in Colonial Indonesia’
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘Popular Culture and
Decolonization. Mimicry or counter-discourse’,
in IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000
Dr Ganganath Jha (India)
C o - s p o n s o r: i d p a d
Period: 26 September 2000 – 26 October 2000
Topic: ‘New Political and Cultural Issues in a s e a n’
Dr Man Mohini Kaul (India), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
Period: 14 May 2000 – 31 May 2000
Topic: ‘Management of Ethnic Problems: Irian Jaya
a case study’
Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo Iyer (UK)
Period: 15 October 2000 – 15 January 2001
Topic: ‘Siwa Iconography in Ancient Indonesia’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 7 December
• Lecture: ‘Interpreting Javanese Images of Siwa’,
at the i i a s, Leiden
Dr Alex McKay (Australia)
Period: 8 June 2000 – 12 September 2000, and
1 October 2000 – 1 October 2002
T o p i c : ‘The History of Tibet and the Indian
H i m a l a y a s ’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– M a y
• Lecture: ‘Tibet’s Mount Kailas: Sacred centre or
British imperial construct?’, at the Zurich
University Museum of Ethnology
– 29 June
• Paper presented: ‘The Drowning of Lama
Sengchen Kyabying: A preliminary enquiry from
European sources’, at the 9t h i a t s S e m i n a r ,
L e i d e n
Dr Shalina Mehta (India), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
C o - s p o n s o r: i d p a d
P e r i o d : 2 May 2000 – 2 June 2000
T o p i c: ‘Health, Sexuality and a i d s’
Dr Rajni Palriwala (India)
Co-sponsor: i d p a d
Period: 1 May 2000 – 1 December 2000
Topic: ‘The Impact of a Changing Social Welfare
System on Relations within Marriage, Family and
Social Networks in the Netherlands and the Pub-
lic Debate on this Process’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 2 0 J u n e
• Lecture: ‘Reading Between the Lines: Doing an
ethnography of the Dutch welfare state’, at the
e u-Socrates Seminar ‘Lies, Secrets, and Silences:
The unsaid in culture and in anthropology’, at
the Department of Anthropology, University
College London, University of London
– 6 November
• Lecture: ‘Single Parents between an
Individualising Society and Welfare State’, a t
t h e European Research Centre on Migration
a n d Ethnic Relations (Ercomer), University
o f U t r e c h t
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘An Indian Fieldworker in
the Netherlands: Reverse anthropology?’, in I I A S
Newsletter #21, February 2000
Dr Rajindra Puri (USA)
Period: 1 February 2000 – 1 June 2000, stationed
i n Leiden; and 25 June 2000 – 1 September 2000,
stationed at the Amsterdam Branch Office
T o p i c: ‘Deadly Dances in the Bornean Rain Forest:
Learning to hunt with the Penan’
A c t v i t i e s :
– 6 March
• Lecture: ‘The Historical Ecology of the Trade in
Forest Products in East Kalimantan’, at
e d e n / k i t l v, Leiden
– 30 April
• Lecture: ‘Fruit from the Ancestors:
T h e historical ecology of the trade in forest
products in East Kalimantan’, at i r s e a, c n r s,
Université de Provence, Marseille
– 4 May
• Lecture: ‘Deadly Dances in the Bornean Rain
Forest: Learning to hunt with the Penan’, at the
i i a s, Leiden
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P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Book: The Bulungan Ethnobiology Handbook. S p e c i a l
Publication. Center for International Forestry
Research (c i f o r), Bogor: Indonesia and East-
West Center, 2000
Prof. Albert Ralaikoa (Madagascar)
C o - s p o n s o r s: Leiden University and African Studies
Centre (a s c)
Period: 13 March 2000 – 15 June 2000
Topic: ‘Le F a n e f a n a: Un lien entre les vivants et
l e lieu de memoire. L’exemple du Sud-Betsileo’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 25 May
• Lecture: ‘Second rite funéraire à Madagascar:
l e fanefana’, at the a s c / i i a s, Leiden
Dr Yuri Sadoi (Japan)
C o - s p o n s o r : Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
P e r i o d: 1 September 1999 – 1 September 2002
T o p i c: ‘The Problems of the Japanese Automobile
Production System in the Different Cultural Set-
ting: The case of the Netherlands’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 3 February
• Lecture: ‘Human Resource Development in the
Japanese Automobile Industry’, i i a s, Leiden
– 25 May
• Lecture: ‘The Cultural Differences between the
Netherlands and Japan’, at the Rotary Club,
Eindhoven
– 28 September
• Paper presented: ‘Technology Transfer of
Japanese Automobile Firm – The case of auto
parts localization in Malaysia and Korea’, at the
Asian Development Seminar Series (a d s s) ,
L e i d e n
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘Malaysia: Skill formation in
the auto parts industry’, in IIAS Newsletter # 2 3 ,
October 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘The Cultural Differences
between the Netherlands and Japan’, in
Newsletter of International Women’s Club in Eindhoven,
June 2000, p. 2
Dr Edsel Sajor (the Philippines), stationed at the
a s s r, Amsterdam
C o - s p o n s o r: Brokers Programme (UvA)
Period: 1 June 2000 – 1 June 2002
Topic: ‘Brokers of Industrial Land: Real estate
enterprises and the channelling of economic
opportunities in industrial export zones in Metro
Cebu, Philippines, 1960-2000 ’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– February – April
• Field work in Metro Cebu, Philippines
– 8-10 May
• Paper presented: ‘Socio-Political Environment
and Trends as Business Risks: Property
developers, state actors and real estate boom in
Metro-Cebu, Philippines’, at the conference
‘Brokers of Capital and Knowledge: Producer
services and social mobility in provincial Asia
(Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and India)’,
a t the Universiteit van Amsterdam
– November 2000 – July 2001
• Field work in Metro Cebu, Philippines
Dr Ralph Shlomowitz (Australia)
Period: 1 June 2000 – 1 July 2000
Topic: ‘The Anthropometric History of India under
British Rule’
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘Height and Health in Indian
History’, in IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000
Dr Martin Stuart-Fox (Australia)
Period: 14 August 2000 – 11 September 2000
Topic: ‘The History of Relations between China and
Southeast Asia’
Dr Benoît de Treglodé (France), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
P e r i o d : 1 – 28 February 2000
Topic: ‘New Hero and Emulation Fighter in the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1948-1964’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 22 February
• Lecture: ‘New Hero and Emulation Fighter in
the Democratic Republic of Vietnam’, at the
i i a s, Amsterdam
Prof. Yang Enhong (People’s Republic of China)
Co-sponsors: k n a w, c a s s
Period: 8 April 2000 – 15 July 2000
Topic: ‘The Study of Tibetology and the King Gesar
E p i c ’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 25-30 June
• Panel organized: ‘New Horizons in Gesar
Studies’, at the 9t h Seminar of the International
Association of Tibetan Studies (i a t s9), Leiden
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Dr Yuan Bingling (People’s Republic of
China/the Netherlands)
Co-sponsor: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (c c f)
P e r i o d: 6 January 2000 – 1 June 2000
T o p i c: ‘Chinese Society in Beijing and in Indonesia
during the 18t h and 19t h Centuries: A comparison’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 4 May
• Lecture: ‘Chinese Women in Jakarta during the
Colonial Period’, at École des Hautes Études en
Science Sociales (e h e s s), Paris
6. Gonda fellows
Annually, the i i a s offers office space and living
accommodation to three fellows selected and co-
funded by the Stichting J. Gonda Fonds (k n a w) .
Gonda fellows (scholars with a focus on (ancient)
South Asia) can stay at the i i a s for a maximum
period of 5 months. In 2000 the i i a s welcomed the
following Gonda fellows (order of data: name,
country of origin, co-sponsor, fellowship period,
research topic, academic activities in chronologi-
cal order, and publications).
Drs Dimitri Olenev ( R u s s i a )
C o - s p o n s o r: Gonda Foundation
P e r i o d : 4 November 2000 – 30 March 2001
T o p i c : ‘Ancient Indian Theoretical Texts’
Dr Yaroslav Tarasyuk (Russia)
C o - s p o n s o r: Gonda Foundation
P e r i o d : 28 August 2000 – 21 January 2001
Topic: ‘Ancient and Medieval History of India,
South Indian Epigraphy’
Dr Yaroslav Vassilkov (Russia)
C o - s p o n s o r: Gonda Foundation
Period: 1 September 2000 – 15 February 2001
Topic: ‘Images of Fate in the Mahabharata’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 20 October
• Lecture: ‘Indian Practice of Pilgrimage and the
Growth of the Mahabharata’, at the i i a s/ F r i e n d s
of the Kern Institute, Leiden
7. ESF/Alliance fellows
Scholars selected by the Asia Committee of the
European Science Foundation (e s f - a c) seconded
to the i i a s in 2000 are listed hereunder. The i i a s -
n i a s - i f a - e i a s Strategic Alliance has made part of
the funding for these fellowships available (order
of data: name, country of origin, fellowship peri-
od, topic, academic activities in chronological
order, and publications).
Dr Evelyne Micollier (France), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
Period: 1 July 1998 – 1 July 2001
Topic: ‘Practices and Representations of Health and
Illness in the Context of Chinese Culture. Inter-
actions with social facts (illness prevention and
Human reality of a i d s)’ (until 1 July 2000); and
‘Health and Sexuality in the Context of Chinese
Culture. The Social Construction of Sexuality in
a Time of a i d s’ (per 1 July 2000)
Activities:
– 6-7 July 2000
• Seminar convened: ‘Health, Sexuality, and Civil
Society in East Asia’, i i a s, Amsterdam
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• E d i t e d : Sociétés asiatiques face au sida ( A s i a n
Societies confronted with a i d s), Paris:
L’Harmattan, Asian Studies Series, 2000, 482 pp,
(with M.E.Blanc, and L.Husson)
• Article: ‘Analyse de la campagne de prévention à
Taiwan’ (The a i d s Campaign in Taiwan), in
M.E.Blanc, L.Husson, E. Micollier (eds), S o c i é t é s
asiatiques face au sida, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2000, pp
2 2 9 - 2 5 2
• Article: ‘Emergence de la société civile à Taiwan:
vers une gestion collective des problèmes de
santé’ (Public Health Issues and Civil Society in
Taiwan), in C. Baix, C. Chaîgne, C. Zheng (eds),
Taiwan. Enquête sur une identité, Paris: Karthala,
2000, pp 309-331
• Newsletter article: ‘Qigong Groups and Civil
Society in p r China”, in IIAS Newsletter #22, June
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• Newsletter article: ‘Report on the Conference
“Health, Sexuality, and Civil Society in East
Asia”’, in IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000
Dr Martin Ramstedt (Germany)
Period: 1 December 1997 – 1 March 2001
Topic: ‘Hindu Dharma Indonesia – The Hindu-
movement in present-day Indonesia and its influ-
ence in relation to the development of the indige-
nous culture of the Toraja (Aluk Todolo) in South
S u l a w e s i ’
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A c t i v i t i e s :
– February – April
• Course taught: ‘The Globalization of Religious
Identity: Global religion and local tradition in
Southeast Asia’, at the Department of Cultural
Anthropology, University of Nijmegen
– 24 February
• Lecture: ‘Diversity in Peril: “Hinduism” in
modern Indonesia’, in the Brown Bag Seminar
Series, Sectie Culturele en Sociale Antropologie,
Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, University
of Nijmegen
– 8 March
• Lecture: ‘Hinduism in Indonesia: Diversity in
peril?’, at the Department of Religious Studies,
University of Colorado at Boulder, u s a
– 12 March
• Paper presented: ‘Transnational Religious
Identity and the Nation State: “Hinduism” in
Indonesia’, at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, u s a
– 15 March
• Lecture: ‘Diversity in Peril: “Hinduism” in
modern Indonesia’, at the Oosters Genootschap
in Nederland (Eastern Society in the
Netherlands), Snouck Hurgronjehuis, Leiden
– 21 March
• Lecture: ‘Die Religionen Indonesiens –
E i n Faktor für die Wirtschaft’ (‘The Religions
o f Indonesia – A parameter for business’), at
t h e Fachhochschule Konstanz (University of
Applied Sciences), Studiengang Angewandte
Sprachwissenschaften (Programme Applied
Linguistics), Germany
– J u l y
• Field research in Bali
– 6-7 July
• Paper presented: ‘From Local Orthopraxides to
Universal Orthodoxy? The Change of religiosity
in modern Bali’, at the meeting of the Inter-
national Society for Balinese Studies, theme of
the conference: ‘Bali in Reformation: Religious
change and socio-political transformation’, in
Denpasar, Indonesia
– 12 August
• Paper presented: ‘Globalized Religious Identity
& the Nation-State: “Hinduism” & identity
formation in modern Indonesia’, at the
Quinquennial Congress of the International
Association for the History of Religion (i a h r) ,
Durban, South Africa
– September – October
• Field research in Bali, Java, and Kalimantan
– 13-15 September
• Paper presented: ‘Asta Brata and Governance in
Pre-Colonial Bali’, at the Second International
Conference on ‘Ramayana & Mahabharata’,
Denpasar, Indonesia
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Article: ‘“Bali” – kulturelles Kapital im Spiel
divergierender Interessen’ (‘“Bali” – Cultural
Capital Negotiated in Divergent Interests’), in
Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin, and Klaus Rieländer
(eds), Bali – Kultur, Tourismus, Umwelt (Bali – Culture,
Tourism, Environment), Hamburg: Abera, 2000,
p p 1 2 4 - 1 4 1
• Edited: ‘Modern Hinduism: Relations between
Hindus in Modern Indonesia and India’, theme
issue of IIAS Newsletter #23, October 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘“Hinduism” in Modern
Indonesia’, in IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘Relations between Hindus
in Modern Indonesia and India’, in IIAS Newsletter
#23, October 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘Two Balinese Hindu
Intellectuals – Ibu Gedong Bagoes Oka and Prof.
I Gusti Ngurah Bagus’, in IIAS Newsletter # 2 3 ,
October 2000
• Newsletter article: ‘Report on the Symposium
“Religions and Tolerance” organized by the
Japanese-German Centre Berlin, the Centre for
the Modern Orient, the Moses Mendelssohn
Centre, the Urasenke Foundation, and the
College of Science Berlin in Berlin, Germany,
08/05 – 09/05/00’, in IIAS Newsletter #23, October
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8. Dutch senior fellows
Yearly, the i i a s offers twelve months of Dutch
senior fellowships. Dutch senior scholars can
apply for this position for a maximum period of
6 months. These fellows must have received their
PhD degrees at least five years prior to appoint-
ment and must be considered highly academically
productive. Time spent at the i i a s (and not
abroad) can be used for further research. The i i a s
provides funding for replacement staff at the
home universities of the Dutch seniors for the
duration of their secondment at the i i a s. In 2000
the following Dutch seniors conducted research at
the i i a s (order of data: name, home institution,
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fellowship period, topic, academic activities in
chronological order, and publications):
Dr Rosanne Rutten (Universiteit van Amster-
dam), stationed at the Amsterdam Branch Office
Period: 20 August 2000 – 20 February 2001
T o p i c : ‘Revolutionaries in the Community:
R i s e and decline of the c p p - n p a in a Philippine
province, 1977–1995’
Dr Jeroen Wiedenhof (Leiden University)
Co-sponsor: Spinoza-project, Leiden University
P e r i o d : 1 February 2000 – 1 September 2000
( D u t c h senior fellowship); and
1 September 2000 – 1 February 2001
(i i a s affiliated fellowship)
T o p i c : ‘A Grammar of Mandarin’
9. Nordic-Netherlands research fellows
Nordic-Netherlands research fellows are selected
by the Strategic Alliance (i i a s, Leiden/Amsterdam;
n i a s, Copenhagen; i f a, Hamburg; and the e i a s,
Brussels), and stationed at one of the partner insti-
tutes. In 2000 the following Nordic-Netherlands
research fellows were undertaking their research
(order of data: name, country of origin, institute
were stationed, fellowship period, research topic,
academic activities in chronological order, and
p u b l i c a t i o n s ) :
Dr Micheal Jacobsen (Denmark), stationed at the
i i a s, Leiden
P e r i o d: 1 August 1999 – 1 August 2000
T o p i c: ‘Ethnic Identity, Nation Building and
Human Rights in a Globalizing World’
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 9 February
• Paper presented: ‘On the Question of
Contemporary Identity in Minahasa, North
Sulawesi Province, Indonesia’, at a seminar at
the Kring der Leidse Urbanisten (k l u) in Leiden
– 15 April
• Lecture: ‘How Dutch Minahasans perceive
Minahasa in North Sulawesi and vice-versa’,
a t ‘Stichting Lumimu’ut’
– 18-20 May
• Paper presented: ‘Appropriating the Global
within the Local. On identity formation among
the Minahasa in North Sulawesi, Indonesia’, at
the international conference ‘Globalization and
Democratic Developments in Asia’, in Lund,
S w e d e n
– J u n e
• Fieldwork in Minahasa, Indonesia
– 14 June
• Lecture: “On the Development of Civil Society
in Contemporary Indonesia’, at the Mount
Lokon Resting Resort, Tomohon, Indonesia
– 17 June
• Presentation: ‘Globalization and Ethnicity:
O n the politicization of ethnic identities’, at
t h e Provincial Council for the Development
o f Empowerment, Manado, Indonesia
– 23 June
• Presentation: ‘On the Ethnification of Provincial
Politics’, at the p d i - p, in Manado, Indonesia
– 26 June
• Presentation: ‘Ethnic Conflicts in Contemporary
Indonesia’, organized by the n g os Minahasa
Wangko and Yayasan Suara Nurani, Indonesia
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Newsletter article: ‘Indonesia on the Threshold.
Towards an ethnification of the nation?’, in I I A S
N e w s l e t t e r #22, June 2000
Dr Mario Rutten (the Netherlands), stationed at
n i a s, Copenhagen
P e r i o d : 15 February 1999 – 15 February 2000
Topic: ‘Rural Capitalists in Asia; India, Indonesia,
and Malaysia compared’
A c t i v i t i e s:
– 14-15 January
• Paper presented: ‘Family Enterprises and
Business Partnerships; Collectivism and
Individualism among Rural Capitalists in India,
Malaysia, and Indonesia’, at the conference on
‘Entrepreneurship and Institutions in a Com-
parative Perspective; Europe and Asia, 16t h– 2 0t h
Centuries’, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications:
• Newsletter article: ‘Nordic European Workshop:
Social science research on contemporary South
and Southeast Asia’, in IIAS Newsletter # 22, June
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The i i a s sometimes invites foreign research guests
to assist in a certain research project. These guests
can participate in research activities, help with
translations or perform shows and plays. The i i a s
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also regularly hosts scholars who are ‘passing-
through’ the Netherlands for a very short period
of time. In 2000 the i i a s received the following
guests (order of data: name, country of origin,
research purpose, period of stay, activities).
Prof. Robert Cribb (Australia)
Period: 12 – 25 January 2000, 14 June 2000 – 2 July
2000, and 7 September 2000
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 7 September
• Lecture: ‘Genocide in the Non-Western World’,
i i a s, Leiden
Drs Undang A. Darsa (Indonesia)
Period: 1 July 2000 – 30 November 2000
A c t i v i t i e s :
• Research assistant within the project
‘Soendanese Literature’under supervision of
Prof. A. Teeuw, hosted by the i i a s
Prof. Arvind Das ( I n d i a ), stationed at the Amster-
dam Branch Office
P e r i o d : 1-5 May 2000
Activities:
– 1 May
• Introduction at the film presentation ‘India
Invented’, Amsterdam
Dr Carole Faucher (Singapore), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
Period: December 2000
Activities:
- 1 December
• Lecture: ‘Territory, Boundaries, and Ethnic
Consciousness among the Malays of the Riau
Archipelago’, at the seminar ‘The Geopolitics of
Globalization and Southeast Asia/Europe
Relations in the 21s t C e n t u r y ’ , in co-operation
with the National University of Singapore and
ASiA Platform, UvA, Amsterdam
Prof. Peter S. Li (Canada), stationed at the Am-
sterdam Branch Office
Period: May 2000
A c t i v i t i e s :
– 2 May
• Lecture: ‘The Battle over ‘Monster Homes’ in
Vancouver, Racial Constructions of Chinese
Immigrants in the 1980s’, at the i i a s B r a n c h
Office, in co-operation with a s s r and i m e s,
A m s t e r d a m
Mrs Gauri Raje ( U K ), stationed at the Amsterdam
Branch Office
Period: December 2000
Topic: ‘Medicine, Motherhood and the State:
Narratives of child care in a displaced-migrant
community in Gujarat, India’
Dr Angela Schottenhammer (Germany)
Period: 24 July 2000 – 31 July 2000
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
• Book: The Emporium of the World. Maritime Quanzhou,
1 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 0; number 49 of the series ‘Sinica
Leidensia’, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2000, pp 464
Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat ( I n d i a ), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
Co-sponsor: i d p a d
P e r i o d : 19-26 April 2000
T o p i c: Research as part of i d p a d p r o j e c t
Prof. Gauri Viswanathan ( U S A ), stationed at the
Amsterdam Branch Office
P e r i o d: 29 May – 3 June 2000
T o p i c: ‘Theosophy, Literary Criticism, and Cultural
C h a n g e ’
I I A S A l u m n i
Many fellows who were attached to the i i a s in pre-
vious years published their results in journals,
monographs, and newsletters in 2000. The follow-
ing i i a s alumni informed us about the articles or
books they published in 2000 and which followed
from their research undertaken at the i i a s ( o r d e r
of data: name, country of origin, kind of fellow-
ship, fellowship period, and publications):
Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk (Norway)
Visiting exchange fellow, 1998
• Book: Tarikh Harakat al-Islah wa al-Irshad wa shaykh
al-Irshadiyyin Ahmad Muhammad al- Surkitti fi
I n d u n i s i a (A History of the Islah and Irsahd
Movement and the Shaykh of the Irsahdis
Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti in Indonesia),
Kuala Lumpur, 2000, pp 580
Prof. A. Wahab Bin Ali (Malaysia)
Professorial fellow, 1995-1996
• Book: Kritikan Estetik Sastera, Kuala Lumpur, 2000,
116 pp
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Dr Noosgoi Altantsetseg (Mongolia)
Visiting exchange fellow, 1999
• Newsletter article: ‘Political Reforms in
Mongolia’, in IIAS Newsletter #21, February 2000
Dr Christoph Antons (Australia)
Visiting exchange fellow, 1997-1998
• Book: Intellectual Property Law in Indonesia,
T h e Hague-London-Boston, 2000, 448 pp
Dr Chris Ballard (Australia)
Visiting exchange fellow, 1999
• Newsletter article: ‘Competing Interests at the
Freeport Mine in Irian Jaya’, in IIAS Newsletter
#22, June 2000
Dr Bert Edström ( S w e d e n )
Visiting exchange fellow, 1996-1997
• Article: ‘Inledning’ [Introduction], in Bert
Edström and Ingvar Svanberg (eds), F j ä r r a n n ä r a :
Sveriges kontakter med Japan genom tiderna [Near but
far away: Swedish—Japanese contact through the
ages], Stockholm, 2000, pp 1—21, (with Ingvar
S v a n b e r g )
Dr Cristina Eghenter (Italy/UK)
Affiliated fellow, 1998
• Article: ‘What is tana ulen good for?
Considerations on indigenous forest
management, conservation, and research in the
interior of Indonesian Borneo’, in Human Ecology:
An Interdisciplinary Journal 28(3), September 2000,
pp 331-357
Dr Lloyd Haft (the Netherlands)
Dutch senior fellow, 1996-1997
• Book: The Chinese Sonnet: Meanings of a form, Leiden:
c n w s, 2000
Dr Mason Hoadley (Sweden)
Visiting exchange fellow, 1996
• Edited volume: The Archive of Yogyakarta, vol. II,
Documents relating to Economic and Agrarian Affairs,
Oxford, 2000, 566 pp, (with Peter Carey)
P r o f. Vinesh Hookoomsing ( M a u r i t i u s )
Senior visiting fellow, 1999
• Edited: Globalisation and the South-West Indian Ocean,
Réduit: University of Mauritius/i i a s, 2000,
2 3 5 pp, (with Sandra Evers)
Dr John Knight (UK)
Research fellow, 1996-1999
• Edited: Natural Enemies: People-wildlife conflicts in
anthropological perspective, London and New York:
Routledge, 2000
• Article: ‘From Timber to Tourism:
Recommoditizing the Japanese forest’, in
Development and Change 31(1), 2000, pp 341-359
• Article: ‘From Timber to Tourism:
Recommoditizing the Japanese forest’, in
Martin Doornbos, Ashwani Saith, and Ben
White (eds), Forests: Nature, people, power, Oxford,
2000, pp 333-350
• Article: ‘“Indigenous” Regionalism in Japan’, in
Roy Ellen, Peter Parkes, and Alan Bicker (eds),
Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and its
Transformations: Critical anthropological approaches,
Harwood, 2000, pp 151-176
• Article: ‘New “Peasants” in Japan’, in Deborah
Bryceson, Cristóbal Kay, and Jos Mooij (eds),
Disappearing Peasantries? Rural labour in Latin America,
Asia and Africa, London, 2000, pp 279-298
• Article: ‘Introduction’, in John Knight (ed.),
Natural Enemies: People-wildlife conflicts in
anthropological perspective, London, 2000, pp 1-35
• Article: ‘Culling Demons: The problem of bears
in upland Japan’, in John Knight (ed.), N a t u r a l
E n e m i e s : People-wildlife conflicts in anthropological
p e r s p e c t i v e, London, 2000, pp 145-169
• Article: ‘Sharing Suzuki’s Rice: Commodity
narratives in the rural revitalization movement’,
in Michael Ashkenazi and John Clammer (eds),
Material Culture and Consumption in Japan, London,
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Dr Achim Mittag (Germany)
Es f Asia Committee research fellow, 1996-1998
• Article: ‘Der Andere aus chinesischer Sicht.
Anmerkungen zur Fremdheitswahrnehmung
im China des ‘langen’ 19. Jahrhunderts’, in
Birgit Aschmann/Michael Salewski (eds), Das Bild
“des Anderen”. Politische Wahrnehmung im 19. und 20.
J a h r h u n d e r t, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2000,
pp 184-202
• Article: ‘Das Naevus-Siebengestirn auf der
Wange des Zhu Xi (12. Jh.). Beiläufiges zu
Pigmentmalen im alten China’, in Hannelore
Mittag (ed.), Die Haut im medizinischen und
kulturgeschichtlichen Kontext, Marburg:
Universitätsbibliothek Marburg, 2000,
(Schriften der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg;
103), pp 247-263
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P r o f D. Narasimha Reddy (India)
Affiliated fellow, 1998
• Article: ‘Agrarian Transition – Is there an Asian
way? An exploratory survey’, in R.V.
Chandrasekhara Rao, A. Prasannakumar, and
K.C. Reddy (eds), Perspectives on Indian Development:
Economy, polity and society, New Delhi, 2000
Dr Michael Roberts (Australia)
Senior visiting fellow, 1995
• Article: ‘Submerging the People? Post-
Orientalism and the Construction of
Communalism’, in Berkemar, et al. (eds),
Explorations in South Asian History. Festschrift for
Dietmar Rothermund on the occasion of his 65t h b i r t h d a y,
New Delhi: Manohar Press, 2000
Dr Sarah Soh (USA)
Senior visiting fellow, 1998
• Article: ‘Human Rights and the “Comfort
Women”’, in Peace Review, 2000
• Article: ‘From Imperial Gifts to Sex Slaves’,
i n Social Science Japan Journal, 2000
• Article: ‘Uncovering the Truth about the
“Comfort Women”’, in Women’s Studies
International Forum, 2000
Prof. Andrew Strathern and Dr Pamela J. Stewart
( U S A )
Senior visiting fellows, 1998
• Book: The Python’s Back: Pathways of comparison
between Indonesia and Melanesia, London, 2000
• Article: ‘Kinship and Commoditization:
Historical transformations’, in special issue of
the Journal on Kinship L ’ H o m m e #154/155, 2000,
p p 3 7 3 - 3 9 0
Dr Giovanni Vitiello (Italy)
ESF Asia Committee research fellow, 1997-1999
• Article: ‘Exemplary Sodomites: Chivalry and
love in late Ming culture’, in Nannü 2(2), Fall
2000, pp 207-258
• Article: ‘The Forgotten Tears of the Lord of
Longyang: Late Ming stories of male
prostitution and connoisseurship’, in Peter
Engelfriet and Jan de Meyer (eds), Linked Faiths:
Essays on Chinese religion and traditional culture in
honour of Kristopher Schipper, Leiden: Brill, 2000,
p p 2 2 7 - 2 4 7
Dr Alex de Voogt (the Netherlands)
Affiliated fellow, 1997-1999
• Article: ‘Awari Board from Ivory Coast’, in
Catalogue of African Art, London: British Museum
Press, 2000
• Article: ‘Human versus Machine Problem-
Solving: Winning openings in Dakon’, in
B o a r d Games Studies #3, 2000, pp 79-88, (with A.
Donkers, and J. Uiterwijk)
• Article: ‘Mancala Board (Olinda Keliya) in the
National Museums of Colombo’, in Board Games
Studies #3, 2000, pp 91-99
• Article: ‘Mancala Rules and Cultural Changes in
Maldivian History’, in Journal of Indian Ocean
S t u d i e s 7(2/3), March 2000, pp 174-182
Dr Bill Watson (USA)
Senior visiting fellow, 1997
• Book: Of Self and Nation. Autobiography and the
Representation of Modern I n d o n e s i a, Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press, 2000, 257 pp
Dr John Wolff (USA)
Senior visiting fellow, 1998
• Book: Toratán (Ratahan), Lincom Europa,
Languages of the World/Materials 130, 2000,
(with Nikolaus P. Himmelmann)
Dr Frank de Zwart (the Netherlands)
Dutch senior fellow, 1997
• Article: ‘Practical Knowledge and Institutional
Design in India’s Affirmative Action Policy’, in
Anthropology Today 16(2), 2000, pp 4-7
• Article: ‘The Logic of Affirmative Action: Caste,
class and quotas in India’, in Acta Sociologica 4 3 ( 3 ) ,
2000, pp 235-249
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I I A S R e s e a r c h
One of the aims of the i i a s is the organization of
international scientific gatherings. Therefore the
i i a s stimulates its fellows to organize internation-
al seminars in order to promote both the interna-
tionalization of learning and the co-operation
between specialists from various countries with
diverse backgrounds. Besides these seminars orga-
nized by research fellows, which are also men-
tioned in Section 2, the i i a s holds its own institu-
tional seminars, workshops, and lectures. More-
over, the i i a s has budgets available to facilitate
visits by international scholars who are invited by
Dutch Asia-orientated institutes. Finally, the i i a s
works in close co-operation with its MoU-part-
ners and related institutes or organisations (such
as the e s f Asia Committee) in the organization of
joint international seminars both in the Nether-
lands and abroad.
Below, in chronological order, the seminars, lec-
tures, and institutional events with their topics,
convenors/organizers and the locations are listed.
– 9-16 January
• Workshop: ‘Fourth a b i a W o r k s h o p ’ ,
i n Dharwad, India
• Organizers: a b i a research project
– 14 January
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Indonesisch en Indonesische
streektalen’, by i i a s extraordinary chairholder
Prof. H. Steinhauer, at Nijmegen University
• Organizer: i i a s/Nijmegen University
– 15 February
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Van Denkmodellen en
Vooroordelen: Thaise geschiedschrijving over de
periode van de eerste helft van de negentiende
eeuw’, by i i a s extraordinary chairholder Prof.
B.J. Terwiel, at Leiden University
• Organizer: i i a s/Leiden University
– 9-11 March
• Workshop: ‘The Indian Character of Indian
Literature’, at Leiden University, in Leiden
• Convenors: Dr Thomas de Bruijn, i i a s, and
D r Theo Damsteegt, Leiden University
• Co-sponsor: i i a s
– 9-12 March
• Aa s Annual Meeting, San Diego, u s a
• Ii a s/Alliance/Dutch publishers presentation
organized by the i i a s
– 3 April
• Workshop: ‘The Future of the a s e m Process’, at
the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium
• Organizers: i i a s / e i a s /Strategic Alliance
– 7-9 April
• Workshop: ‘Seventh Nordic-European
Workshop in Advanced Asian Studies (n e w a s) ’ ,
in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Convenor: Prof. Per Ronnås, n i a s
• Organizer: i i a s / n i a s/Strategic Alliance
– 7-9 April
• Es f Workshop: ‘Indigenous People: The
trajectory of a contemporary concept in 2000’,
a t the Seminar for Development Studies,
Uppsala University, in Uppsala, Sweden
• Sponsor: Es f Asia Committee
– 27-28 April
• Workshop: ‘Fourth Euro-Japanese International
Symposium on Mainland Southeast Asian
History (Leiden/The Hague): Mainland Southeast
Asian Responses to the Stimuli of Foreign Material Culture
and Practical Knowledge (14t h – mid 19t h c e n t u r y )’
• Convenors: Prof. W.A.L. Stokhof, i i a s, and
P r o f . B. Terwiel, i i a s/ L e i d e n
University/Universität Hamburg
• Organizer: i i a s
– 27-29 April
• Es f Workshop: ‘Building the Social Safety Net
for Asian Societies in Transition’, i r e s,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-
l a-Neuve, Belgium
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
S E C T I O N 3
Seminars and Institutional Events
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– 1 May
• Photo exposition: ‘Down and Out, Labouring
under Global Capitalism’
• Convenors: Dr Jan Breman, UvA, and Dr Arvind
N. Das, Asia-Pacific Communication Associates
• Organizer: i i a s Amsterdam Branch Office
– 2 May
• Film: ‘India Invented’, in the Asian Movie Series
• Organizers: i i a s Amsterdam Branch Office,
Asian Cinema Center, and student association
Farang, Amsterdam
– 8-10 May
• ESF Workshop: ‘Brokers of Capital and
Knowledge: Producer services and social
mobility in provincial Asia’, Centre for Asian
Studies Amsterdam (c a s a), Amsterdam
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 18-19 May
• Workshop: ‘Slave Systems in Asia and the Indian
Ocean: Their structure and change in the 19t h
and 20t h centuries’, in Avignon
• Convenor: Dr Gwyn Campbell, c e r i n s
• Sponsors: i i a s / c e r i n s / i n a l c o
– 19 May
• Philippines Studies Day in Amsterdam
• Convenor: Dr Rosanne Rutten, i i a s/UvA
• Organizer: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam
– 23 May
• Lecture: ‘The Battle over “Monster Homes”
i n Vancouver: Racial constructions of Chinese
immigrants in the 1980s’, by Dr Peter Li,
University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in
A m s t e r d a m
• Convenors: Dr Leo Douw (v u, UvA), and
D r Mario Rutten (i i a s, UvA)
• Organizer: i i a s Branch Office
A m s t e r d a m /a s s r / i m e s
– 23-24 May
• Es f Workshop: ‘Gender and the Transmission of
Values Systems and Cultural Heritage(s) in
South and Southeast Asia’, Belle van Zuylen
Instituut, Amsterdam
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 2 5-26 May
• Esf Workshop: ‘The Last Decade of Migration
from the People’s Republic of China to Europe
and Asia’, in Budapest, Hungary
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 26 May
• Book presentation: ‘The Chittagong Hill Tracts:
Living in a borderland’, by Prof. Willem van
S c h e n d e l
• Organizer: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam
– 31 May – 2 June
• Es f Workshop: ‘Good Government, Eastern and
Western Perspectives’, Nordic Institute of Asian
Studies, Seoul, Korea
• Sponsor: esf Asia Committee
– 2-4 June
• Es f W o r k s h o p : ‘Human and Regional Security
around the South China Sea’, Centre for
Development and the Environment, Oslo,
N o r w a y
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 8-9 June
• Seminar: ‘Yogacara Buddhism in China’,
i n L e i d e n
• Convenor: Prof. Chen-kuo Lin, i i a s
• Organizer: i i a s
– 16 June
• Workshop: ‘Voices from Japan. Contemporary
art and discourse in global perspective’,
Department of Art History and Modern
Contemporary Art, Leiden University
• Convenor: Prof. Kitty Zijlmans, Leiden
U n i v e r s i t y
• Sponsor: i i a s
– 21-23 June
• Esf Workshop: ‘Medicine in China: Health
techniques and social history’, Centre d’Études
sur la Chine Moderne et Contemporaine, Paris,
F r a n c e
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 22 June
• Inaugural lecture: ‘Een staat van geweld’, by i i a s
extraordinary chair holder H.G.C. Schulte
Nordholt, at Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Organizer: i i a s/Erasmus University Rotterdam
– 24-30 June
• Conference: ‘9t h Seminar of the Intenational
Association of Tibetan Studies (i a t s9 ) ’
• Convenor: Dr Henk Blezer, i i a s
• Organizer: i i a s
– 6-7 July
• Seminar: ‘Health, Sexuality and Civil Society
i n East Asia’, in Amsterdam
• Convenor: Dr Evelyne Micollier, i i a s
• Organizer: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam
– 7-8 July
• Esf Workshop ‘Centre and Periphery in
Southeast Asia’, Department of Economics,
s o a s, University of London, in London
• Sponsor: e s f Asia Committee
– 18 July
• Seminar: ‘Q i a o x i a n g Ties: Concluding seminar’,
in Amsterdam
• Convenor: Dr Leo Douw, i i a s/ U v A
• Organizer: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam
– 10-11 August
• Seminar: ‘Environmental Change in Native and
Colonial Histories of Borneo: Lessons from the
past, prospects for the future’, in Leiden
• Convenor: Dr Reed L. Wadley, i i a s
• Organizer: i i a s
– 23-27 August
• Conference: ‘Audiences, Patrons and Performers
in the Performing Arts of Asia’, in Leiden
• Convenors: Dr Wim van Zanten, i i a s/ L e i d e n
University, and Frank Kouwenhoven, c h i m e
• Organizers: i i a s / p a a t i / c h i m e
– 7 September
• Lecture: ‘Genocide in the Non-Western World’,
by Prof. Robert Cribb (Australia), in Leiden
• Organizer: i i a s
– 14 September
• Seminar: ‘Labour in Asia: A comparative
perspective’, in Amsterdam
• Convenors: Dr Ratna Saptari, c l a r a, and
D r Kristoffel Lieten, UvA
• Organizers: i i s h / c l a r a / i i a s Branch Office
A m s t e r d a m
– 15 September
• Seminar: ‘Globalization in India: The impact on
agriculture and the rural poor’, in Amsterdam
• Convenor: Dr Mario Rutten, i i a s
• Organizers: i i a s Branch Office
Amsterdam/National University of
Singapore/Platform Asian Studies in Amsterdam
(ASiA), UvA
– 21 September
• Seminar: ‘Nation and History in Southeast Asia’,
speakers: Ruth McVey (ex-s o a s) and Takashi
Shiraishi (Kyoto University), in Amsterdam,
introductory session within the seminar series
‘Southeast Asia Across Borders’
• Convenors: Dr Remco Raben, n i o d, and
D r Peter Post, n i o d
• Organizers: i i a s / n i o d
– 28 September
• Seminar: ‘Regional Integration in the
Automobile Industry in Asia and Technology
Transfer by Japanese Firms: Auto parts
localization in Korea and Malysia’, speakers:
Prof. Rob van Tulder and Dr Yuri Sadoi,
i n A m s t e r d a m
• Organizers: Asian Development Seminar Series
• Sponsor: i i a s
– 11 October
• Lecture: ‘From the Exotic and Erotic to the
Patriotic and Nostalgic: Changing Japanese
images of the Pacific in popular song’, by Don
Niles, Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
• Organizers: i i a s/Leiden University
– 11 October
• Asia Update: ‘Tagung des Asien-Pazifik
Ausschusses der Deutschen Wirtschaft’,
i n B e r l i n
• Convenors: i f a / i i a s / n i a s / e i a s
( S t r a t e g i c A l l i a n c e )
– 12 October
• Seminar: ‘Sino-Southeast Asian Studies:
T o w a r d an alternative paradigm’, in
Amsterdam, speaker: Dr Hong Liu (n u s) ,
w i t h i n the seminar series ‘Southeast Asia Across
B o r d e r s ’
• Convenors: Dr Remco Raben, n i o d, and
D r Peter Post, n i o d
• Organizers: i i a s / n i o d
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– 18 October
• F i l m : ‘Mississipi Masala’, in the Asian Movie
S e r i e s
• Organizers: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam,
Asian Cinema Center, and student association
Farang, Amsterdam
– 20 October
• Meeting: ‘Overseas Guests Meeting of
P h i l i p p i n i s t s ’
• Convenor: Prof. Otto van den Muijzenberg, UvA
• O r g a n i z e r s : i i a s/ U v A
– 20 October
• Lecture: ‘Indian Practice of Pilgrimage and the
Growth of the Mahabharata’, by Dr Yaroslav
Vassilkov, in Leiden
• O r g a n i z e r s : i i a s/Vrienden van Instituut Kern
– 26-28 October
• Workshop: ‘Domestic Service and Mobility:
Labour livelihoods and lifestyles’, Trivandrum,
India
• Convenors: Dr Ratna Saptari, c l a r a, and
D r Annelies Moors, UvA
• Organizers: i i a s / i i s h / c l a r a
– 27 October
• Ii a s Annual lecture: ‘Asia and Western
Dominance –Retrospect and prospect’, by Prof.
Deepak Kumar Lal, University of California,
i n L e i d e n
• Organizer: i i a s
– 2 November
• Lecture: ‘The Asian Financial Crisis in the
Philippines: A critique of the introduction of
social safety nets’, by Prof. Cynthia Bautista,
i n L e i d e n
• Organizer: i i a s
– 8 November
• Film: ‘Celso and Cora’, in the Asian Movie Series
• Organizers: i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam,
Asian Cinema Center, and student association
Farang, Amsterdam
– 23 November
• Seminar: ‘Cities, Hinterlands and Peripheries:
Changing economic geographies of island
Southeast Asia, 1850-2000’, by Prof. Howard
Dick, University of Melbourne, within the
seminar series ‘Southeast Asia Across Borders’
• Convenors: Dr Remco Raben, n i o d, and
D r Peter Post, n i o d
• Organizers: i i a s / n i o d
– 27-29 November
• Seminar: ‘From Fact to Fiction: A history of
Thai-Myanmar relations’, Bangkok, Thailand
• Organizers: Institute of Asian Studies,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and i i a s
– 30 November
• Film: ‘Twelve Stories’, in the Asian Movie Series
• Organized: by the i i a s in close collaboration
with the Asian Cinema Centre and student-
association Farang, in Amsterdam
– 14 December
• Seminar: ‘Separatism and the Legitimacy of the
Nation-State in Southeast Asia: Anti-colonial
and post-colonial perspectives’, speaker Clive J.
Christie, University of Hull, within the seminar
series ‘Southeast Asia Across Borders’
• Convenors: Dr Remco Raben, n i o d, and
D r Peter Post, n i o d
• Organizers: i i a s / n i o d
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S e c t i o n 4
[…] the Institute is a hybrid facility whose task is to foster
intellectual synergies among individuals and institutions in
ways that universities and research schools benefit from but
cannot themselves easily initiate’ (see Fox, ‘Krishna
Dancing, International Committee Evaluation on
the International Institute for Asian Studies’,
April 1999, p. 2).
The i i a s has dual academic and facilitating roles.
It actively promotes Asian Studies in the Humani-
ties and Social Sciences by creating scientific
alliances in these fields. The i i a s aspires to
improve communication between scholars and
institutes; it plays an active role in co-ordinating
and disseminating information on Asian Studies
throughout the world. The Institute acts as an
inter-mediator by bringing together various insti-
tutes and interested individuals for the enhance-
ment of Asian Studies. In keeping with the
ingrained Dutch tradition of transferring goods
and ideas, the i i a s works as a clearinghouse of
knowledge and information in the field of Asian
Studies. This entails activities such as providing
information services, constructing international
networks, and setting up co-operative projects
and research programmes. The i i a s makes a con-
scious contribution to the ‘cultural rapproche-
ment’ between Asia and Europe. It endeavours to
function as a window on Europe for the interna-
tional academic community and as an ambassador
for Asian Studies in general.
Simultaneously a national umbrella and an
international institute, the i i a s works to maintain
a balance in its duality, allowing for the reciprocal
reinforcement of its national and international
roles. Its international seminars and events, held
in the Netherlands and elsewhere, enable scholars
from the Netherlands and abroad to reap the ben-
efits of a stimulating international academic envi-
ronment. Ii a s scholars find themselves in a coun-
try that has earned world renown in Asian Studies:
over the centuries the Netherlands has acquired a
wealth of expertise and research collections in this
domain. Through the i i a s, links between scholars
as well as links between scholars and the non-aca-
demic community are made. The i i a s c o - o p e r a t e s
with institutions and individuals from all over the
world through its research programmes and pro-
jects, its functioning as secretariat for several
international organizations, its Strategic Alliance,
and its relations with numerous individuals and
(inter)national organizations.
t h e e s f a si a c o m m i t t e e , p a c ,p e a r l & t h e s t r a t e g i c a l l i a n c e
European Science Foundation Asia Committee
On the European stage, the i i a s contributes to co-
operation in Asian Studies by its active participa-
tion in the Asia Committee of the European Sci-
ence Foundation. The Asia Committee was estab-
lished in March 1994 by the e s f Executive Coun-
cil.
Membership of the Asia Committee consists of
leading scholars from European countries. They
have been appointed after consultation with the
National Research Organizations, which are
members of the European Science Foundation.
I n 1995, the post of Secretariat to the Committee
was assigned to the i i a s. The e s f Asia Commit-
tee’s first mandate period lasted from 1995-1997.
During these years the Committee developed
activities designed to boost Asian Studies in
Europe through fellowships, support for work-
shops, programme development, and other such
activities. After an evaluation in 1997, a new Com-
mittee was installed in 1999 for a second mandate
period (1999-2001). The Asia Committee works
closely together with the ‘Conference of the Presi-
dents of European Associations for Asian Studies’,
which consists of the following six associations:
the Association for Korean Studies in Europe
(a k s e); the European Association for Chinese
Studies (e a c s); the European Association for
Japanese Studies (e a j s); the European Association
for South Asian Studies (e a s a s); the European
Society for Central Asian Studies (e s c a s); and the
European Association for Southeast Asian Studies
(e u r o s e a s) .
S E C T I O N 4
IIAS Research Facilitating Activities
Asia Committee 1999-2001
This year, the full Asia Committee convened in
Madrid in July. During this meeting 10 work-
shops were selected for funding. All workshops
were to take place in 2001. During the discussion,
it became clear that the Meeting considered the
existence and activities of the Asia Committee of
such an importance, that it deserved prolonga-
tion, in no matter what form.
E x t e n s i o n
As the Asia Committee’s current mandate period
ends on 31 December 2001, the Committee decid-
ed to explore ways of extending the e s f A s i a n
Studies programme into a third three-year man-
date period, starting on 1 January 2002. It was
decided to:
1) draft a short policy paper (based on the existing
brochure, including (long-term) plans for the
future) [August-October];
2) approach the relevant national science councils,
to ask for their support (Would they be prepared
to go on supporting the Asia Committee?)
[October-December];
3) submit a proposal for prolongation of Asia
Committee activities (and not specifically for
becoming an expert committee) at the e s f
(Standing Committees), to be submitted before
1 April 2001.
ESF Asia Committee Workshops
During the July Madrid meeting, the full Com-
mittee selected 10 workshops for funding. Each
workshop fell within at least one of the categories
of the previously drawn up research prospectus
(www.iias.nl/esfac/esfresprosp.html). All work-
shops were to take place in 2001.
– 4-6 January 2001
• ‘The “Dark Side” of Life in Asia and the West –
Night-time and time to sleep’, Vienna, Austria
– 21-23 March 2001
• ‘Patronage in Indo-Persian Culture’, Paris,
F r a n c e
– 29 March – 1 April 2001
• ‘Political Parties in South Asia: Asianisation of a
Western Model?’, Nottingham, United
K i n g d o m
– 11-14 April 2001
• ‘ Immigration to Japan, e u and the u s a and the
Japanese Abroad’, Kobe, Japan
– 14-16 May 2001
• ‘Labour Migration and Socio-Economic Change
in Southeast and East Asia’, Amsterdam, the
N e t h e r l a n d s
– 23-27 May 2001
• ‘Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical
Thinking’, Heidelberg, Germany
– 6-7 June 2001
• ‘Participatory Technology Development and
Local Knowledge for Sustainable Land use in
Southeast Asia’, Chiang Mai, Thailand
– 15-16 June 2001
• ‘Imperialism, Medicine and South Asia: A socio-
political perspective, 1800 – 1950’, Cambridge,
United Kingdom
– 16-18 August 2001
• ‘Asian Welfare Policy Responses to the Crash of
1997’, Bergen, Norway
– 8-9 November 2001
• ‘Intellectual and Spiritual Authorities in 20t h-
Century Middle Eurasia. Status, networks,
discourse, strategies’, Paris, France
Of the workshops selected in 1999, the following
took place in 2000:
– 19-20 February
• ‘Migration, Urban Development, and
Demographic Change in Punjab 1890s-1990s’,
Coventry, United Kingdom
– 15-17 March
• ‘Interpreting Asian Cultures in Museums:
Displays, activities, strategies’, London, United
K i n g d o m
– 16-17 March
• ‘Demographic Developments and Value Change
in Contemporary Modern Societies – East Asian
and Western societies in comparative
perspective’, Bonn, Germany
– 7-9 April
• ‘Indigenous People: The trajectory of a
contemporary concept in India’, Uppsala,
S w e d e n
– 27-29 April
• ‘Building the Social Safety Net for Asian Societies
in Transition’, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
– 8-10 May
• ‘Brokers of Capital and Knowledge: Producer
services and social mobility in Provincial Asia’,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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– 23-24 May
• ‘Gender and the Transmission of Values Systems
and Cultural Heritage(s) in South and Southeast
Asia’, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
– 25-26 May
• ‘The Last Decade of Migration from the P.R.
China to Europe and Asia’, Budapest, Hungary
– 31 May – 2 June
• ‘Good Government, Eastern and Western
Perspectives’, Seoul, Korea
– 2-4 June
• ‘Human and Regional Security around the
South China Sea’, Oslo, Norway
– 21-23 June
• ‘Medicine in China. Health techniques and
social history’, Paris, France
– 7-8 July
• ‘Centre and Periphery in Southeast Asia’, s o a s,
London, United Kingdom
The Executive Group, responsible for the day-to-
day business of the Committee met in April and
September to discuss current business and to fol-
low up the mandates that were given to this group
by the full Committee in July.
ESF Asia Committee research travel grants
In October an announcement was published in
the i i a s Newsletter and on the Internet to invite
applications for e s f Asia Committee research trav-
el grants. The grants are intended for PhD stu-
dents in the Social Sciences and Humanities who
are about to finish their dissertations (no longer
than one year prior to the defence), and for hold-
ers of a PhD degree (obtained no longer than three
years ago) in the above-mentioned fields. The
grants are provided for scholars intending to visit
academic institutions in a country other than
their home country. They are established to
enable the applicants to acquaint themselves with
researchers and research environments of Asian
Studies institutes in e s f member countries.
A decision on all received applications will be
made by the full committee during their meeting
in February 2001.
Programme Development
In 2000, the Asia Committee continued to support
programme development by financially con-
tributing to the publications that followed from
the research programmes ‘Changing Labour Rela-
tions in Asia’ (c l a r a), and ‘East-West Environ-
mental Linkages Network’. For more information
about the c l a r a programme see Annex 1. The
East-West Environmental Linkages Network is an
interdisciplinary research network, which focuses
on the role that East-West relations play in the
relation to global environmental issues. The pro-
grammes executive body is the Centre for Envi-
ronmental Science (c m l), at Leiden University.
E U R O C O R E S
Eurocores (Esf Collaborative Research Pro-
grammes), launched in 1999 as a new e s f s c i e n t i f i c
instrument, was designed to mobilize national
funding to tackle issues that have European-wide
relevance and stimulate greater co-operation.
During the Madrid meeting of the e s f A s i a
Committee, the Committee approved of three
proposals to become ‘Asia Committee e u r o c o r e s
proposals’. The Committee agreed that these
three e u r o c o r e s initiatives (which, coincidental-
ly, all three concern the social sciences) be sup-
ported by (co-)financing a one-day preparatory
seminar. The proposals are:
1 )Changing Labour Relations in Asia (c l a r a)
2 ) East-West Environmental Linkages
3 )The Challenge from Globalization:
A Comparative Study of Small, Developed
Countries in Europe and Asia
The deadline for sending in the final proposals is
1 June 2001.
Direct Communication Channel
Based on experiences of individual members, it
was decided earlier that the e s f Asia Committee
should not only report to the e s f Standing Com-
mittees, but that it should also contact the rele-
vant National Research Councils directly. A direct
communication channel with representatives at
the various National Research Councils was there-
fore established in March. The representatives
were informed about the latest e s f Asia Commit-
tee activities and were sent a copy of the new
Committee brochure.
Asia Committee Fellowships
Two fellows, who were selected by the e s f - a c i n
1997, and were financed by the ‘Strategic Alliance’,
officially concluded their e s f-Alliance fellowships
in 2000 (see also Section 2):
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Dr Martin Ramstedt (Germany), stationed at the
iias ( L e i d e n )
‘Hindu Dharma Indonesia: The Hindu-movement
in present-day Indonesia and its influence in rela-
tion to the development of the indigenous culture
of the Toraja (Aluk Todolo) in South Sulawesi’,
1 December 1997 – 30 November 2000’. The i i a s
extended Dr Ramstedt’s fellowship until 1 March
2 0 0 1 .
Dr Evelyne Micollier (France), stationed at the i i a s
(Amsterdam Branch Office)
‘Practices and Representations of Health and
Illness in the Context of Chinese Culture: Inter-
actions with social facts (illness prevention and
human reality of a i d s)’, 1 July 1998 – 1 July 2000.
After the conclusion of her fellowship, Micollier
successfully applied for an i i a s affiliated fellow-
ship until 1 July 2001.
Asia Committee Publications
Publications, which were the fruits of workshops
funded by the Asia Committee (first mandate
period), received by the Secretariat, were:
– David Smyth (ed.), The Canon in Southeast Asian
Literatures: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam,
London: Curzon, 2000
– Chan Kwok Bun (ed.), Chinese Business Networks:
State, economy and culture, Copenhagen: n i a s
Publishing, 2000
– Peter Boomgaard and Ian Brown (eds), W e a t h e r i n g
The Storm. The Economies of Southeast Asia in the 1930s
D e p r e s s i o n, Singapore: Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies, 2000
Platform Asia Collections (PAC)
The Platform Asia Collections (p a c) is a working
group of representatives from Dutch libraries
with Asian Collections, which was set up under
the aegis of the International Institute for Asian
Studies (i i a s) in 1996. The p a c provides the first
platform of its kind in the Netherlands. The aim
of the Platform is to improve service to the users
of the libraries involved, by 1) improving the over-
all co-ordination and co-operation among the var-
ious libraries concerned; 2) improving the co-
ordination of the participating libraries with
regard to their acquisition of Asian collections;
and by 3) improving accessibility to the collec-
tions by making optimal use of opportunities pre-
sented by Information and Communications
Technology (i c t) and the World Wide Web (w w w) .
Consultation on the co-ordination of collections
takes place on a regular basis in the p a c f r a m e-
work. In 2000 the Platform gathered three times
to discuss further co-operation and future activi-
t i e s .
The joint proposal National Internet Service for Asian
Studies (NISAS), which was submitted to the
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
(n w o) in 1999, was not granted a subsidy, despite
the very positive reactions by the various n w o
consulted referees. Ni s a s comprised a four-year
project for an Internet-based infrastructure into
which bibliographical and other data sources
could be integrated. Parts of the proposal have
thereupon been submitted separately with other
funding organizations by various individual p a c
m e m b e r s .
For its June meeting p a c invited Dr Günter
Schucher (German Association for Asian Studies)
for a short presentation on the ‘International Rela-
tions and Area Studies Facts and Literature Data-
base’. Schucher also informed the meeting about
the situation of Asian Studies libraries in Germany.
Programme for Europe Asia Research Linkages
( P E A R L )
Pe a r l is a network of scholars from Asia and
Europe who represent leading Asian and Euro-
pean Studies departments in the Humanities and
Social Sciences. Arising from an initiative taken by
the (at that time) i i a s - n i a s Strategic Alliance,
p e a r l was established in Seoul in October 1998
under the patronage of the European Science
Foundation Asia Committee, Strasbourg, and the
Asia-Europe Foundation (a s e f), Singapore. Pe a r l
members belong to the a s e m (Asia-Europe Meet-
ings) countries. The network was established to
meet a need felt on both the Asian and European
sides for closer research interaction between the
two continents, and to expand on the sense of
opportunity created by the a s e m process and the
establishment of a s e f. Pe a r l focuses on collabora-
tive research. It believes that long-term joint Asia-
Europe research projects, on a multilateral basis,
will be a highly effective tool for strengthening
links between Asia and Europe. The Director of
n i a s and the Dean of Social Sciences at the
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National University of Malaysia chair p e a r l j o i n t-
ly. Its secretariat is held by the i i a s.
The document ‘The Need for Research in ASEM: A Pro-
p o s a l ’, was sent to Euro Commissioner for
Research, Philippe Busquin. In an accompanying
letter the importance of the programme and long-
term relationships with Asia were stressed. Sug-
gestions were made about a possible insertion of
the programme into the e u 6t h framework pro-
gramme and in the a s e m process. Although vari-
ous measures were taken to ensure a greater dis-
semination of and knowledge about the p e a r l
ideals and plans, in a preparatory ‘Senior Officials
Meetings’ it was decided not to put the p e a r l p r o-
posal on the agenda at the third a s e m in Seoul in
October.
Strategic Alliance
The Strategic Alliance is a co-operative framework
of European institutes specializing in Asian Stud-
ies. The aim of the Alliance is to contribute to
bringing together the fragmented forces on Asian
Studies in Europe in order to prepare the ground
for building central areas of research and expertise
on Asia, to the benefit of the national research
environments of the institutes and of the Euro-
pean community at large. The Alliance was estab-
lished in 1997 through joint efforts of i i a s a n d
n i a s, both of which received a subsidy for five
years (1997–2002) from the Nordic Council of
Ministers of Education and the Netherlands Min-
istry for Education, Culture and Sciences. The
Strategic Alliance has an open structure, which
enables other European institutes to join. Its
activities focus on:
1) building up of high-quality, border-
transcending research with a stronger focus on
contemporary issues;
2 )creating sustainable networks with Asian and
other overseas research institutions and
scholars;
3 ) strengthening the links and communication
between academic research on Asia and non-
academic institutions and actors and;
4 ) the strengthening of the tools of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n .
Meetings took place on 28 January (Leiden), and
5 June (Copenhagen).
Participating Institutes & New Members
The Alliance is not intended to merge the respec-
tive institutes, but to step up the momentum and
interaction that has been growing between them
and to provide a framework within which greater
co-operation can occur. The Alliance implies the
establishment of a co-ordinated framework for
joint planning, for the pooling of resources in
conducting various jointly organized projects,
and for co-ordinated fund-raising on an interna-
tional basis. Besides the i i a s , partners in 2000
w e r e :
NIAS (The Nordic Countries)
The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (n i a s) is an
independent research institute funded by the gov-
ernments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway
and Sweden through the Nordic Council of Min-
isters. The n i a s, founded in 1967, serves as a focal
point for research on contemporary Asia and for
promoting Asian Studies in the Nordic academic
community. Director: Prof. Per Ronnås.
IFA (Germany)
The Institute of Asian Affairs (Institut für Asien-
kunde, i f a) was founded in 1956 on the initiative
of the German Parliament and the German For-
eign Ministry. The Institute has been assigned
t h e task of studying the political, economic, and
social developments in Asian countries. Its field
o f activity concentrates on contemporary affairs,
while aiming to procure and broaden scientifically
based knowledge of the region and its countries.
Director: Dr Werner Draguhn.
New Alliance Member: EIAS (Belgium/EU)
A good working relation had been established ear-
lier with the European Institute for Asian Studies
(e i a s) in Brussels. This resulted in an Alliance
membership of the e i a s in the autumn of 2000.
The e i a s is a Brussels-based policy and research
think-tank supported by the European Union (e u )
institutions which aim to promote understanding
and co-operation between the e u and Asia. The
e i a s (1996) seeks to provide information and exper-
tise to the European institutions, the academic
world and business by disseminating concise,
thoroughly researched and up-to-date material on
e u-Asia relations and important developments in
Asia. Director: Dr Willem van der Geest.
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Possible New Partners
At the end of the year talks started with colleagues
of the Asia Europe Centre of the Foundation
Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris to find a
way to co-operate within the Alliance’s framework.
Alliance Fellowships
The Alliance supported both long-term and
short-term fellowships for research in Asian Stud-
ies, collaborative research projects and academic
workshops and conferences.
The first fellows under the Alliance fellowship
programme were fellows selected in 1997 by the
e s f Asia Committee, and they are stationed at the
i i a s:
– Dr M. Ramstedt (Germany), 1 December 1997 –
1 December 2000, ‘Hindu Dharma Indonesia:
The Hindu movement in present-day Indonesia
and its influence in relation to the development
of the indigenous culture of the Toraja (Aluk
Todolo) in South Sulawesi’
– Dr E. Micollier (France), 1 July 1998 – 1 July
2000, ‘Practices and Representations of Health
and Illness in the Context of Chinese Culture.
Interactions with social facts (illness prevention
and human reality of a i d s)’. She was stationed at
the i i a s Amsterdam Branch Office.
(For more information concerning these fellows
and their activities see Section 2).
The Alliance widened the research opportunities
available to Nordic and Dutch scholars by intro-
ducing a series of Nordic-Netherlands Research
Fellowships, which give established scholars in
each region the opportunity to undertake research
for six to twelve months in the other region.
Holders of these fellowships are selected both for
the excellence of their research proposals and for
their potential to contribute to long-term closer
relations in the Asian Studies field between the
Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
Within this framework Dr M. Jacobsen (Den-
mark) was stationed in Leiden, from 1 August 1999
– 1 August 2000, working on ‘Ethnic Identity,
Nation Building, and Human Rights in a Globaliz-
ing World’ (for further information see Section 2).
Dr Mario Rutten (the Netherlands), was sta-
tioned at n i a s, Copenhagen, from 15 February
1999 – 15 February 2000. He focused on: ‘Rural
Capitalists in Asia; India, Indonesia, and Malaysia
c o m p a r e d ’ .
In addition, short-term fellowships were awarded
to Nordic scholars to carry out library research in
the Netherlands (based at the i i a s) and a number
of other European research centers. Fellows sta-
tioned at the i i a s:
– Dr Lisbeth Littrup (Denmark), February,
‘ T h e National Story in Indonesian and
Malaysian Autobiographical Writings’
– Dr Li Narangoa (Denmark/P.R. China),
June/July, ‘Japanese Education Policy in
Manchukuo, Inner Mongolia and China,
1 9 3 2 – 1 9 4 5 ’
– Dr Vibeke Børdahl, (Norway), August, ‘Chinese
Storytelling: The interplay of oral and written
traditions in popular culture’
Alliance Collaborative Research Projects,
Workshops, Lectures, and Conferences
On the Dutch side (i i a s), a major financial contri-
bution was made to the international research
programme c l a r a (Changing Labour Relations in
Asia), in which Nordic and Dutch scholars play a
prominent role. In 2000, the c l a r a p r o g r a m m e
continued its activities (see Annex 1). A proposal
for a c l a r a /Alliance e s f workshop on Labour
Migration and Socio-Economic Change in South-
east and East Asia, to be held in Lund in 2001, was
successfully submitted to the e s f Asia Commit-
tee. Through the mediation of the Alliance, the
p e a r l programme (see above) had been set up ear-
lier.
An important part of the work of the Alliance is
to encourage closer scholarly contacts within
Europe and beyond by sponsoring conferences
and workshops on innovative topics which bring
together scholars who would otherwise be unlike-
ly to meet each other and which may be the basis
for major collaborative research programmes in
the future. The following activities were orga-
n i z e d :
– 21 February, Copenhagen
Workshop: ‘Women Organizing in China’
Convenor: Dr C. Milwertz
– 3 April, Charlemagne Building, European
Commission, Brussels
Research workshop: ‘The Future of the a s e m
P r o c e s s ’
Alliance workshop organized by e i a s and i i a s
– 7-9 April, Gilleleje, Denmark
Nordic-European Workshop in Advanced Asian
Studies (n e w a s)
Convenor: Per Ronnås (n i a s)
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– 6-7 July, Amsterdam
Seminar: ‘Health, Sexuality and Civil Society in
East Asia’
Convenor: Evelyne Micollier (e s f/ A l l i a n c e
research fellow)
– 11 October, Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft,
B e r l i n
Asia Update: ‘Economic Potentials and Political
Stability in Asia’
Organizers: i f a (and the ‘Asia Pacific Committee
of the German Economy’) in co-operation with
i i a s, n i a s, e i a s
7t h Nordic-European Workshop in Advanced Asian Studies
(NEWAS)
The purpose of the 7t h Nordic-European Workshop in
Advanced Asian Studies (n e w a s, 6-9 April, Gilleleje,
Denmark) was to provide PhD students with qual-
ified support from an international team of teach-
ers and to give them an opportunity to become
acquainted with colleagues from other countries
working on similar topics. Ne w a s-workshops pro-
vide inspirational lectures from leading scholars in
the field, but most of the time is devoted to dis-
cussing, in seminar form, the participating stu-
dent’s thesis work based on papers circulated in
advance. The Gilleleje workshop focused on the
study of contemporary South and Southeast Asia
from the perspective of the social sciences. In total,
fourteen PhD candidates (six Nordic and eight
Dutch) and six supervisors (three Nordic and three
Dutch) participated in this two-day workshop.
The Nordic participants included PhD candidates
from Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
The Dutch PhD candidates belonged to the three
Dutch Research Schools that focus in part on Asian
Studies: Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam/Ams-
terdam School for Social Sciences Research
(c a s a / a s s r), Centre for Resource Studies for Devel-
opment (c e r e s), and the Research School c n w s o f
Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies.
Asia Updates
Although the primary focus of the Alliance is on
research at the cutting edge of knowledge, it rec-
ognizes that disseminating the results of research
to a broader audience, including governments,
the media, and the general public is an integral
part of the responsibilities of scientific institu-
tions. In democratic societies it is of enormous
importance that decision makers, opinion leaders,
and the public have access to reliable and balanced
information about other parts of the world. As a
contribution to this role, the Alliance annually
organizes at least one one-day information pro-
gramme called Asia Update, in which several well-
informed scholars present analyses of recent and
current events in Asia to an interested audience.
This year’s Asia Update ‘Economic Potentials and
Political Stability in Asia’ was held in the ‘Haus
der Deutschen Wirtschaft’, Berlin, Germany. Main
organizer was the Institute of Asian Affairs (i f a) in
co-operation with the ‘Asia Pacific Committee of
the German Economy’ in co-operation with i i a s,
n i a s, and e i a s.
Other Alliance Activities, Projects, Publications
In 1999 the i f a successfully prepared an applica-
tion for a project on ‘The Modernization of East
Asian Studies’, which was submitted to the Min-
istry of Education and Sciences in Bonn. Four
international studies/conferences were set up to
i n v e s t i g a t e :
1 ) Settings for East Asian Studies in Europe and the USA
A study was conducted in the course of
1999/2000, which resulted in a report by A.
Osiander: ‘Settings for East Asian Studies in
Europe and the u s a’, Hamburg, May 2000.
2 ) The Feasibility of the Establishment of Alliance Outposts
for Scholars in Beijing
For this purpose, a workshop was held on
1 8 February in Berlin. Following the workshop,
a study was conducted into this subject, which
resulted in a report: Dr G. Schucher:
‘Verbesserung der Forschungsmöglichkeiten für
deutsche Wissenschaftler in China durch die
Errichtung eines geistes- und
Sozialwissenschaflichen Auslandinstituts’,
Hamburg, May 2 0 0 0 .
3 ) The Future Perspectives of Digitalization with regard to
Asian Studies (virtual libraries)
A study in this respect resulted in the report:
D r G. Schucher: ‘Vernetzung von Bibliotheks-
und Archivresourcen im Bereich der
Ostasienwissenschaften (‘Virtuelle zentrale
Ostasienbibliothek’)’, Hamburg, May 2000.
4 ) The State-of-the-Art of South Asian Studies in Europe (and
the US)
After a workshop held in December 1999,
a report was issued on ‘Die Bedeutung Süd-
asiens in der Forschungs- und Universitäts-
landschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland:
Eine Bestandsaufnahme’, by C. Wagner,
Hamburg, May 2000.
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Network building
Through almost all activities organized by the
Alliance, European scholars were engaged in pan-
European, Atlantic, or Asia-Europe networks.
Apart from the direct results of these activities
that stimulated the networking process, the
Alliance partners themselves represent a wide
range of scholarly institutions and constituencies.
This variety and breadth of experience enables the
respective partners to create new networks at vari-
ous levels. The Alliance has an impact in the field
of Asian Studies of a kind qualitatively different to
that which any member institution could have
obtained individually. Among the initiatives
undertaken by the Alliance in this is the p e a r l
Network (Programme for Europe-Asia Research
Linkages), which links European and Asian
research institutes in Asian and European Studies
and which aims to contribute to developing a
shared research culture in Asian and European
Studies. Through the Alliance connections were
made between the Association for Asian Studies,
u s a, and a university in Berlin, which will result
in the organization of the second i c a s ( I n t e r n a-
tional Convention of Asian Scholars) in 2001 (see
further on this page).
On 9-12 March 2000, the Alliance was represent-
ed at the Annual Meeting of the Association for
Asian Studies (a a s), which was held in San Diego,
u s a. At a specific ‘Alliance Booth’ information
about the Strategic Alliance, as well as about the
respective participating institutes and their publi-
cations, was available.
Strengthening the Tools of Communication
The co-operation on Internet between the
Alliance partners has enjoyed a steady expansion
since 1997. The n i a s and the i i a s have set up and
maintain a database of conferences, workshops,
and seminars in the field of Asian Studies, which
is presented on the i i a s website as ‘Agenda Asia’,
an international conference agenda. Visitors can
search the Agenda and subscribe to ‘Agenda Mail’
in order to receive excerpts from Agenda Asia reg-
ularly by e-mail.
The websites of the participating institutes are
linked. Alliance activities and general information
may be found at www.iias.nl/iias/alliance/. Regu-
lar information concerning the Alliance’s activi-
ties has been spread through the newsletters of
the respective institutes.
O t h e r C o - o r d i n a t i n g a n dS u p p o r t i n g A c t i v i t i e s
AAS
This year’s annual meeting of the Association for
Asian Studies (a a s) was held in San Diego, from 9
to 12 March. As in previous years, the i i a s in co-
operation with Dutch publishers m m f M i c r o f i l m
Publishers, i d c, k i t l v Press, and the Research
School c n w s), presented ‘Dutch Publishers on
Asia’, along with documentation on or publica-
tions from other Dutch academic institutes, such
as the Sinological Institute of Leiden University.
The Strategic Alliance presented itself with a joint
booth, where information on Alliance activities
and Alliance partners (then: i i a s, n i a s and i f a)
could be found.
ICAS 2
In 2000 the preparations for i c a s 2 (Berlin, 9-12
August 2001) were already well under way. During
the a a s meeting in San Diego in March, talks were
held with Prof. Eberhard Sandschneider of the
Freie Universität Berlin, the main organizer of
i c a s 2. In line with the goals the first International
Convention of Asia Scholars (i c a s), founded and
organized by the i i a s in 1998, i c a s 2 is aimed to
provide a broad and inclusive forum for all schol-
ars working on issues related to Asian Studies and
to seek a way of establishing or improving their
international networks. Across continents, disci-
plines, regional specializations, and conceptual
approaches, the main purpose of i c a s 2 will be to
present both a formal platform and an academic
stimulus towards improving the exchange of
scholarly contacts in Asian Studies. The i i a s w i l l
be represented at i c a s 2 by several i i a s panels and
by its presence, along with other Dutch publish-
ers, at the i c a s 2 book exhibition.
IIAS Library for International Co-operation
The i i a s Library for International Co-operation is
the continuation of the former library of the
Office for International Co-operation at Leiden
University. It contains approximately nine thou-
sand volumes. It is centred on the theme ‘Main
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Developments within Societies on the Asian,
African, and Latin American continents’. The col-
lection is fairly recent in its outlook, as nearly all
publications date from since 1980. While building
the collection, the policy line of not concentrating
on individual countries, but rather on regional,
comparative, and/or analytical topics has been fol-
lowed. The library is open to guests and staff of
the i i a s, i s i m, and c n w s. Students from Leiden
University are admitted on Mondays and Thurs-
days. The library, which is integrated into the p i c a
system, is run by Drs W. Teller.
Special Events
Every year the i i a s organizes events or lectures to
which representatives of the academic world and
people from outside the academic arena are invit-
ed. Through these events, the i i a s f r e q u e n t l y
reaches out to the civil, business, and political sec-
tors, as well as to journalists dealing with Asian
issues. In opening up channels into realms
beyond the universities, the ultimate aim of the
i i a s is to allow both the academic and non-acade-
mic communities to benefit from the knowledge
of Asia available.
On 27 October, Prof. Deepak Kumar Lal of the
University of California, delivered the i i a s A n n u a l
Lecture entitled: ‘Asia and Western Dominance –
Retrospect and prospect’. A shortened version of
his speech will be published in i i a s Newsletter 24.
Co-operation with Dutch Research Schools and
t h e ISIM
The ‘Research Schools’ in the Netherlands that are
most closely related to the iias are: the Research
School cnws, Leiden; the Research School for
Resource Studies for Human Development (ceres),
Utrecht; and the Amsterdam School for Social Sci-
ence Research (assr), Amsterdam. Although they
focus on PhD students (in contrast to the iias,
which concentrates on postdocs), the iias seeks co-
operation with these schools since many of their
students work in the field of Asian Studies.
The i i a s continued its efforts to stimulate multi-
lateral co-operation between the research schools
in the Netherlands. On the basis of the 1999 expe-
riences the i i a s considered ways to set up a new
programme for and together with the research
schools and the International Institute for the
Study of Islam in the Modern World (i s i m). After
consultation with the Netherlands Foundation for
the Advancement of Tropical Research (w o t r o)
and in close co-operation with the research schools
and i s i m, the i i a s initiated a preparatory proposal
for a joint national research programme to be co-
financed by the schools and w o t r o. In December
the draft proposal was discussed by the w o t r o
Board, which then decided that it wanted to set up
guidelines and procedures for this and similar ini-
tiatives first before deciding on its content. Final
decisions were to be announced in 2001.
The i i a s co-operated bilaterally with the c n w s,
the a s s r and the i s i m in 2000 (joint seminars,
lectures, guests, consultations, and the like). On
1 July w o t r o sponsored the joint a s s r / i i a s
research programme entitled ‘Transnational Soci-
ety, Media, and Citizenship’ commenced (see
Annex 4). In September a meeting took place at
the i i a s for the selection of research fellows for the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
(k n a w) sponsored joint i i a s / c n w s / i s i m r e s e a r c h
programme ‘Dissemination of Religious Authori-
ty in 20t h Century Indonesia’, which will start on
1 January 2001.
Together with specialists at various universities
and departments, the i i a s made an effort in co-
ordinating three regional courses with a focus on
Asian Studies for undergraduate students. The
already well established interuniversity course on
South Asia (organized by the Universiteit van
Amsterdam and Leiden University) set the exam-
ple. During the course of the year preparations
were made for an East Asia course and a Southeast
Asia course. These courses will start in 2001.
Consulting and Advisory Activities
The i i a s continued its co-operation with the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, d c o / c s
Department. Approximately once every three
months the i i a s attended meetings concerning
the Asia Europe Foundation (a s e f) organized at
the Ministry. The i i a s has an advisory role in these
meetings.
Also in this context, Dr Leo Schmit (Leiden Uni-
versity) attended the a s e f Summer School Alumni
Association Seminar in Brussels on behalf of the
i i a s. Dr Schmit presented a paper entitled: ‘Asian
Identity and Asian Regionalism’.
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The director of the i i a s was invited by several
institutes and project teams for consulting and
advisory activities, such as: the Japan Prize win-
ners Programme (j p p, Leiden University), selection
committees for new chairs in Asian Studies, at var-
ious European Universities, and board member-
ships of the k i t l v , and the Foundation for Ethnol-
ogy in Leiden (l e f) .
Memoranda of Understanding with Partner
I n s t i t u t e s
In 2000 the i i a s signed new Memoranda of Under-
standing with the following partner institutes:
– Chinese Centre for Tibetan Studies, Beijing
– Taipei Representative Office in Belgium, Science
Division for National Science Council (n s c) ,
B r u s s e l s
– State Minister of Research and Technology,
Jakarta, Indonesia
IIAS Visits
In order to act as a mediator, to set up networks,
to link parties, to represent Dutch Asian Studies,
or to give a follow-up to initiatives taken – in
short: to reach its objectives, the i i a s has paid vis-
its to various institutions in the Netherlands and
abroad. These visits could take the form of work-
ing meetings, the attending of conferences, or the
exploration of possibilities for further co-opera-
tion and/or the enhancement of Asian Studies in
general. Conversely, the i i a s receives guests from
institutes in the Netherlands or abroad.
Some of these visits paid by the i i a s in 2000, with
an emphasis on visits abroad, are mentioned below:
– 4 February
Fontainebleau, France:
1 5t h l v m h Conference ‘x x i Century: Scenario’s
for the next millennium’
– 10 February
London, United Kingdom:
School of Oriental and African Studies, meeting
with representatives from the e u- C h i n a
Academic Network (e c a n)
– 9-12 March
San Diego, u s a
Annual a a s meeting
– 3 April
Brussels, Belgium
Alliance workshop ‘The Future of the a s e m
Process’ at the Charlemagne
Building, European Commission
– 7-10 April
Gilleleje, Denmark
7t h Nordic European Workshop in Advanced
Asian Studies
– 11 April
Lisbon, Portugal
Esf Asia Committee Executive Group Meeting
– 15 May
Brussels, Belgium
Visit to the European Commission to discuss
p e a r l matters
– 16-24 May
Bangkok, Thailand and Jakarta, Indonesia
Visits to various institutes and ministries to
discuss running projects
– 25 May
The Hague
Meeting with the Dr M. Hikam, Minister for
Research and Technology,
Republic of Indonesia
– 5 June
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alliance meeting
– 15-16 June
Madrid, Spain
Es f Asia Committee Meeting
– 27-28 June
Paris, France
Worldbank Conference
– 30 June
Royal Palace (Noordeinde), The Hague
Lunch in the honour of the Malaysian
A m b a s s a d o r
– 7-8 July
Berlin, Germany
Meeting of a ‘Berufungskommission’
– 8-15 October
Bangkok, Thailand & Myanmar
Visits to various institutes to discuss running
projects (Thailand) and visits to institutes and
universities for the introduction of the i i a s a n d
the exploration of possibilities for co-operation
(Myanmar: Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay)
– 11 October
Berlin, Germany
Asia Update ‘Economic Potentials and Political
Stability in Asia’
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(Prof. W. Wolters, University of Nijmegen
attended i.a. on behalf of the i i a s)
– 25 October
Hamburg, Germany
Wissenschaftliches beirats des Deutschen
Uebersee Institut
– 23-24 November
Budapest, Hungary
– 4-7 December
B a n g k o k
Ab i a advisory board meeting
The i i a s received visits from a great many people
from the Netherlands, Europe, Asia, and other
regions. Individuals and/or delegations were reg-
ularly welcomed at the institute, either at their
own request, at the request of Dutch or foreign
colleagues or ministries, or at the invitation of the
i i a s itself. To mention only a few:
– 7 January
Ei a s, Brussels
– 28 January
Ni a s, Copenhagen
– 2 March
Seameo searca, Philippines
– 28 March
J. Dopari, Governor West Papua
– 4 April
Dr R. Silva, Sri Lanka (i c o m o s)
– 7 April
Dr Zahratul Kamar Mahmud from the Ministry
of Education, Malaysia
– 20 April
Ambassador of Egypt
– 19 June
Visit of a delegation from the Chinese Embassy
– 25 August
Netherlands Ambassador to be stationed in
B a n g k o k
– 15 September
The e s f Asia Committee Executive Group
– 18 October
Ambassador of Pakistan
– 20 October
Museum of World Cultures, Sweden
– 27 October
Prof. D. Kumar Lal
– 1 December
Visit of a delegation from the National
University of Singapore (n u s)
– 20 December
A s e f, Singapore
IIAS Subsidies
The i i a s supports many activities organized by
other institutes and universities at national and
international levels, both by offering infrastructur-
al facilities and by its financial contributions. In
order to stimulate, promote, and advance impor-
tant scholarly initiatives in the field of Asian Stud-
ies, a budget of 30,000 guilders in total was made
available for the year 2000 via the Director’s Fund.
This fund, out of which the Director can per-
sonally allocate amounts up to 2,500 guilders,
proved to be very supportive of small-scale activi-
ties that would otherwise have been likely to be
cancelled. Its success underlines the necessity to
make a joint effort to organize Asia support. The
Supporting Activities Fund and the i i a s T r a v e l
Grants were no longer available in 2000.
Director’s Fund
Director’s Fund grants were given to the follow-
ing institutes and individuals (order of data: indi-
vidual and/or institute involved, the title of the
project, and the amount of the subsidy):
– Drs H. ‘t Hart (Kern Institute, Leiden University)
• Devising a cataloging systems that would render
the Johan van Manen archives at the Kern
Institute library more accessible
• n l g 1 , 9 7 5
– Prof. H. Steinhauer (University of Nijmegen)
• Dutch Indonesian Dictionary – project (d i d i c)
• n l g 2 , 5 0 0
– Dr D. Heilijgers (Kern Institute, Leiden
U n i v e r s i t y )
• Attending the ‘14t h New Delhi World Book
Fair’, New Delhi, India, 5-13 February
• n l g 1 , 5 0 0
– Dr B. Bhattacharya
• Attending the ‘Forum for European Expansion
and Global Internaction’, St. Augustine, Florida,
u s a, 17-19 February
• n l g 1 , 0 0 0
– Dr H. de Jonge (Anthropology Department,
University of Nijmegen)
• Attending the ‘x x x v i International Congress of
Asian and North African Studies’, Montreal,
Canada, 27 August – 3 September
• n l g 2 , 0 0 0
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– Dr R. Jordaan
• Attending the ‘8t h International Conference of
the European Association of Southeast Asian
Archaeologists’, Sarteano, Italy, 2-6 October
• n l g 1 , 0 0 0
– Dr M. Wiesebron (Department of Latin America
Studies, Leiden University)
• Organizing the workshop ‘Towards a New
Millennium Round. The w t o and deepening
integration in Asia, the European Union and
Latin America’
• n l g 2 , 0 0 0
– Prof. K. Zijlmans (Department of Art History,
Leiden University)
• Organizing the symposium ‘Voices from Japan.
Contemporary Art and Discourse’
• n l g 2 , 5 0 0
– Prof. A. Lubotsky (Leiden University)
• Visit of Mr Ph. Krylov to the Netherlands to
complete the programming basis of the Indo-
European Etymological Dictionary, August –
September
• n l g 1 , 5 0 0
– Dr A. Khosla (Department of Languages and
Cultures of Japan and Korea, Leiden University)
• Organizing the ‘Asian Development Seminar
S e r i e s ’
• n l g 3 , 0 0 0
– Dr T. Atabaki (Utrecht University)
• Organizing the workshop ‘Central Asian
Philology: Prospects for co-operation’
• n l g 2 , 0 0 0
– Nederlands-Vlaamse Vereniging voor Azië en
Pacific Studies (n v a p s)
• Organizing ‘41s t meeting of Oceanists’, Leiden,
14 April
• organizational support
– Dr J. Wu (Sinological Institute, Leiden
U n i v e r s i t y )
• Organizing the ‘Conference of the European
Association of Sinological Librarians (e a s l) ’ ,
Leiden, 20 September
• n l g 1 , 0 0 0
Other supported initiatives
In co-operation with the Netherlands Institute for
War Documentation (n i o d), the i i a s o r g a n i z e d
the seminar series ‘Southeast Asia Across Borders’
in Amsterdam. The series started in September
and will continue until March 2001 and included
lectures by, amongst others, Howard Dick (Uni-
versity of Melbourne), Ruth McVey (former s o a s) ,
and Thomas Menkoff (National University of Sin-
gapore). See also Section 3.
Dr Li Minghuan (former c a s a and i i a s) was
awarded a subsidy to undertake a research project
‘In the Restructuring of Labour Market: A study of
the labour brokers in Xiamen’. The project is car-
ried out within the framework of the programme
‘Brokers of Capital and Knowledge’ at the Univer-
siteit van Amsterdam and is located in Xiamen,
p r C h i n a .
As in previous years, the i i a s supported two
courses on Thai language and literature, taught
a t the Department of Southeast Asian Studies,
Leiden University.
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The institutional communication activities of the
i i a s (the i i a s Newsletter, the database, the website,
and the publications) contribute to the overall
information strategy of the i i a s which is to publi-
cize the activities of the Institute itself and other
activities in the field of Asian Studies to as large an
audience as possible.
The i i a s Newsletter, which is published in Eng-
lish, clearly reflects the co-ordinating function of
the i i a s. It strives to be a newsletters’ newsletter,
containing information about Asian Studies
worldwide. The publications of the i i a s reflect its
dual function, having either an academic or an
informative character.
The i i a s website is a significant tool in provid-
ing the rapidly increasing volume of digital infor-
mation and electronic communication in the field
of Asian Studies. The i i a s database contains infor-
mation on research and researchers in the field of
Asian Studies worldwide. It is seen as a major
back-up to the facilitating objective of the i i a s. It
is also possible to organize a mailing label service
for institutions with an interest in Asian Studies.
i i a s n e w s l e t t e r
The i i a s Newsletter (i i a s n) presents news on Asian
Studies in the areas that the i i a s has designated as
its field of interest: Central Asia, South Asia, Insu-
lar Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
Other recurrent sections are General News and
Asian Art & Culture, supplemented by articles and
the Asian Art Agenda produced by The g a t e
Foundation in Amsterdam. As in the preceding
year, the i i a s Newsletter was published three
times in 2000: i i a s n 21 (64 pp) in February, i i a s n
22 (56 pp) in June, and i i a s n 23 (56 pp) in October.
In 2000, the i i a s n continued along the lines of the
successful formula that has evolved in the course
of the previous years, including the recently intro-
duced special theme sections, co-ordinated by
Guest Editors approached by the i i a s N e w s l e t t e r
Editorial Board. Dr Thomas de Bruijn guest edited
issue 21, the special theme of which was ‘South
Asian Literature’ and which included seven pages
of articles pertaining to developments in modern
South Asian literature. The special theme section
for issue 22, namely ‘400 Years of Dutch-Japanese
Relations’, was guest edited by Ivo Smits and i i a s
East Asia Regional Editor for Japan, Margarita
Winkel. As the title suggests, this theme section
was planned to coincide with celebrations of this
400-year relationship between the two countries,
and six pages of articles offer insight into various,
among others, historical, linguistic, and artistic
aspects thereof, as researched by eleven authors.
Dr Martin Ramstedt guest edited the special
theme for issue 23. Entitled ‘Relations between
Hindus in Modern Indonesia and India’, Dr Ram-
stedt assembled three authors, conducted two
interviews himself, and supplied an extensive
introduction on a topic that receives relatively
little attention in the academic world. Aside from
the Guest Editors themselves, twenty-two scholars
contributed articles for the special theme issues in
the year 2000, of which more than half were non-
Dutch and/or based in institutions outside the
N e t h e r l a n d s .
Regional sections remained essentially the same
as in previous years, except for a few additional
features. The Tibetological Collections and
Archives Series, edited by Dr Henk Blezer,
appeared for the first time in 2000 and returns in
all three issues. Gerda Theuns-de Boer continued
with her series on the subject of the photographic
archives at the Kern Institute and, by issue 23, the
editorial page provided space for the ‘Director’s
Note’. Lead articles for each issue were the follow-
ing: (#21) ‘Some Reflections on the Formation of
the Buddha Image’, an abstract of the keynote
speech delivered by Maurizio Taddei at the South
Asian Archaeology Conference which took place in
Leiden on 5 July 1999; (#22) ‘Opportunities for
Europe in a s e m’ a forum article by Professor Wim
Stokhof, Director of the i i a s; and (#23) an inter-
view with the most recently inaugurated i i a s
S E C T I O N 5
Newsletter, Publications, World Wide Website,D a t a b a s e
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Extraordinary Chair in Asian History (at Erasmus
University, Rotterdam), Professor Henk Schulte-
Nordholt, written by Marieke Brand, accompa-
nied by excerpts from his inaugural lecture,
‘ A State of Violence’. Regional editors who were
highlighted with an interview in the year 2000
were Netty Bonouvrié (South Asia), and Dr Victor
van Bijlert (Bengal Studies Page).
The Pink Pages form a regular, 16-page supple-
ment and contain factual information on insti-
tutes and organizations, e.g. i i a s News, e s f A s i a
Committee News, Alliance News, c l a r a N e w s ,
Short News, the 2-page International Conference
Agenda (which includes i i a s and e s f - a c a g e n d a
items), and the Products & Services section. The
lead articles in the Pink Pages are selected for their
relevance in institutional matters relating to the
i i a s or affiliated institutes. Issue #21 published
‘Asia and the European Union’s Common Foreign
and Security Policy’, written by John Kleinen, on
the topic of the one-day conference at the Euro-
pean Parliament hosted by the Strategic Alliance
in close co-operation with the European Institute
for Asian Studies in Brussels; in issue #22, a work-
shop report appeared as the lead article of the
Pink Pages, by Dr Mario Rutten of the i i a s B r a n c h
Office in Amsterdam, about the 7t h N o r d i c - E u r o-
pean Workshop in Advanced Asian Studies
(n e w a s), which took place in Denmark two
months previously that year in April. The lead
article in the Pink Pages of issue #23 was a double
report – the convenor’s and a participant’s view –
of the Ninth Seminar of the International Associa-
tion for Tibetan Studies, held in Leiden from
24–30 June. Furthermore, three pages of issue #23
presented abstracts for Workshops selected for
funding by the ESF Asia Committee for the year
2001, with an announcement that reports of the
workshops would be included in forthcoming
issues of the Newsletter.
There were some changes in the editorial staff in
the course of 2000. Elzeline van der Hoek contin-
ued as Managing Editor, and was joined by Tanja
Chute, as Co-Editor. Marieke te Booij resigned as
China Editor, Dr Victor van Bijlert moved from
correspondent to Regional Editor status for his
work involving the Bengal Studies Page, and The
Gate Foundation was moved to Asian Art & Cul-
ture Correspondent for their feature contribu-
tions in the Asian Art section. The rest of the edi-
torial staff and the correspondents remained unal-
tered. Regional Editors were Ingrid Nooijens
(Central Asia), Sandra Evers (Insular Southwest
Asia), Netty Bonouvrié (South Asia), Dick van der
Meij (Southeast Asia), Koen De Ceuster (Korea),
Margarita Winkel (Japan), and Rosemary Robson-
McKillop (English Language Editor).
The Newsletter had a circulation of approxi-
mately 22,000 worldwide during the year 2000. In
addition to the approximately 19,000 copies that
are sent to subscribers – of which roughly 4,000
are posted to addresses in the Netherlands – the
i i a s distributes several thousand Newsletters at
international conferences, including the Annual
Meeting of the a a s in San Diego, California in
March.
27 Advertisements were placed in the i i a s N e w s-
letter in the course of the year 2000, which earned
more than twice the income generated by adver-
tisements in the previous year, 1999. For the most
part, the increase is accounted for by the creation
of a 9-page special publications supplement
(‘New Publications in Asian Studies’) in i i a s i s s u e
21, in which publication reviews were combined
with advertisements placed by various publishers.
During the year 2000, approximately 235 articles
on a wide variety of topics in the field of Asian
Studies were contributed by 197 authors, of
which 50% were Dutch and/or affiliated with
Institutes in the Netherlands, with the remaining
half being foreign and/or affiliated with institu-
tions outside of the Netherlands. A large number
of articles which were first published in the i i a s
Newsletter during the year 2000 have been re-
published by other magazines, journals, and web-
sites, including Amnesty International, E p i s t e m e
(translated to Portuguese), and at
h t t p : / / w w w . p u r a b u d a y a . c o m .
p u b l i c a t i o n s
In the co-operation agreement, on the basis of
which the i i a s was founded, it was stipulated
that the i i a s will not have a full-fludged publica-
tion programme of its own: the research fellows
will be encouraged to find publishers them-
selves. The i i a s does, however, issue several kinds
of publications. In these, a division can be made
between the (academic) publications in co-opera-
tion with other publishers, electronic publica-
tions on the Internet, and i i a s publications con-
taining institutional information and guides and
i n v e n t o r i e s .
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In the course of 2000, the i i a s published New Stud-
ies on Chinese Overseas and China, edited by Cen
Huang, Zhuang Guotu, and Tanaka Kyoko, which
was also published in Chinese by Xiamen Univer-
sity Press. Both volumes were produced in Xia-
men, China. The books form part of a series of
publications on Q i a o x i a n g ties which started in
1999 with Qiaoxiang Ties: Interdisciplinary approaches to
‘Cultural Capitalism’ in South China, edited by Leo
Douw, Cen Huang, and Michael Godley. In the
course of 2001 the i i a s Qiaoxiang ties research pro-
gramme will publish its second edited volume
Rethinking Chinese Transnational Enterprises: Cultural
affinity and business strategies, which is edited by Leo
Douw, Cen Huang, and David Ip.
Jointly with the University of Mauritius, the i i a s
published Globalisation and the South-West Indian
O c e a n, edited by Sandra J.T. Evers and Vinesh Y.
Hookoomsing. This volume presents the contri-
butions to the seminar organized to mark the
4 0 0t h anniversary of the Dutch landing in Mauri-
tius entitled ‘Globalisation and the South-West
Indian Ocean (s w i o)’, which was organized jointly
by the i i a s and the University of Mauritius from
21 to 23 September 1998.
The co-operation with Curzon resulted in many
books being prepared for publication, most titles
of which will see the light in the course of 2001.
The first to be published will be Shoma Munshi’s
Images of the ‘Modern’ Woman in Asia: Global media, local
m e a n i n g s, scheduled to appear in the spring of 2001.
This edited volume will be produced in paperback
as well as hard cover. The volume edited by Ana-
toly M. Khazanov and André Wink, Nomad in the
Sedentary World, will appear around the same time.
The electronic publications of the i i a s can be
accessed on the i i a s website. The website features
those publications which are now out of stock
such as annual reports and the latest IIAS Newsletter
issues.
In co-operation with various departments of
Leiden University, the i i a s has set up the electron-
ic multimedia magazine Oideion: Performing Arts
O n l i n e, which is the World Wide Web daughter of
Oideion: The Performing Arts Worldwide. The scope of
the electronic magazine is wide: it includes music,
dance, verbal art, and theatre and contributions
need not to be restricted to Asia. The magazine
publishes contributions which use the multime-
dia possibilities provided by the w w w, like audio
and video fragments in the form of articles, book
and c d reviews, and news on the performing arts.
Articles are peer-reviewed.
The i i a s institutional publications include the
IIAS Annual Report 1999 and the inaugural lectures of
the three i i a s extraordinary chairs, which have
been co-published with the three host universities
(see also Section 2):
– Prof. H. Steinhauer, Indonesisch en Indonesische
S t r e e k t a l e n, Nijmegen: k u n / i i a s, 2000, (Chair at
Nijmegen University)
– Prof. B. Terwiel, Van Denkmodellen en Vooroordelen:
Thaise geschiedschrijving over de periode van de eerste helft
van de negentiende eeuw, Leiden: Leiden University-
/i i a s, 2000, (Chair at Leiden University)
– Prof. H. Schulte Nordholt, Een staat van geweld,
Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit/i i a s, 2000,
(Chair at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
An oblong agenda containing information on spe-
cial events, expected fellows, and publications,
was published six times. This agenda was distrib-
uted to institutes, universities, and museums in
the Netherlands, and serves as an eye-catcher.
i i a s w eb s i t e
The i i a s website can be found at:
http://www.iias.nl. The website had approximately
1,400 hits per day in the past year.
The i i a s site distinguishes between i i a s- r e l a t e d
information, and (other) national and interna-
tional information on Asian Studies through the
‘Gateway to Asian Studies’. The i i a s section con-
tains information about the i i a s: research activi-
ties, fellowships, publications, staff and board,
database, network activities, as well as the online
edition of the i i a s N e w s l e t t e r .
The ‘Gateway to Asian Studies’ is meant to pro-
vide a window with a dual purpose. The first is to
give Dutch information relevant to Asian Studies
in order to give Dutch Asian Studies more profile
on the Internet. The second is to supply net-
worked information on Asian Studies on the
Internet worldwide. The ‘Gateway to Asian Stud-
ies’ comprises the following entries: institutional
information (institutes, projects, vacancies, book-
sellers), research information (collections,
archives, documentation centres, libraries, muse-
ums) and research-related information, publica-
tions (also online publications), and news (art and
conference agenda, other news).
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In collaboration with n i a s, Copenhagen, the
i i a s is maintaining a database of conferences,
workshops, and seminars in the field of Asian
Studies, which is presented on the i i a s website as
‘Agenda Asia’, an international conference agenda.
Visitors can search the Agenda and subscribe to
‘Agenda Mail’ in order to receive excerpts from
Agenda Asia regularly by e-mail.
In the year 2000 the i i a s was able to reap the
benefits from the investments made in the second
half of 1999 in two new web servers.
The new capacity made it possible for the i i a s t o
host a copy of the web site (mirror site) of the
‘Tower of Babel, an Etymological Database Pro-
ject’ as a service to the Russian counterpart. This
project is a joint effort to build up a commonly
accessible database of linguistic families. Partici-
pants of the ‘Tower of Babel’ are – among others –
the Russian State University of the Humanities
(Department of Comparative Linguistics and
Ancient Languages), the City University of Hong
Kong, and Leiden University. The i i a s also offers
facilities to the Indo-European Etymological Dic-
tionary Project, a project of the Department of
Comparative Linguistics at Leiden University,
guided by Prof. A. Lubotsky.
The new technical possibilities enabled the
launching of the beta-version – only accessible for
members of the Platform Asia Collections (p a c) for
evaluation – of the searchable database on Asian
journals in Dutch libraries (i p a c). In 1996, leading
Dutch institutes and libraries in the field of Asian
Studies joined forces to form the working group
Platform Asia Collections (p a c) in order to
improve the quality and accessibility of library
(including digital) collections relevant to Asian
Studies. The final version of i p a c is expected to
come online in 2001.
Since its initiation in 1995, the i i a s w e b s i t e
offers web server space to those specific projects,
programmes, and organizations in the field of
Asian Studies that do not have their own means to
publish their information on the Internet. For
instance, the Royal Institute of Linguistics and
Anthropology (k i t l v); the International Research
Programme ‘Brokers of Capital and Knowledge’
(UvA); the Indonesian-Netherlands Co-operation
in Islamic Studies (i n i s); the Centre for Co-opera-
tive Research in Social Sciences, based in Pune,
India; Irian Jaya Studies – a Programme for Inter-
disciplinary Research (i s i r); the Himalayan Lan-
guages Project; International Journal for the Study
of Board Games; and the research programme
‘Verbal Art in the Audio-Visual Media of Indone-
sia’ (v a | a v m i) are being hosted by the i i a s.
Asian Studies Virtual Library
Since November 1996 the i i a s has been responsi-
ble for maintaining the Southeast Asia section of
the Asian Studies World Wide Web Virtual
Library, which is edited by the Australian Nation-
al University (a n u). In this multinational collabo-
rative project, fifty-one co-editors are in charge of
cataloguing and evaluating potential sources of
online information. The Asian Studies Virtual
Library provides an authoritative, continuously
updated hypertext guide and access tool to schol-
arly information resources on the Internet, such
as archives, libraries, electronic documents, data-
bases, as well as to newsgroups, universities, and
academic organizations. It deals with the Asian
continent as a whole, and with individual Asian
regions, countries, and territories. The informa-
tion in the Southeast Asia section of the Asian
Studies Virtual Library on the i i a s website has
increased considerably and is attracting a grow-
ing audience. It is one of the most frequently vis-
ited parts of the site and can be found through
the i i a s ‘Gateway to Asian Studies’
( w w w . i i a s . n l / w w w v l / ) .
d a t a b a s e
The i i a s Database contains approximately 23,000
addresses of scholars and other persons, institutes,
organizations, museums, scientific periodicals,
and newsletters with an interest in Asian Studies.
The information in the database adds to the
expansion of the i i a s Newsletter readership and
therefore helps in spreading the name of the i i a s
and in its building up of networks.
All i i a s staff members have access to the data. The
bulk of the important contact addresses have been
categorized and incorporated into mailing lists.
It is possible to organize a mailing label rental
service for institutions or organizations that are
interested in Asia. The i i a s receives numerous
requests from publishers worldwide and from
other Asian Studies institutes which wish to avail
themselves of this service.
In 2000 the i i a s met with Nuffic (the Nether-
lands Organization for International Cooperation
in Higher Education) to discuss the possibilities
to co-operate in Prisma (Netherlands’ Gateway to
Development related Research and Higher Educa-
tion: Professionals, Institutions and Partnerships).
Aim of the Prisma database (Asia-edition) is to
provide a guide to the expertise present among
academics in the Netherlands who are engaged in
research that pertains to Asia. Prisma will com-
bine data from the i i a s and Nuffic databases to
provide an on-line, free of charge, information
service on Asian Studies specialists.
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A n n e x e s :
IIAS Research
P r o g r a m m e s ,
Projects and
IIAS Branch Office
A m s t e r d a m
a n d
F i n a n c i a l
R e p o r t
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Programme co-ordinator:
– Dr Ratna Saptari
Executive body:
– International Institute of Social History,
A m s t e r d a m
Research fellow:
– Dr Prabhu Mohapatra (India)
Research topic: ‘Industrialization and
W o r k Culture: Steel workers in Jamshedpur:
1950–1990s’
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002
The Changing Labour Relations in Asia programme
(c l a r a) aims to build a comparative understanding
of labour relations in different parts of Asia which
are undergoing diverse historical processes and
experiences in terms of their national economies,
their links with international markets and the
nature of state intervention. This understanding
will be based on the promotion of inter-Asian co-
operation and the co-operation between Asian and
non-Asian institutions. The programme is sup-
ported by the International Institute of Asian Stud-
ies (i i a s), and the International Institute of Social
History (i i s h), Amsterdam.
As in the past years, c l a r a activities revolved
around the preparation of seminars, workshops,
and in maintaining and expanding its networks.
The annual c l a r a one-day seminar was held on
1 4 September and involved a broader network of
scholars than in the previous years. If in the past
this occasion was a means through which Dutch
scholars were brought together to present their
research projects, this year the seminar was held
in collaboration with the i i a s Branch Office in
Amsterdam, which allowed the bringing together
of European scholars and Asian scholars. Five
scholars presented a paper: Prof. Utsa Patnaik
from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi: ‘Peasant
Movements and Labour in India’; Dr Kristofel
Lieten from the Universiteit van Amsterdam:
‘Bonded Labour in Pakistan’; Ms. Anja Rudnick
from the Universiteit van Amsterdam:
‘Bangladeshi Migrant Women in Malaysia’; Dr I s a-
belle Vagneron from the University of Auvergne
in Clermont – France: ‘Homeworkers in the Gar-
ment Industry in Thailand’; and Dr Nicola Piper
from the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies,
Copenhagen: ‘Japanese Policies on Southeast
Asian Female Migrants’.
After the c l a r a visiting fellowships of Dr S h i-
geru Sato (University of Newcastle, Australia), and
Dr Adapa Satyanarayana (University of Hyderabad,
India) had been concluded, the programme went
through a second round of selections for new vis-
iting fellows in 2001. Two scholars were selected:
Dr Erwiza Erman from the Indonesian Institute of
Sciences, and Ms. Rohini Hensman, who works for
the Union Research Group and Trade Union Soli-
darity based in Bombay. Dr Erman will work on
preparing a commercial version of her PhD thesis
(Universiteit van Amsterdam) on mineworkers in
Ombilin, West Sumatra, and prepare it for publi-
cation; and Ms Hensman will look at the impact
of globalization on workers in Bombay.
Two more working papers have come out this
year:
• Number 9
Edsel E. Sajor (Universiteit van Amsterdam/i i a s) ,
Are They Incompatible? Modern Farming and Non-
Market Labour in the Northern Philippine Uplands
• Number 10
Babette P. Resurreccion (a i t, Thailand), F r o m
Erosion Control to Food Crisis Management: Changing
Gender Divisions of Labor in a Philippine Upland Village.
These two papers bring the number of c l a r a
working papers to a total of ten.
Two workshops scheduled for this year were can-
celled for various reasons. These were: ‘Domestic
Service and Labour Mobility’, which was to be
held in Trivandrum, India and ‘Household Strate-
gies and Labour Movements’, which was to be
held in Taiwan. The first workshop has been
rescheduled for early February (5-7) and will be
held in Amsterdam, at the International Institute
of Social History; and the latter workshop will still
be held in Taiwan but postponed until the
autumn of 2001.
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Apart from these usual round of scholarly activi-
ties, in the year 2000 the Changing Labour Rela-
tions in Asia Programme has entered a phase of
network consolidation and planning for future
collaborations with European and Asian-Pacific
counterparts. Cl a r a, in collaboration with n i a s,
Copenhagen, has received a grant from the Euro-
pean Science Foundation to organize a workshop
on labour migration in East and Southeast Asia.
This network has now been strengthened by the
participation of the Center for South and South-
east Asian Studies of the Lund University, Sweden.
This workshop will be the first in a series of activi-
ties which will be held in collaboration with other
institutions in Europe and the Asia-Pacific on
labour migration. Efforts are currently being
made to seek funding for an integrated research
programme which can support such an interna-
tional collaboration.
Additionally, c l a r a is working together with
the Pakistan Institute for Labour Education and
Research (p i l e r) in Karachi, Pakistan, to organize a
training workshop on Oral History (9-11 March
2001); also with the School of Environment, Uni-
versity of Brighton to organize a panel at the
e u r o s e a s Conference to be held in London,
( 6-8 September 2001); with the Indonesian Insti-
tute of Sciences and c a p s t r a n s, University of Wol-
longong, Australia, to organize a workshop on
Indonesian Labour History (early December 2001).
It is through these collaborations that the study of
labour in Asia and other parts of the world can
achieve its broadest and richest dimensions,
acknowledging the interconnectedness of labour
regimes and cultures and concomitantly, of schol-
arly endeavour.
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Programme director:
– Dr Wim van Zanten
Research fellows:
– Dr Hanne de Bruin (the Netherlands)
Research topic: ‘Kattaikkuttu and Natakam:
South Indian theatre traditions in regional
p e r s p e c t i v e ’
15 October 1997 – 15 July 2001
– Dr Matthew Cohen (u s a)
Research topic: ‘The Shadow Puppet Theater of
Gegesik, North West Java, Indonesia: Memory,
tradition, and community’
1 January 1998 – 1 January 2001
– Dr Hae-kyung Um (u k/ K o r e a )
Research topic: ‘Performing Arts in Korea and
the Korean Communities in China, the former
Soviet Union and Japan’
1 January 1998 – 1 January 2001
The highlight of the p a a t i year 2000 was the con-
ference ‘Audiences, Patrons and Performers in the
Performing Arts of Asia’. This conference, orga-
nized jointly with c h i m e, the European Founda-
tion for Chinese Music Research, and Leiden Uni-
versity, took place in Leiden, 23-27 August. In Jan-
uary-February a second circular was sent out to
scholars all over the world, and the conference,
the abstracts and the programme were announced
on the Internet: http://www.iias.nl/oideion/
g e n e r a l / a u d i e n c e s . h t m l .
The conference addressed the roles of context and
environment: the audiences, the patrons who
enable the performing arts, the sponsors who
organize and support them, and the spaces and
places where they work and play. How do these
participants influence performances and perform-
ers, and how are they influenced by them in turn?
The Asian ‘artists’ to be considered range from
singers to storytellers and dancers, from pup-
peteers to actors and musicians, from entertainers
to ritualists and shamans. These themes were
highlighted in several panels, including ones
focusing on: 1) Hybrid and Popular Theatres in
Asia (20 papers); 2) Asian Diasporas (12
papers)/Interculturalism and Transnationalism
( 6 papers); and 3) The Creative Process in Folk
Music and Musical Ritual in Asia (11 papers).
There were also several panels dealing with related
topics. Altogether there were 102 paper presenta-
tions at this conference.
The keynote address ‘The Performance Triangle:
Whole or unholy?’ was delivered by Professor
James Brandon. It was generally felt that the
papers and discussions were of a very good quali-
ty. The results will appear in a special issue of the
journal of The Seagull Foundation, edited by
D r Hanne de Bruin, and two books. The first book
with working title ‘Translating Asia’s Traditions:
Diasporas and interculturalism in Asian perform-
ing arts’ will be edited by Dr Hae-Kyung Um. The
second book with working title ‘Popular Theatres
of South and Southeast Asia’ will be edited by
D r Matthew Cohen. Other results will appear in
the c h i m e journal, and other journals.
The performers were also present at this schol-
arly meeting. On the first day, the participants’
registration took place to the accompaniment of
Chinese teahouse music performed by the ‘Yellow
River’ ensemble from Paris. After the dinner, the
Surinam-Javanese society Gotong-Rojong from
Delfzijl, the Netherlands, performed a hobby-
horse dance, Jaran Kepang, in which the dancers
went into trance. During the other conference
evenings there were performances as well. Quite a
few of the performers (for instance, Vayu Naidu,
John Emigh, Tran Quang Hai, Hugh Livingston,
Kalpana Raghuraman) also gave workshops and
presented excellent papers at the conference. This
was particularly gratifying, because the p a a t i
research project also tries to use participation or
‘learning by performing’ for scientific research.
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Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition andInnovation; The expression of identityin a changing world
The possibilities of a follow-up conference were
discussed, and the next conference on the per-
forming arts of Asia may take place in Bangkok,
Thailand in December 2002. Some photographs
taken during the registration for the conference
may be found on the w w w: http://www.iias.nl/
o i d e i o n .
Dr Hae-Kyung Um did fieldwork on the recent
developments of new forms and styles in Korean
performing arts in January and February. In Feb-
ruary she presented a paper ‘Listening patterns
and the construction of identity in the Korean
diaspora in the former Soviet Union’ at the School
of Music of the Korean National University of Arts
in Seoul. In September she also presented a paper
at the conference of the European Seminar in Eth-
nomusicology in Belfast. She was convernor of the
‘Asian Diasporas’ panel of the p a a t i conference in
Leiden, August 2001, and introduced the topic at
the conference. In 2000 Dr Hae-Kyung Um fin-
ished several publications, which can be found
elsewhere (see Section 2). Dr Um’s research fellow-
ship officially ended in December, but she will
continue her work as an i i a s affiliated fellow for
the first half of 2001.
Early in the year Dr Matthew Cohen came back
from his fieldwork in Indonesia. He then spent
much time in several libraries to look at the his-
torical aspects of the performing arts in Indonesia.
Dr Cohen gave several lectures at Dutch universi-
ties, and a large part of his time was spent on
organizing the p a a t i conference in August. He
convened part of the panel on ‘Hybrid and Popu-
lar Theatres in Asia’, and also presented a paper at
this conference. Dr Matthew Cohen published
several articles and reviews of which the details
can be found elsewhere. Per 1 January 2001 Cohen
will start his new position of lecturer in non-
Western theatre at the Department of Theatre,
Film & Television Studies at the University of
Glasgow in Scotland.
Dr Hanne de Bruin organized the ‘South Indian
Theatre Festival 2000’ in Kanchipuran, 3-7 March,
which was a great success. She came back from
India in April and joined the other members of
the project in organizing the p a a t i conference in
August. She convened part of the panel on
‘Hybrid and Popular Theatres in Asia’, and pre-
sented a paper at this conference. In September
she also presented a paper ‘Village Goddesses and
Devadasis of North Tamil Nadu’, at the 16t h C o n-
ference on Modern Asian Studies in Edinburgh.
Dr De Bruin left for India from mid-November
2000 – April 2001. She published several articles
and produced a film on Indian performers.
Wim van Zanten was chair of the p a a t i / c h i m e
conference in August. He presented a paper with
Bart Barendregt on the Randai theatre of the
Minangkabau.
The site of Oideion; Performing Arts Online, a peer-
reviewed multimedia journal on the World Wide
Web: http://www.iias.nl/oideion, was thoroughly
revised by Igor Boog.
Igor Boog continued working part-time on
Oideion; Performing Arts Online. He finished the face-
lift of the O i d e i o n website in 2000 and installed the
hardware and software needed to make the pro-
duction of this multimedia journal self-support-
ing. The equipment is also used for making audio
c ds and (interactive) c d - r o ms. In 2000 one p a a t i
computer was used by Nick de Heer to edit and
finish the video film ‘Told in Heaven to Become
Stories on Earth; A study of change in Randai the-
atre of the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, using
visual documentation from the 1930s’ with Wim
van Zanten and Bart Barendregt. This video film
of 48 minutes is accompanied by a Documenta-
tion book of 54+ii pages.
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P e r f o r m i n g A r t s o f A s i a : T r a d i t i o n a n d I n n o v a t i o n ; T h e e x p r e s s i o n o f i d e n t i t y i n a c h a n g i n g w o r l d
Programme directors:
– Dr Leo Douw (v u, UvA)
– Dr Frank Pieke (Oxford University)
Research fellow:
– Dr Cen Huang
Research topic: ‘Structure and Social
Organization of Transnational Enterprises and
Entrepreneurship in East and Southeast Asia’
1 November 1996 – 1 January 2000
The programme is concerned with international
social organization, or transnationalism, in East and
Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on how Qiaoxiang
ties (ethnic Chinese hometown connections) work
and have influenced the formation of Chinese
transnationalism in the course of the twentieth cen-
tury. Chinese transnationalism is based on the ties
of Chinese ethnic origin, language, and culture in
the global context. The renewed appeal to Qiaoxiang
ties, since the late 1970s, has played an important
role in the creation of transnationalized, Chinese-
based cultures and economies in both China and
Southeast Asia. The implementation of China’s
Open Door Policy and the increased globalization of
ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia have
given rise to the revival of all kinds of traditional
Chinese cultural and business practices. This
stretches from the restoration of family values,
ancestor worship, and lineage organizations to the
formation and the development of transnational
business networks in the region. The linkages
between the revival of traditional cultural practice
and the penetration into China of ethnic Chinese
business enterprises have thus enjoyed both popu-
lar interest and scholarly attention over the past few
decades, and are a central focus in the Qiaoxiang ties
programme as a whole.
During 2000, the programme was brought to its
conclusion. The major remaining activity was the
editorial work on the book to be produced from
the international conference, 26-27 August, in
Hong Kong, on ‘Chinese Transnational Enterpris-
es and Entrepreneurship in Prosperity and Adver-
sity: South China and Southeast Asia during the
twentieth century’ (see i i a s Annual Report 1999).
The editors, Leo Douw, Cen Huang, and David Ip,
have completed the manuscript as intended, on
1 5 August, after a favourable judgement by inde-
pendent referees. The book will be published by
Curzon Press, London in 2001.
The other remaining activity was the publica-
tion of the Jinjiang research data and the papers
from the conference held in Jinjiang, 27-31 Octo-
ber 1998, as a part of the i i a s/Xiamen Jinjiang Pro-
gramme, which is part of the Q i a o x i a n g Ties Pro-
gramme. The two resulting volumes, one English
language volume, one in Chinese, were published
in August. The English language volume, entitled
New Studies on Chinese Overseas and China, was edited
by Cen Huang, Zhuang Guotu, and Tanaka
Kyoko, and published by i i a s/Xiamen University
Press. The Chinese language volume, entitled
Zhongguo Qiaoxiang Yanjiu [Qiaoxiang Studies in China],
was edited by Zhuang Guotu, Zhao Wenliu, Tana-
ka Kyoko and Cen Huang, and published by Xia-
men University Press, Xiamen, China.
In order to wind up the programme, Cen
Huang’s position as a postdoctoral fellow was
extended until 1 March, but after her transfer to
the University of Calgary, in January, this exten-
sion was partly changed into a senior fellowship,
fulfilled during the summer. Illness prevented
Prof. David Ip, from travelling to the Netherlands
for his second fellowship, planned for the sum-
mer, but he did not allow this to prevent him
from contributing wholeheartedly to the work of
the programme.
On 18 July, a concluding seminar was held at
the Universiteit van Amsterdam, organized by the
i i a s Branch Office in Amsterdam, during which a
gathering of people who had worked in the pro-
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A N N E X 3
International Social Organizationin East and Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang tiesduring the twentieth century
gramme, or had been connected with the work of
the programme, discussed and evaluated its
achievements and problems. Among them were
Leo Douw and Cen Huang as the main imple-
menters of the programme, a number of i i a s p e r-
manent staff members, members of the program-
me’s Supervisory Committee and the i i a s A c a d e m-
ic Committee, and PhD students of the Amster-
dam School of Social Scientific Research.
A report of the concluding seminar, and intro-
ductions to the programme’s central output and
research findings will be published in the i i a s
Newsletter. The programme’s Final Report pro-
vides all the relevant data on the programme’s
history, its main contributors and staff, its
achievements and research findings, including an
overall evaluation, and its future projections.
T h e Final Report is available via the programme’s
w e b s i t e .
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Project director:
– Prof. Peter van der Veer
Executive body:
– Amsterdam School for Social science Research
(a s s r)
Research fellows:
– Dr Mahmoud Alinejad (Iran)
Research topic: ‘Mass Media, Social Movements,
and Religion’
1 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
– Dr Shoma Munshi (India)
Research topic: ‘Transnational Alchemy:
Producing the global consumer and diasporic
identities via contemporary visual media: India’
1 July 2000 – 1 July 2002
PhD candidate:
– Myrna Eindhoven (the Netherlands)
Research topic: ‘Rays of New Images. IC Ts, state
ethnopolicies, and identity formation among
the Mentawaians (West Sumatra, Indonesia)’
1 November 2000 – 1 November 2004
Main financing organization:
– Wo t r o
C o - s p o n s o r s :
– Assr, iias
Launched in July, this programme has a dual
focus: it proposes to look at the complex nature of
contemporary cultural identities and the role
which the globalization of information and com-
munication technologies (IC Ts) plays in the
(re)construction of these identities. The globaliza-
tion of IC Ts, (including not just television, films,
advertising, radio and newspapers, but very
importantly today, the Internet) has led to a situa-
tion in which communication networks, rather
than physical, geographical limits, have become
the new, permeable boundaries of this Informa-
tion Age. Audiovisual geographies are thus
becoming disengaged from the symbolic spaces of
national culture, and reaffiliated on the basis of
the more ‘universal’ principles of an international
consumer culture. Information and entertain-
ment businesses are converging with the commu-
nications industry in attempting to create a global
media space and market.
The core question of the programme is how this
logic unfolds as it encounters and interacts with
particular local situations. The question therefore
is not one of global or local flows of information
and communication technologies, but of how the
global and the local find expression in specific
contexts. Substantively, these issues will be
addressed in the comparative contexts of Indone-
sia, India, Iran, and the Gulf states of the Middle
East.
This research is being carried out in a compara-
tive, multi-disciplinary method. While the pro-
gramme is based in the Netherlands, the projects
will be conducted with multiple sites of field-
work. Both individually and collectively, the
research will broaden our understanding of the
implications of new media and communications
technologies in transforming political and reli-
gious forms which transcend the nation-state and
the relationship between consumption behaviour
and identity formation. The effects of these tech-
nological changes are different in different soci-
eties, although no one can escape them. It is likely
that transnational communities will play an
increasingly important role in this Information
Age in shaping world-wide social, cultural, eco-
nomic, and political processes.
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Programme co-ordinators:
– Dr Nico J.G. Kaptein
– Drs Sabine A.M. Kuypers
Research fellows and PhD candidates:
– as of 2001
Main financing organization:
– Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (k n a w)
C o - s p o n s o r s :
– International Institute for the Study of Islam in
the Modern World (i s i m), Leiden
– Research School of Asian, African, and
Amerindian Studies (c n w s), Leiden
– Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Masyarakat (p p i m,
Center for the Study of Islam and Society),
J a k a r t a
This 4-year co-operative research project starting
on 1 January 2001 aims to study and document
important changes which have occurred in reli-
gious – especially Muslim – authority in Indonesia
during the past century and which have con-
tributed significantly to the shaping of contempo-
rary nationhood. The project will focus on four
advanced research programmes, which will be car-
ried out by specialists in the field of religious stud-
ies from Indonesia, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
The advanced research programmes are concerned
with the most important areas of religious dissemi-
nation in Indonesia over the period concerned,
being: 1) The Traditional Religious Authority:
U l a m a and f a t w a; 2) Mystical Associations (T a r e k a t) in
Urban Communities; 3) Dakwah (Muslim Propaga-
tion) Activities in Urban Communities; and 4) Edu-
cation and the Dissemination of Religious Authori-
ty. Each of these programmes should result in
book-length studies on the topics concerned. In
addition, six PhD scholarships are scheduled. As a
spin-off activity of the joint research efforts in the
final year of the project, a preliminary hand list of
religious personalities of Indonesian Islam in the
2 0t h century will be produced.
The research programme receives financial sup-
port through the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Sciences (k n a w), being part of the Scientific Co-opera-
tion Netherlands – Indonesia, which in turn is financed
by the Netherlands Minister of Education, Cul-
ture and Sciences. The programme is co-financed
by the International Institute for Asian Studies
(i i a s), Leiden/Amsterdam; the International Insti-
tute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World
(i s i m), Leiden; and the Research School of Asian,
African and Amerindian Studies (Research School
c n w s), Leiden. In Indonesia the work is co-ordi-
nated at the Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan
Masyarakat (p p i m, Center for the Study of Islam
and Society): an autonomous body of the Institut
Agama Islam Negeri (i a i n, State Institute for
Islamic Studies) in Jakarta.
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Project leader:
– Prof. K.R. van Kooij
Co-ordinating editors:
– Drs H.I. Lasschuijt (Southeast Asia)
– Dr E.M. Raven (South Asia)
Offices and branches:
– International Institute for Asian Studies (i i a s) ,
L e i d e n / A m s t e r d a m
– Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (p g i a r) ,
University of Kelaniya, Colombo
– Sp a f a Library and Documentation, s e a m e o
Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts,
B a n g k o k
– Prof. S. Settar, co-ordinating editor for India
– Mr Hasan Djafar, editor for Indonesia
Financial support:
– International Institute for Asian Studies (i i a s) ,
L e i d e n / A m s t e r d a m
– J. Gonda Foundation, Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam
– Faculty of Arts, Leiden University
– Central Cultural Fund (c c f), Sri Lanka
The year 2000 started with the 4t h i n t e r n a t i o n a l
a b i a workshop, which was held at Dharwad, India,
10-12 January. It was splendidly hosted by Prof. S.
Settar, member of the advisory board and respon-
sible for the a b i a India Branch. The workshop was
attended by an unusually large number of twenty-
one participants, from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and the Netherlands.
The Sri Lankan delegation was enriched by the
presence of a delegation of the Central Cultural
Fund, which is the main sponsor of the a b i a o f f i c e
in Colombo. Unfortunately, owing to circum-
stances beyond their control, the Thai delegation
was unable to make the journey to Dharwad. The
outcomes of the meeting, however, were discussed
at the Thai a b i a office in Bangkok only a few
weeks later. The grand hospitality offered by the
University of Dharwad, Karnataka, the receptions,
the impressive concerts of Indian classical music
at Professor Settar’s house, and the fascinating
excursions to Hampi-Vijayanagara, made the visit
to India of the a b i a an unforgettable experience.
The real success of this workshop was the result
of three days of hard work. After three years since
its new inception and with two years ahead before
the first phase of five years ends, the a b i a p r o j e c t
was reaching a turning point. Quite a few impor-
tant issues had to be raised and were talked about
in a friendly and open atmosphere. These issues
concerned the regional networking, the output in
terms of records for the database, and the time
schedule of a b i a Project for the years 2000-2002. In
two parallel sessions, the advisory board discussed
a proposal for a new structure of a b i a Project in
the next phase of five years including a decentral-
ization of funds, while the editors and annotators
were dealing with a new annotator’s manual, and
the criteria for selecting records and making
annotations.
Other urgent matters concerned the set-up of
regional databases and the publication of a b i a
Index Volume i i. The publication of a special, less
expensive, Asian edition was announced. Dr Ellen
Raven and Drs Helga Lasschuijt, co-ordinating
editors for South and Southeast Asia of a b i a L e i-
den, demonstrated the improved on-line database
and the website under construction. Another
major decision concerned the position of a b i a
India branch, which from this moment would
function as an independent a b i a o f f i c e .
After the workshop, the chairman of a b i a
Project, Prof. Karel van Kooij and Drs Helga
Lasschuijt paid a visit to the s p a f a h e a d q u a r t e r s
i n Bangkok in order to discuss the results of
t h e workshop with their a b i a colleagues.
M s L a s s c h u i j t returned to Bangkok in April to
install a new version of a b i a inputting software,
and attended an international conference in Sin-
gapore. In May Dr Ellen Raven visited Philadel-
phia to present a b i a at the annual a c s a a m e e t i n g
and to discuss co-operation with this organiza-
tion. In May and June she worked for two weeks at
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the a b i a office in Colombo to install new
inputting and web-server software and to instruct
the team. At the editorial staff in Colombo,
M s Doris Yapa unfortunately had to leave the pro-
ject after three years of enthusiastic and intensive
work for a b i a. Ms Kanchana Dehigama was
appointed editor in chief of the Colombo office, in
her place.
In the course of the next months, emphasis was
put on the input of records and the maintenance
of the network. Communication, data coverage
and a regular inflow of data and records are of the
utmost importance for the two products of a b i a
project: database and book, and needed careful
attention. Notwithstanding the practical necessity
of a printed version, and the urgency of bringing
out a b i a Index Volume i i, it was becoming
increasingly clear that the a b i a database, online
and accessible through a website, would become
by far the most important achievement of this
year’s work. In contrast to a printed book, it is an
almost limitless accumulation of records, which
can moreover be improved and corrected continu-
ously. Furthermore, the data are immediately
within reach of everyone provided with an Inter-
net connection, as soon as they have found their
way to the database.
Another urgent matter was fundraising for the
a b i a offices in Leiden, Colombo, and Bangkok, so
that the a b i a project could continue its work in
the future. Steps were taken to submit requests
for subsidies for the continuation of each a b i a
office. A major request for subsidy concerned extra
funds for digitalizing the data of the 23 volumes
of the ‘old’ Annual Bibliography of Indian Archae-
ology and integrating these data with the existing
a b i a Index database.
In order to assess progress of the various
fundraising activities, a small-scale meeting of the
advisory board and the directors of the Institu-
tions involved in a b i a was organized at the s p a f a
headquarters in Bangkok on 3 and 4 December.
Professor W.A.L. Stokhof chaired the meeting. It
was a great pleasure that Professor Edi Sedyawati
(Indonesia) was able to be present during this
gathering. She announced the readiness of
Indonesia to establish its own a b i a office, and to
enter into a full partnership. The meeting was sat-
isfactory in that the latest results of the work at
the a b i a offices could be talked over, frankly and
in a friendly fashion. Dr Ellen Raven, who attend-
ed the meeting as the representative of the editor-
ial committee, announced in her progress report,
that, in November, the database contained 9000
records. Furthermore, she presented all partici-
pants at the meeting with a complete print-run of
those records from the database, which have been
selected for a b i a Index Volume i i. The implemen-
tation of the new structure of a b i a for the next
period of five years, in particular the chairman-
ship of the project, was another important item
on the agenda. It was welcomed by every one that
Mr S. Lakdusinghe was willing to become the new
chairman of the a b i a project for the next phase.
The offer of Professor Edi Sedyawati to host the
fifth a b i a workshop, to be held in October 2001, in
Indonesia was gratefully accepted.
h t t p : / / w w w . i i a s . n l / i i a s / r e s e a r c h / a b i a / a b i a . h t m l
A B I A – S o u t h a n d S o u t h e a s t A s i a n A r t a n d A r c h a e o l o g y I n d e x
C o - o r d i n a t o r s :
– Dr Mario Rutten
– Dr John Kleinen
The year 2000 saw a change in personnel and the
removal of the i i a s Branch Office to a new build-
ing within the Universiteit van Amsterdam. In
March 2000, Mario Rutten took up his position
again as part-time co-ordinator of the Branch
Office after his one-year stay as a Research Fellow
at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (n i a s) in
Copenhagen, Denmark. The interim co-ordinator,
John Kleinen, returned to his position in the
Department of Anthropology and Sociology of the
Universiteit van Amsterdam. In May 2000, the i i a s
Branch Office moved from the Spinhuis building
to the Oost-Indisch Huis building of the Univer-
siteit van Amsterdam. To ensure smooth co-oper-
ation and contacts with the i i a s Main Office in
Leiden, a staff member from the Leiden office vis-
ited the Branch Office monthly and joint execu-
tive meetings were regularly held to discuss the
work-in-progress.
Eighteen fellows from nine different countries
visited the i i a s Branch Office for longer or shorter
periods of time in 2000 (see Section 2 for more
information). The Branch Office supported a large
number of activities organized by these i i a s f e l-
lows and by staff members of the Universiteit van
Amsterdam and other academic institutions in
Amsterdam. It was jointly responsible for the lec-
tures and seminars presented by the i i a s f e l l o w s .
It prepared and organized the international semi-
nar on ‘Health, Sexuality and Civil Society in East
Asia’, which concluded the i i a s-based e s f f e l l o w-
ship of Dr Evelyne Micollier (1997-2000). It also
organized the evaluation seminar of the i i a s
research programme on ‘International Social
Organization in East and Southeast Asia: Q i a o x i a n g
ties during the twentieth century’.
Co-ordinator Mario Rutten was one of the orga-
nizers of the 7th Nordic-European Workshop in
Advanced Asian Studies (n e w a s), which took place
in Gilleleje (Denmark) in April, and was hosted by
the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (n i a s) in
Copenhagen. The purpose of this workshop was
to provide PhD-students in the social sciences on
contemporary South and Southeast Asia qualified
support from an international team of teachers
and to give them an opportunity to become
acquainted with colleagues from other countries
who are carrying out thesis work on similar top-
ics. In this activity, the i i a s worked closely togeth-
er with the Amsterdam School for Social Science
Research (a s s r) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam
and the research school c n w s of Leiden Universi-
t y .
The i i a s Branch Office, in co-operation with the
Beeld voor Beeld Festival in Amsterdam, orga-
nized a presentation of a book of photographs on
the Chittagong Hill Tracts in South Asia by a staff
member of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. It
also initiated and organized three international
seminars. One in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Anthropology and Sociology of the UvA
on ‘Globalisation in India: The impact on agricul-
ture and the rural poor’. A second one on ‘Labour
in Asia; A comparative perspective’, in collabora-
tion with the International Institute for Social
History (i i a s - c l a r a research programme). And a
third seminar together with the National Univer-
sity of Singapore and the Platform Asian Studies
in Amsterdam (ASiA) on ‘The Geopolitics of Glob-
alization in Southeast Asia and Europe at the turn
of the 21s t Century: Boundaries, territories and
spatial issues’. Reports on these seminars and on
the n e w a s workshop, by the co-ordinator Mario
Rutten, were published in different issues of the
i i a s N e w s l e t t e r .
In close co-operation with the Netherlands
Institute for War Documentation (n i o d), the for-
mer co-ordinator, John Kleinen, organized a lec-
ture series on the topic ‘Southeast Asia Across Bor-
ders’. Between September and December, four lec-
tures were held, for which the i i a s Branch Office
provided administrative support. At the same
time, John Kleinen also finalized, working with
the Maison Descartes and the n i o d, the plan to
organize a Franco-Dutch workshop on similarities
and differences in decolonization experiences in
Indochina and Indonesia. This workshop will take
place in 2001.
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S e c t i o n 7
A N N E X 7
IIAS Branch Office Amsterdam
In line with the tasks and the duties of the
Branch Office, support was given to two ‘Philip-
pines Studies Updates’, in May and October. The
updates were held to inform the participants and
the general public about developments in the
Philippines, but also to create a platform for the
exchange of research findings. Preparations were
made for two similar forums: one that will bring
together researchers on the Chinese community
in the Netherlands and one that will focus on
researchers with an interest in the study of Viet-
nam. Both forums will have their first meeting in
the beginning of 2001.
Special attention was paid to enlarging the
video collection of the Asian Cinema Center. On sev-
eral occasions, a member of the Branch visited a
local film festival, while new acquisitions were
made directly from film directors. Besides the rou-
tine administration of the collection and acquisi-
tion activities, the i i a s Branch Office organized
four evenings of discussion and viewing of Asian
films, together with the student association
Farang of the Asia Department of the Faculty of
Social and Behavioural Sciences.
In line with the preceding years, the secretariat
took the responsibility for editing the guide and
the promotion of the annual Inter-University MA
Course on South Asia which took place between Sep-
tember en December at the Universiteit van Ams-
terdam. It gave editing support to an i i a s p u b l i c a-
tion that was the end product from the Third
European Vietnam (Euroviet) Conference. It also
continued to lend administrative and organiza-
tional support to the Asian Development Seminar
Series (a d d s) consisting of bi-monthly meetings
on contemporary development issues in Asia at
various universities in the Netherlands.
The co-ordinator of the i i a s Branch Office Ams-
terdam, Mario Rutten, was asked by the Dean of
the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
(f m g) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam to set-up
and become the part-time director of the Platform
Asian Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA), financed by
the f m g and the Governing Board (CvB) of the
Universiteit van Amsterdam. The aim of this Plat-
form is to initiate, organize and co-ordinate pub-
lic-oriented activities related to Asian Studies at
various levels within the Universiteit van Amster-
dam, in close collaboration with other academic
and non-academic institutions in the Nether-
lands. The i i a s Branch Office Amsterdam intends
to work closely together with the Platform ASiA in
various activities. The first collaborative effect has
already materialized in the joint organization of
the international seminar on the Geopolitics of
Globalization in Southeast Asia and Europe, as
referred to above.
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Office for International Cooperation, Leiden University
A N N E X 8
Financial report 2000
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Programme Development* 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 -
Seminars and Asia updates 6 5 , 0 0 0 6 0 , 0 8 3
Total Expenditure n l g 4 1 2 , 0 0 0 n l g 3 1 3 , 3 0 0
*The budgeted funds for programme development have deliberately been reserved for new activities in 2001.
Leiden, 2001
W. Arentshorst, Senior Finance Officer
F.E. Horsman, Account manager
Office for International Cooperation, Leiden University
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W. Arentshorst, Senior Finance Officer
F.E. Horsman, Account manager
Office for International Cooperation, Leiden University
A b u s h o u k 3 1
A l i n e j a d 13, 15, 21, 64
A l t a n t s e t s e g 32, 74
A n t o n s 3 2
A r e n t s h o r s t 70-72, 74
A r p s 11-12, 74
A t a b a k i 4 9
B a l a s s i s 11, 74
B a l l a r d 32, 74
B a u d 11, 74
B a u t i s t a 13, 24, 37
B h a t t a c h a r y a 4 8
B l e z e r 13, 18, 36, 50, 74
Blussé van Oud Alblas 10, 74
B o d e w i t z 10, 74
B o e r 11, 50, 74
B o n n o v r i é 1 3
B o o g 12, 61, 74
B o o i j 11, 13, 51, 74, 80
B o o m g a a r d 4 1
B o r 12, 74
B ø r d a h l 13, 24, 43
B r a n d 11, 51
B r a n d o n 6 0
B r e m a n 10, 12, 35, 74
B r o w n 13, 24, 29, 41
B r o w n 13, 24, 29, 41
B r u i j n 13, 25, 34, 50, 74
B r u i n 13, 20, 60-61, 74
B r u i n s m a 11, 74
B u n 4 1
C a m p b e l l 35, 74
C e u s t e r 13, 51, 74
C h a n g 13, 25, 74
C h e n 13, 23
C h e u n g 1 2
C h r i s t i e 3 7
C h u t e 11, 51
C o h e n 13, 20, 60-61, 74
C o l o m b i j n 13, 18, 74
C r i b b 13, 31, 36, 74
D a m s t e e g t 25, 34
D a r s a 13, 31
D a s 13, 31-32, 35
D e h i g a m a 6 7
D i c k 37, 49, 51
D o e k 11, 74
D o u w
12, 15, 22, 35-36, 52, 62-63, 74
D r a g u h n 42, 74
E d s t r ö m 3 2
E g h e n t e r 32, 74
E i n d h o v e n 13, 15, 22, 27, 64
E r m a n 19, 58
E v e r s 13, 32, 51-52, 74
E w i n g 13, 25
F a u c h e r 13, 31
F o u l c h e r 13, 25
F o x 5, 38, 74
G a n e s h 13, 25, 74
G a n g u l y - S c r a s e 13, 25, 74
G e e s t 4 2
H a f t 3 2
H a g e n d o o r n 10, 74
H a n e v e l d 11, 74
H a r t 4 8
H e e r 12, 61, 74
H e i l i j g e r s 4 8
H e i n s 12, 74
H e m m i n g a 1 2
H e n s m a n 5 8
H o a d l e y 3 2
H o e k 11, 13, 51, 74
H o o k o o m s i n g 32, 52, 74
H o r s m a n 70-72, 74
H u a n g 13, 15, 22, 52, 62-63, 74
H ü s k e n 10, 74
I Gusti Made Karang-Hoogenboom
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I d e m a 12, 74
I p 13, 15, 22-23, 52, 62, 74
J a c o b s e n 13, 30, 43, 74
J e d a m s k i 13, 26, 74
J h a 13, 26
J o n g e 4 8
J o r d a a n 4 9
K a u l 13, 26
K e r s e n b o o m 12, 20, 74
K h a z a n o v 52, 74
K h o s l a 4 9
K i m 13, 24, 74
K l e i n e n 11, 51, 68
K n i g h t 32, 74
K o o i j 12, 66, 74
K o u w e n h o v e n 3 6
K u y p e r s 11, 65, 74
K y o k o 22, 52, 62
L a k d u s i n g h e 6 7
L a l 37, 46, 48
L a s s c h u i j t 12, 66, 74
L i 13, 24, 31, 35, 43, 49, 74
L i 13, 24, 31, 35, 43, 49, 74
L i 13, 24, 31, 35, 43, 49, 74
L i e t e n 11, 36, 58, 74
L i n 13, 23, 35, 74
L i n d e n 10, 12, 74
L i t t r u p 4 3
L i u 3 6
Lopez y Royo Iyer 13, 26
L u b o t s k y 49, 53
L u c a s s e n 12, 74
L u x e m b o u r g 1 1
M a a r s e 1 1
M c K a y 13, 26
M c V e y 36, 49
M e i j 13, 51, 74
M e n k o f f 4 9
M e t h a 1 3
M i c o l l i e r
13, 28, 36, 41, 43-44, 68, 74
M i l w e r t z 43, 74
M i n n e 11, 74
M i t t a g 3 2
M o h a p a t r a 13-14, 21, 58, 74
M o o r s 3 7
M u i j z e n b e r g
12, 37, 74
M u n s h i 13, 15, 22, 52, 64, 74
N a s 1 1
N i l e s 3 6
N o o i j e n s 13, 51, 74
O l e n e v 13, 28
O o s t e n 1 0
O s i a n d e r 4 4
P a l r i w a l a 13, 26, 74
P a t n a i k 5 8
P h i l i p s 1 2
P i e k e 12, 62, 74
P i p e r 5 8
P o s t 17, 36-38
P r o n k 1 2
I n d ex
P e r s o n s
Abushouk, Dr A.I.
Alinejad, Dr M.
Altantsetseg, Dr N.
Antons, Dr C.
Arentshorst, W.
Arps, Prof. B.
Atabaki, T.
Balassis, J.
Ballard, Dr C.
Baud, Dr I.S.A.
Bautista, Prof C.
Bhattacharya, Dr B.
Blezer, Dr H.
Blussé van Oud Alblas, Prof. J.L.
Bodewitz, Prof. H.W.
Boer, M.
Bonnovrié, Drs N.
Boog, Drs I.
Booij, Drs M.T. te
Boomgaard, Prof. P.
Bor, Dr J.
Børdahl, Dr V.
Brand, Drs M.E.
Brandon, Prof. J.
Breman, Prof. J.C.
Brown, Dr C.
Brown, Dr I.
Bruijn, Dr T. de
Bruin, Dr H. de
Bruinsma, C.Y.A.
Bun, Dr C.K.
Campbell, Dr C.
Ceuster, Dr K. De
Chang, Dr H.
Chen, Prof. K.
Cheung, M.
Christie, Dr C.J.
Chute, Drs T.D.
Cohen, Dr M.I.
Colombijn, Dr F.
Cribb, Prof. R.
Damsteegt, Dr T.
Darsa,Drs U.A.
Das, Prof. A.N.
Dehigama, K.
Dick, Prof. H.
Doek, Drs A.J.M.
Douw, Dr L.M.
Draguhn, Dr W.
Edström, Dr B.
Eghenter, Dr C.
Eindhoven, Drs M.
Erman, Dr E.
Evers, Drs S.
Ewing, Dr M.M.
Faucher, Dr C.
Foulcher, Dr K.
Fox, Prof. J.
Ganesh, Dr K.
Ganguly-Scrase, Dr R.
Geest, Dr W. van der
Haft, Dr L.
Hagendoorn, Prof. A.
Haneveld, E.F.P.
Hart, Drs H. ‘t
Heer, Drs N. de
Heilijgers, Dr D.
Heins, Dr E.L.
Hemminga, L.
Hensman, Dr R.
Hoadley, Dr M.
Hoek, Drs E.A.T. van der
Hookoomsing, Prof. V.
Horsman, F.E.
Huang,Dr C.
Hüsken, Prof. F.
I Gusti Made Karang-Hoogenboom, I.
Idema, Prof. W.L.
Ip, Dr D.
Jacobsen, Dr M.
Jedamski, Dr D.
Jha, Dr G.
Jonge, Dr H. de
Jordaan, Dr R.
Kaul, Dr M.M.
Kersenboom, Dr S.
Khazanov, Dr A.
Khosla, Dr A.
Kim, Dr K.
Kleinen, Dr J.
Knight, Dr J.
Kooij, Prof. K.R. van
Kouwenhoven, F.
Kuypers, Drs S.A.M.
Kyoko, Dr T.
Lakdusinghe, S.
Lal, Prof. D.K.
Lasschuijt, Drs H.I.
Li, Dr M.
Li, Dr N.
Li, Prof. P.
Lieten, Dr G.K.
Lin, Prof. C.
Linden, Prof. M. van der
Littrup, Dr L.
Liu, Dr H.
Lopez y Royo Iyer, Dr A.
Lubotsky, Prof. A.
Lucassen, Prof. J.
Luxembourg, M.
Maarse, C.
McKay, Dr A.
McVey, Prof. R.
Meij, Drs Th. van der
Menkoff, Dr T.
Metha, Dr S.
Micollier, Dr E.
Milwertz, Dr C.
Minne, Drs H. van der
Mittag, Dr A.
Mohapatra, Dr P.
Moors, Prof. A.
Muijzenberg, Prof. O.D. van den
Munshi, Dr S.
Nas, Dr P.J.M.
Niles, Dr D.
Nooijens, Drs I.
Olenev, Drs D.
Oosten, Prof. J.
Osiander, A.
Palriwala, Dr R.
Patnaik, Prof. U.
Philips, K.
Pieke, Dr F.N.
Piper, Dr N.
Post, Dr P.
Pronk, L.
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I n d e x
P u r i 13, 26
R a b e n 3 6 - 3 7
R a j e 13, 31
R a l a i k o a 13, 27
R a m s t e d t 13, 28, 41, 43, 50, 75
R a v e n 12, 66-67, 75
R e d d y 3 3
R e m m e l i n k 13, 75
R e s u r r e c c i o n 5 8
R i s s e e u w 11, 75
R o b e r t s 3 3
R o b s o n 13, 75
R o n n å s 34, 42-43, 75
R o z i n g 12, 75
R u d n i c k 5 8
R u t t e n
11, 13, 30, 35-36, 43, 51, 68-69, 75
R u t t e n
11, 13, 30, 35-36, 43, 51, 68-69, 75
S a d o i 13, 27, 36, 75
S a j o r 13, 27, 58
S a n d s c h n e i d e r 45, 75
S a p t a r i 12, 36-37, 58, 75
S a t o 13-14, 23, 58, 75
S a t y a n a r a y a n a 13-14, 23, 58, 75
S c h e n d e l 12, 35, 75
S c h i p p e r 12, 33, 75
S c h m i t 46, 75
S c h o t t e n h a m m e r 13, 31
S c h u c h e r 41, 44, 75
Schulte Nordholt
13, 16-17, 35, 52, 75
S e d y a w a t i 6 7
S e t t a r 15, 66, 75
S h i r a i s h i 3 6
S h l o m o w i t z 13, 27
S i l v a 4 8
S m y t h 4 1
S o h 3 3
S r i v a s t a v a 13, 24, 75
S t e i n h a u e r
13, 16, 34, 48, 52, 75
S t e w a r t 3 3
S t o k h o f
5, 10-11, 34, 50, 67, 75
S t r a t h e r n 3 3
S t r e m m e l a a r 11-12, 75
S t u a r t - F o x 13, 27
S u t h e r l a n d 12, 75
S v e n s s o n 12, 75
T a d d e i 5 0
T a r a s y u k 13, 28
T e l l e r 12, 46, 75
T e r w i e l 13, 16, 34, 52, 75
Theuns-de Boer 5 0
T h o r a t 13, 31
T o u w e n - B o u w s m a 11, 75
T r e g l o d é 13, 27, 75
T u l d e r 3 6
U m 13, 21, 60-61, 75
V a g n e r o n 5 8
V a s s i l k o v 13, 28, 37
V e e n k a m p 12, 75
V e r m e e r 11, 75
V i s w a n a t h a n 13, 31
V i t i e l l o 33, 75
V o o g t 33, 75
V r e d e n b r e g t 13, 75
W a d l e y 13, 19, 36, 75
W a g n e r 44, 75
Wahab bin Ali 3 1
W a t s o n 3 3
W i e d e n h o f 13, 30
W i e s e b r o n 4 9
W i n k 52, 75
W i n k e l 13, 50-51, 75
W o l f f 3 3
W o l t e r s 48, 75
W u 4 9
Y a n g 13, 27, 75
Y a p a 6 7
Y u a n 13, 28
Z a n t e n 12, 36, 60-61, 75
Z h a o 22, 62
Z i j l m a n s 35, 49
Z ü r c h e r 11, 75
Z w a r t 3 3
Puri, Dr R.
Raben, Dr R.
Raje, Mrs G.
Ralaikoa, Dr A.
Ramstedt, Dr M.
Raven, Dr E.M.
Reddy, Dr D.N.
Remmelink, Dr W.
Resurreccion, Dr B.P.
Risseeuw, Prof. C.I.
Roberts, Dr M.
Robson, R.L. FRAS BA Hons
Ronnås, Prof. P.
Rozing, M.
Rudnick, A.
Rutten, Dr M.A.F.
Rutten, Dr R.A.
Sadoi, Dr Y.
Sajor, Dr E.E.
Sandschneider, Prof. E.
Saptari, Dr R.
Sato, Dr S.
Satyanarayana, Dr A.
Schendel, Prof. W. van
Schipper, Prof. K.M.
Schmit, Dr L.
Schottenhammer, Dr A.
Schucher, Dr G.
Schulte Nordholt, Prof. H.G.C.
Sedyawati, Prof. E.
Settar, Prof. S.
Shiraishi, Dr T.
Shlomowitz, Dr R.
Silva, Dr R.
Smyth, Dr D.
Soh, Dr S.
Srivastava, Dr S.
Steinhauer, Prof. H.
Stewart, Dr P.J.
Stokhof, Prof. W.A.L.
Strathern, Prof. A.
Stremmelaar, Drs J.
Stuart-Fox, Dr M.
Sutherland, Prof. H.A.
Svensson, Prof. Th.
Taddei, Dr M.
Tarasyuk, Dr Y.
Teller, Drs W.
Terwiel, Prof. B.J.
Theuns-de Boer, Drs G.
Thorat, Prof. S.
Touwen-Bouwsma, Dr E.
Treglodé, Dr B. de
Tulder, Prof. R. van
Um, Dr H.
Vagneron, Dr I.
Vassilkov, Dr Y.
Veenkamp, Drs C.B.W.
Vermeer, Dr E.B.
Viswanathan, Prof. G.
Vitiello, Dr G.
Voogt, Dr A. de
Vredenbregt, Prof. J.G.
Wadley, Dr R.L.
Wagner, C.
Wahab bin Ali, Prof. A.
Watson, Dr B.
Wiedenhof, Dr J.
Wiesebron, Dr M.
Wink, Dr A.
Winkel, Drs M.
Wolff, Dr J.
Wolters, Prof. W.
Wu, Dr J.
Yang, Prof. E.
Yapa, D.
Yuan, Dr B.
Zanten, Dr W. van
Zhao, W.
Zijlmans, Prof. K.
Zürcher, Prof. E.J.
Zwart, Dr F. de
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I n d e x
I n d ex
S u b j e c t s
AAS 7, 34, 45, 47, 51, 76, 78
ABIA 6-7, 12, 15, 34, 48, 66-67, 70, 76, 78
Academic Committee 5-6, 10-12, 14, 63, 76
ADSS 27, 76, 78
Advertisements 51, 76
Affiliated fellows 6, 24, 76
Agenda Asia 45, 53, 76
AKSE 38, 76, 78
ANU 53, 76, 78
ASEF 41, 46, 48, 76, 78
ASEM 10, 34, 41-43, 47, 50, 76, 78
ASiA 5-7, 9-17, 19-24, 26-54, 58-63, 66, 68-69, 71, 76, 78-79
Asia Update 36, 44, 47, 76
Asian Studies Virtual Library 7, 53, 76
ASSR 15, 21-23, 27, 31, 35, 44, 46, 64, 68, 76, 78
Board 5-6, 10-12, 14-15, 33, 46-48, 50, 52-53, 66-67, 69-70, 76
Branch Office 6-7, 10-11, 20, 22-28, 30-31, 35-37, 41, 43, 51,
57-58, 62, 68-69, 76, 80
CASA 12, 35, 44, 49, 76, 78
CASS 27, 76, 78
CERES 44, 46, 76, 78
CHIME 14, 20-21, 36, 60-61, 76, 78
CLARA 6, 12, 14, 21, 23, 36-37, 40, 43, 51, 58-59, 76, 78
CNWS 10, 20, 32, 44-46, 65, 68, 76, 78-79
Conference of the Presidents 38, 76
Curzon Press 22, 62, 76
Database 7, 9, 11, 15, 41, 45, 50-54, 66-67, 70, 76
Director’s Fund 7, 48, 70, 76
Dissemination of Religious Authority 6-7, 15, 46, 65
Dutch senior fellows 6, 18, 29
EACS 38, 76, 78
EAJS 38, 76, 78
EASAS 38, 76, 78
EIAS 7, 9, 30, 34, 36, 42-44, 48, 76, 78
ESCAS 38, 76, 78
ESF 6, 9, 18, 28, 32-36, 38-40, 43-44, 47-48, 51, 68, 76, 78
ESF Asia Committee 6, 9, 32-36, 38-40, 43, 47-48, 51, 76
ESF/Alliance fellows 28
EUROCORES 6, 40, 78
European Commission 34, 43, 47, 76, 78
EUROSEAS 38, 59, 76, 78
Fellowships 6-7, 9, 17-18, 23, 28-29, 38, 40, 43, 52, 58, 76
Financial report 7, 57, 70-71, 73, 76
Gate Foundation 13, 50-51, 76
Gateway to Asian Studies 52-53, 76
Gonda fellows 6, 18, 28
IATS 12, 26, 76, 78
ICAS 2 7, 45
IIAS alumni 6, 31
IIAS Annual Lecture 37, 46, 76
IIAS Extraordinary Chairs 6, 13, 16, 52, 76
IISH 12, 23, 36-37, 58, 76, 79
Index 6-7, 12, 15, 20, 59, 61, 63, 66-67, 74, 76, 78
Institut für Asienkunde (IFA) 42
Internet 15, 18, 25, 40-41, 45, 51-53, 60, 64, 67, 76, 79
ISIM 7, 46, 65, 76, 79
KIT 76, 79
KITLV 26, 45, 47, 53, 76, 78-79
KNAW 10, 27-28, 46, 65, 76, 79
Library for International Co-operation 7, 12, 45, 76
Mailing Label Rental 53, 76
MoU 24, 76, 79
NEWAS 7, 34, 43-44, 51, 68, 76, 79
Newsletter
6-7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18-30, 32, 40, 46, 50-53, 63, 68, 70, 76, 79
NIAS 7, 9-10, 16, 24, 30, 34, 36, 41-45, 48, 53, 59, 68, 76, 79
NISAS 41, 76, 79
Nordic-Netherlands research fellows 6, 18, 30, 76
NWO 15, 25, 41, 76, 79
Oideion 12, 52, 60-61, 76
PAATI 6, 12, 14, 19-21, 24, 36, 60-61, 76, 79
PEARL 6, 10, 38, 41-43, 45, 47, 76, 79
PGIAR 66, 76, 79
Platform Asia Collections (PAC) 41, 53
Professorial fellows 6, 23, 76
Programme directors 12, 62, 76
Publications 6-7, 15-31, 40-41, 44-46, 50-53, 61, 70, 76
Qiaoxiang Ties 6-7, 12, 15, 22-23, 36, 52, 62-63, 68, 76
Representatives abroad 6, 13, 76
Research fellows
6, 10-12, 14, 17-19, 30, 34, 46, 51, 60, 64-65, 70-71, 76
Research programme
12, 14, 22-23, 43, 46, 52-53, 59, 65, 68, 76
Research schools 7, 38, 44, 46, 76
Seminars 5-6, 9, 14, 34-35, 37-38, 45-46, 53, 58, 68, 70-71, 76
Senior visiting fellows 6, 14, 17, 22, 33, 76
SPAFA 66-67, 76, 79
Staff 6, 11-13, 29, 46, 51-53, 63, 67-68, 76
Strategic Alliance
6-7, 9-10, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40-42, 45, 51, 71, 76
Subjects 76-77
Subsidies 7, 48, 67, 76
Supervision committees 6, 12, 14, 76
Supporting Activities Fund 48, 76
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Trainees 6, 12, 77
Transnational Society 6-7, 15, 21, 46, 64
Travel grants 6, 40, 48, 77
UL 12, 76, 79
Visiting exchange fellows 6, 24, 77
Website 7, 9, 45, 50, 52-53, 61, 63, 66-67
WOTRO 15, 46, 64, 77, 79
S u b j e c t s
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List o f Abb rev i a t i o n s
A A S Association for Asian Studies, u s a
A B I A Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology
A C S A A American Council for Southern Asian Art
A D S S Asian Development Seminar Series
A K S E Association for Korean Studies in Europe
A N U Australian National University
A S C African Studies Centre, Leiden
A S E F Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
A S E M Asia-Europe Meeting
A S i A Asian Studies in Amsterdam
A S S R Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
B A G Basic Assessment Guide
B I C E R Bureau of International Cultural and Educational Relations, Taiwan
B K I Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde
C A / S N W S Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Non-Western Societies
CAPSTRANS Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
C A S A Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam
C A S S Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
C C F Central Cultural Fund, Sri Lanka
C C F Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, Taiwan
C E P E S A Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Lisbon
C E R E S Research School for Resource Studies for Development, Utrecht
C E R I N S Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur les Interactions Nord-Sud
C H I M E European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, Leiden
C L A R A Changing Labour Relations in Asia
C M L Centre for Environmental Studies, Leiden
C N R S Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
C N W S Centre of Non-Western Studies Research School (at present: Research School CNWS), Leiden
C P P - N P A Communist Party of the Philippines-National People’s Army
D F G Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft
D I D I C Dutch-Indonesian Dictionary
E A C S European Association for Chinese Studies
E A J S European Association of Japanese Studies
EASAS European Association for South Asian Studies
E A S L European Association of Sinological Librarians
E C European Commission
E C A N EU-China Academic Network
E D E N Ecology, Demography, and Economy in Nusantara, KITLV
E H E S S Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
E I A S European Institute for Asian Studies, Belgium
E S C A S European Society for Central Asian Studies
E S F European Science Foundation
E S F - A C European Science Foundation Asia Committee
E U European Union
E U R O C O R E S ESF Collaborative Research Programmes
E U R O S E A S European Association for Southeast Asian Studies
F M G Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Amsterdam
I A T S International Association for Tibetan Studies
I C A S International Convention of Asia Scholars
I C O M O S International Council on Monuments and Sites
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L i s t o f A b b r e v i a t i o n s
I C T Information and Communications Technology
I D P A D Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development
I F A Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg
I I A S International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden/Amsterdam
I I A S N IIAS Newsletter
I I S H International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
I M E S Institute for Migration and Etnic Studies
I N A L C O Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
I N I S Indonesia-Netherlands Co-operation in Islamic Studies
I O R Indian Ocean Rim
I P A C Platform Asia Collections Journal Inventory
I S I M International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World
I S I R Irian Jaya Studies – a Programme for Interdisciplinary Research, Leiden
I S L S Research Cluster Intercultural Study of Literature and Society, CNWS
I U A E S International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
K I T Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam
K I T L V Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, Leiden
K L U Kring der Leidse Urbanisten
K N A W Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
K U N Nijmegen University
L I P I Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia
M o U Memorandum of Understanding
N E W A S Nordic-European Workshop in Advanced Asian Studies
N G O Non Governmental Organisation
N I A S Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar
N I A S Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen
N I O D Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
N I S A S National Internet Service for Asian Studies
N L G Netherlands Guilder
N S C National Science Council, Taiwan
N U S National University of Singapore
N W O Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, The Hague
P AAT I Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and innovation
P A C Platform Asia Collections
P E A R L Programme for Europe-Asia Research Linkages
P G I A R Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology
P I L E R Pakistan Institute for Labour Education and Research
P S C W Socio-Political and Cultural Sciences
R S P A S Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies
S E A M E O Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
S O A S School of Oriental and African Studies, London
S P A F A SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts
S W I O South West Indian Ocean
U K United Kingdom
U L Leiden University
U N E S C O United Nations Educational, Scienfic and Cultural Organization
U S A United States of America
U v A Universiteit van Amsterdam
V A|A V M I Verbal Art in the Audio-Visual Media of Indonesia
V U Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
W O T R O Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research
W W W World Wide Web
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