The Ethnic Chinese Family in Asia in Times of Turmoil and Regime Change during the Twentieth Century

17/12/2008 - 09:00

17 December 2008
9:00 - 18:00 hrs

NICAM Workshop organized by Asia Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA) and Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD)

Venue: NIOD / Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, Herengracht 380, Amsterdam

For the fourth year Asian Studies in Amsterdam (AsiA) and the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) jointly organize a series of NICAM-lectures on ethnic Chinese in East and Southeast Asia and their migrant descendants the world over. This year two NICAM workshops are planned each bringing together four lectures, which discuss ethnic Chinese families in Asia from various angles. In particular, the papers will focus on the role and workings of ethnic Chinese family networks in times of turmoil and regime change. This approach enables us to study informal, at times transnational, networks and how these shaped patterns of social mobility, processes of identification, the forging of political ties, and business strategies.

Dr. Leo Douw (UvA, VU), Colonial Citizens: Taiwanese Elite Families and their Rise in the Japanese Empire, 1895-1945

Discussant: Prof. Dr. Otto van de Muijzenberg (UvA)

Dr. John ter Horst (Windesheim), Trade and Ethnicity in Postwar Cambodia

Discussant: Drs. Paul Tjon Sie Fat

Dr. Sikko Visscher (UvA, VU) Family business and public strategy: Singapore in the 1940's-50's

Discussant: Drs. May Ling Thio (VU)

Dr. Juliette Koning (VU) The Small Chinese Indonesian Family Firm Before, During and After the New Order Regime

Discussant: Drs. Ay Mey Lie (UvA)

If you are interested in attending the first NICAM workshop on 17 December 2008, please contact Luuk Arens (l.arens@niod.knaw.nl, phone 020 52 33 800)