LEIDEN-WARWICK SYMPOSIUM 7 - 8 MAY 2012 Leiden, 18 April 2012 Dear Colleagues and Friends, From Sunday 6th to Tuesday 8th of May, Professor Maxine Berg will visit the Historical Institute of Leiden University with a research group of five post-doc students who are all working on two of her present research themes: 'Eurasian Trade and European Markets 1600-1830’: a study of Asian export ware, produced for and traded in the consumer markets of Europe and the Atlantic world. and ‘Wealth and Knowledge: the Transmission of Useful Knowledge 1600-1850’: a study of how craft, tacit and formal knowledge was transmitted among manufacturers, especially in luxury goods across Europe and between Europe and Asia.’ On the occasion of the visit of our colleagues from Warwick and the PhD defense of Andreas Weber (on Tuesday afternoon), we organise on Monday, 7 May and Tuesday morning, 8 May a small symposium, aimed to strengthen the mutual relations, hopefully resulting in even closer collaboration. Please send an email to Marijke van Wissen (m.c.e.wissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl) to let us know whether you intend to participate. I shall be in China until April 30. Hoping to see you soon, Leonard Blussé 1 PROGRAM Monday 7 May 2012: Venue: Seminar Room Huizinga Institute, Doelensteeg 16, Second floor 09.00-09.15 Coffee/Tea 09.15-09.30 Words of Welcome by Leonard Blussé (chairman) 09.30-10.00 Introduction of her team by Prof. Dr. Maxine Berg 10.00-11.00 Maxine Berg: "Europe's Asian Centuries" The members of the Warwick research group will give short ten-minute talks: Felicia Gotmann: “Forbidden passions: Indian textiles in eighteenth-century France” Chris Nierstrasz: "The desire for Asian goods: the ordering lists of the VOC (1700-1780)" Hanna Hodacs: "Peripheral Emporiums - selling Chinese Silk in Gothenburgh and Copenhagen in the mid-18th century" 11.00-12.30 Discussion 12.30-14.00 Lunch (everybody invited) in restaurant “De Grote Beer”, Rembrandstraat 27, Leiden 14.00-14.30 Short introduction of the Empires project by Prof. Dr. Jos Gommans, a project that he and Prof. Dr. Jeroen Duindam are directing. 14.30-15.30 Leiden PhD candidates, PhD’s and Postdocs will give 10 minutes introductions to their research: Alicia Schrikker: “Disaster Management in Colonial times” Murari Kumar Jha: The Political Economy of the Ganga River, The Highways of State Formation in Mughal India, c.1600- c.1800”. Manjusha Kuruppath: “Caught in Confessional Crossfire: Representations of Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the Dutch language in the 1660’s” Lennart Bes: “Empire and legacy in south India. Dynastic politics in Vijayanagara and its successor states” 15.30-15.45 Tea Break 2 15.45-17.00 Discussion Evening Dinner for speakers and foreign guests in Restaurant Verboden Toegang, Kaiserstraat 7, Leiden Tuesday 8 May 2012 (Morning) Venue: Seminar Room Huizinga Institute, Doelensteeg 16, second floor. Chair: Mark Häberlein (Bamberg University) 09.30-12.30 Fenneke Sysling (VU University Amsterdam) “Photography in the service of Dutch Indies racial measuring, typecasting and training judgement. anthropology: Robert-Jan Wille (Radboud University Nijmegen): “Science, nationalism and state formation. Fundraising for the natural sciences in the Indies around 1900” Bernhard Schär (Basel University): “The Dutch East Indies as seen from Basel” Commentator: Lissa Roberts 12.30 End of Conference 15.00 PhD defense Andreas Weber in Senate’s Room, Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73. 3 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS LEIDEN WARWICK SYMPOSIUM 7 and 8 MEI 2012 Berg, Ms Prof. Dr. Maxine University of Warwick Maxine.Berg@warwick.ac.uk Bes, Drs Lennart Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate l.p.j.bes@hum.leidenuniv.nl Blussé, Prof. Dr. Leonard Leiden University j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nlDuindam Boneham, Ms. Anna University of Warwick, project administrator A.Boneham@warwick.ac.uk Choudhuri, Ms. Manilata Leiden University, MPhil jhum1987@gmail.com Duindam, Prof. Dr. Jeroen Leiden University j.f.j.duindam@hum.leidenuniv.nl Ekama, Ms. Kate Leiden University, MPhil katejekama@gmail.com Erkelens, Ms. Drs. Monique Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate m.erkelens@hum.leidenuniv.nl Farabi Fakih Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate farabi_f@yahoo.com Fellinger, Ms. Meike University of Warwick, Ph. D Candidate M.Fellinger@warwick.ac.uk Gommans, Prof. Dr. Jos, Leiden University j.j.l.gommans@hum.leidenuniv.nl Gottmann, Ms. Dr. Felicia University of Warwick F.Gottmann@warwick.ac.uk Häberlein, Prof. Dr. Mark Bamberg University mark.haeberlein@uni-bamberg.de Hodacs, Ms. Dr. Hanna University of Warwick H.Hodacs@warwick.ac.uk Jha, Murari Kumar Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate Muro_kj@rediffmail.com Kartika Sari, Ms. Maretta Leiden University, Mphil maretta.kartika.sari@gmail.com Kuruppath, Ms Manjusha Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate manjusha.kuruppath@gmail.com Lopez, Ariel Leiden University, MPhil arielcusilopez@yahoo.com Nadri, Dr. Ghulam A. Georgia State University hisgan@langate.gsu.edu 4 - Nierstrasz, Dr. Chris University of Warwick J.C.Nierstrasz@warwick.ac.uk Palemeq, Ms Yedda Leiden University, MPhil yedda.palemeq@gmail.com Pham Van Thuy Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate thuyphamvnu.vn@gmail.com v.t.pham@hum.leidenuniv.nl Ravensbergen, Ms Sanne Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate s.ravensbergen@hum.leidenuniv.nl Roberts, Ms Prof. Dr. Lissa Twente University l.l.roberts@utwente.nl Schärr, Bernhard Basel University, Ph. D.Candidate schaer.bernhard@gmail.com Seneviratne, Ms Nadeera Leiden university, PhD Candidate tharushi_s@yahoo.com Schrikker, Ms Dr. Alicia Leiden University a.f.schrikker@hum.leidenuniv.nl Stolte, Ms. Drs. Carolien Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate c.m.stolte@hum.leidenuniv.nl Suwignyo, Dr. Agus Gadjah Mada University, Yogjakarta suwignyo_agus@yahoo.com Sysling, Ms. Drs. Fenneke VU University Amsterdam f.h.sysling@vu.nl Xu, Xiaodong Leiden University, Ph. D.Candidate endlose@163.com Viallé, Ms. Drs. c.vialle@upcmail.nl, PhD Candidate Weber, Drs. Andreas, Leiden/Twente University Ph. D.Candidate a.weber@hum.leidenuniv.nl Wibulsilp, Ms Pimmanus Leiden University, MPhil miszy14@yahoo.com Wille, Drs Robert-Jan Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen r.j.wille@let.ru.nl 5